Hope '93, Contrast, Trial

Hope against Hope

In the penultimate chapter of the Bible, in the opening statement of the very last speech God makes in the whole of the Christian Scriptures, God says: "Behold I am making all things new" (Rev 21:5). The prophet sees the old heavens and the old earth the universe as it now is passing away, and new heavens and a new earth, God's new creation of all things, coming into being. It is not that God r...

The Home-Based Older People's Exercise (HOPE) trial: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

BACKGROUND Frailty is common in older age, and is associated with important adverse health outcomes including increased risk of disability and admission to hospital or long-term care. Exercise interventions for frail older people have the potential to reduce the risk of these adverse outcomes by increasing muscle strength and improving mobility. METHODS/DESIGN The Home-Based Older People's Ex...

"Hope, Danger's Comforter": Thucydides, Hope, Politics

Delivering hope

Towards hope

LJPC is not so much a journal I would say. It is more like a movement that gives hope by championing and supporting a broad vision for health and care. It lifts our eyes beyond the single picture frame to view a whole gallery. It also provides opportunities to think freely and design systems and models of care that derive from the range of people’s needs and meet them, rather than simply descri...