Melanie Handley

947 total citations
29 papers, 627 citations indexed

About

Melanie Handley is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Melanie Handley has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 627 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in General Health Professions, 9 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 6 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Melanie Handley's work include Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (22 papers), Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (9 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (6 papers). Melanie Handley is often cited by papers focused on Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (22 papers), Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (9 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (6 papers). Melanie Handley collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Melanie Handley's co-authors include Claire Goodman, Frances Bunn, Steve Iliffe, Heather Gage, Adam Gordon, Julienne Meyer, Tom Dening, Jill Manthorpe, John Gladman and Maria Zubair and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health and Age and Ageing.

In The Last Decade

Melanie Handley

27 papers receiving 617 citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melanie Handley United Kingdom	14	485	216	125	107	99	29	627
Philip Clissett United Kingdom	10	367 0.8×	205 0.9×	186 1.5×	133 1.2×	39 0.4×	17	582
Oddvar Førland Norway	18	662 1.4×	184 0.9×	136 1.1×	83 0.8×	74 0.7×	49	900
Ramona Backhaus Netherlands	13	552 1.1×	150 0.7×	142 1.1×	147 1.4×	60 0.6×	37	656
Mary Ellen Dellefield United States	15	542 1.1×	158 0.7×	142 1.1×	38 0.4×	154 1.6×	28	653
Caroline Nicholson United Kingdom	16	522 1.1×	409 1.9×	56 0.4×	135 1.3×	180 1.8×	36	875
Julia Burgdorf United States	14	381 0.8×	148 0.7×	184 1.5×	64 0.6×	37 0.4×	47	534
Öncel Naldemirci Sweden	9	538 1.1×	236 1.1×	97 0.8×	74 0.7×	18 0.2×	10	774
Heather Ladd United States	14	420 0.9×	110 0.5×	112 0.9×	112 1.0×	73 0.7×	35	595
Sue L Davies United Kingdom	11	392 0.8×	134 0.6×	85 0.7×	34 0.3×	115 1.2×	16	477
Jennifer M. Reckrey United States	17	524 1.1×	180 0.8×	155 1.2×	74 0.7×	64 0.6×	70	665

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Handley, Melanie, Elspeth Mathie, Benjamin R. Underwood, et al.. (2025). Living with dementia and other long-term conditions: what works for patient-caregiver dyads? A realist review. Aging & Mental Health. 29(8). 1376–1386. 1 indexed citations

Bartels, Sara Laureen, Nathan Stephens, Melanie Handley, et al.. (2024). Discussing methodological gaps in psychosocial intervention research for dementia: an opinion article from the INTERDEM Methodology Taskforce guided by the MRC framework. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 1458023–1458023.

Handley, Melanie, Charlotte Wheeler, Claire Duddy, et al.. (2024). Operationalising the Recovery College model with people living with dementia: a realist review. Aging & Mental Health. 28(8). 1078–1089.

Prieto, Jacqui, Jennie Wilson, Alison Tingle, et al.. (2024). Strategies for older people living in care homes to prevent urinary tract infection: the StOP UTI realist synthesis. Health Technology Assessment. 28(68). 1–139. 3 indexed citations

Prieto, Jacqui, Jennie Wilson, Alison Tingle, et al.. (2024). Preventing urinary tract infection in older people living in care homes: the ‘StOP UTI’ realist synthesis. BMJ Quality & Safety. 34(3). 178–189. 3 indexed citations

Birt, Linda, Fiona Poland, Geoff Wong, et al.. (2023). Protocol for a realist evaluation of Recovery College dementia courses: understanding coproduction through ethnography. BMJ Open. 13(12). e078248–e078248. 1 indexed citations

Handley, Melanie, et al.. (2023). The use of constant observation with people with dementia in hospitals: a mixed-methods systematic review. Aging & Mental Health. 27(12). 2305–2318. 2 indexed citations

Handley, Melanie, Frances Bunn, Valerie Dunn, Carolyn J. Hill, & Claire Goodman. (2021). Effectiveness and sustainability of volunteering with older people living in care homes: A mixed methods systematic review. Health & Social Care in the Community. 30(3). 836–855. 7 indexed citations

Bunn, Frances, Claire Goodman, Kirsten Corazzini, et al.. (2020). Setting Priorities to Inform Assessment of Care Homes’ Readiness to Participate in Healthcare Innovation: A Systematic Mapping Review and Consensus Process. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(3). 987–987. 37 indexed citations

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Handley, Melanie, Frances Bunn, Jennifer Lynch, & Claire Goodman. (2019). Using non-participant observation to uncover mechanisms: Insights from a realist evaluation. Evaluation. 26(3). 380–393. 18 indexed citations

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Handley, Melanie, Frances Bunn, & Claire Goodman. (2018). Supporting general hospital staff to provide dementia sensitive care: A realist evaluation. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 96. 61–71. 46 indexed citations

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Handley, Melanie, Frances Bunn, & Claire Goodman. (2017). Dementia-friendly interventions to improve the care of people living with dementia admitted to hospitals: a realist review. BMJ Open. 7(7). e015257–e015257. 107 indexed citations

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Goodman, Claire, Sue L Davies, Adam Gordon, et al.. (2017). Optimal NHS service delivery to care homes: a realist evaluation of the features and mechanisms that support effective working for the continuing care of older people in residential settings. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(29). 1–204. 58 indexed citations

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Walters, Kate, Kalpa Kharicha, Claire Goodman, et al.. (2017). Promoting independence, health and well-being for older people: a feasibility study of computer-aided health and social risk appraisal system in primary care. BMC Family Practice. 18(1). 47–47. 24 indexed citations

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Goodman, Claire, Tom Dening, Adam Gordon, et al.. (2016). Effective health care for older people living and dying in care homes: a realist review. BMC Health Services Research. 16(1). 269–269. 72 indexed citations

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Mayrhofer, Andrea, Claire Goodman, Nigel Smeeton, et al.. (2016). The feasibility of a train-the-trainer approach to end of life care training in care homes: an evaluation. BMC Palliative Care. 15(1). 11–11. 21 indexed citations

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Handley, Melanie, Frances Bunn, & Claire Goodman. (2015). Interventions that support the creation of dementia friendly environments in health care: protocol for a realist review. Systematic Reviews. 4(1). 180–180. 14 indexed citations

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Barclay, Stephen, Katherine Froggatt, Elspeth Mathie, et al.. (2014). Living in uncertain times: trajectories to death in residential care homes. British Journal of General Practice. 64(626). e576–e583. 57 indexed citations

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Gordon, Adam, Claire Goodman, Tom Dening, et al.. (2014). The Optimal Study: Describing the Key Components of Optimal Health Care Delivery to UK Care Home Residents: A Research Protocol. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 15(9). 681–686. 7 indexed citations

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Handley, Melanie, Claire Goodman, Katherine Froggatt, et al.. (2013). Living and dying: responsibility for end-of-life care in care homes without on-site nursing provision - a prospective study. Health & Social Care in the Community. 22(1). 22–29. 34 indexed citations

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