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View article: Using Palliative Care Needs Rounds in the UK for care home staff and residents: an implementation science study
Using Palliative Care Needs Rounds in the UK for care home staff and residents: an implementation science study Open
Background Care home residents often lack access to end-of-life care from specialist palliative care providers. Palliative Care Needs Rounds, developed and tested in Australia, is a novel approach to addressing this. Objective To co-design…
View article: Negotiating pace, focus and identities: Patient/public involvement/engagement in a palliative care study
Negotiating pace, focus and identities: Patient/public involvement/engagement in a palliative care study Open
Patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) is an increasingly important component of research conduct to enhance processes and potential for impact, yet is rarely critically interrogated. This paper draws on Foucauldian analysis …
View article: A Reflection On: Online Supportive Conversations and Reflection Sessions (OSCaRS): A Feasibility Pilot with Care Home Staff during the Pandemic
A Reflection On: Online Supportive Conversations and Reflection Sessions (OSCaRS): A Feasibility Pilot with Care Home Staff during the Pandemic Open
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View article: Practicalities of promoting practice‐based learning in end of life care for care home staff: Lessons from “online” supportive conversations and reflection sessions
Practicalities of promoting practice‐based learning in end of life care for care home staff: Lessons from “online” supportive conversations and reflection sessions Open
Introduction Deaths in care homes and “at home” are anticipated to account for a third of UK deaths by 2040. Currently, palliative and end of life care are not part of statutory training in care homes. Reflective practice is a tool that ca…
View article: The impact of need-based care on formal caregivers' wellbeing in nursing homes: A cluster randomized controlled trial
The impact of need-based care on formal caregivers' wellbeing in nursing homes: A cluster randomized controlled trial Open
Trial registration number ISRCTN56768265 (10/08/2023).
View article: Supporting care home residents in the last year of life through ‘Needs Rounds’: Development of a pre-implementation programme theory through a rapid collaborative online approach
Supporting care home residents in the last year of life through ‘Needs Rounds’: Development of a pre-implementation programme theory through a rapid collaborative online approach Open
Background Realist evaluation aims to address the knowledge to practice gap by explaining how an intervention is expected to work, as well as what is likely to impact upon the success of its implementation, by developing programme theories…
View article: Supporting the Wellbeing of Care Home Staff: Lessons from the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Supporting the Wellbeing of Care Home Staff: Lessons from the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic Open
The wellbeing of care home staff and the need to support them at work was highlighted with devastating clarity by the COVID pandemic. This small study explores what online and at work wellbeing resources were available to frontline care ho…
View article: Developing a care home data platform in Scotland: a mixed methods study of data routinely collected in care homes
Developing a care home data platform in Scotland: a mixed methods study of data routinely collected in care homes Open
Background care homes collect extensive data about their residents, and their care, in multiple ways, for multiple purposes. We aimed to (i) identify what data are routinely collected and (ii) collate care home managers’ views and experien…
View article: Online Supportive Conversations and Reflection Sessions (OSCaRS): A Feasibility Pilot with Care Home Staff during the Pandemic
Online Supportive Conversations and Reflection Sessions (OSCaRS): A Feasibility Pilot with Care Home Staff during the Pandemic Open
Care homes care for people with complex needs, supporting them to the end of life and are now being seen as the ‘de facto’ hospice. Reflective debriefing for care home staff has been found to help support staff and provide an educative and…
View article: Large differences in the organization of palliative care in nursing homes in six European countries: findings from the PACE cross-sectional study
Large differences in the organization of palliative care in nursing homes in six European countries: findings from the PACE cross-sectional study Open
Background To be able to provide high-quality palliative care, there need to be a number of organizational structures available in the nursing homes. It is unclear to what extent such structures are actually present in nursing homes in Eur…
View article: 102 Online Supportive Conversations & Reflection Sessions [OSCARS] with Care Home Staff Following A Resident’s Death: Improving Coping Mechanisms, Team Cohesion and Communication
102 Online Supportive Conversations & Reflection Sessions [OSCARS] with Care Home Staff Following A Resident’s Death: Improving Coping Mechanisms, Team Cohesion and Communication Open
Introduction COVID-19 Trauma Guidance suggests opportunities for structured, time-limited discussions about challenging experiences should be offered. It is unknown if such discussions can be effectively delivered online by palliative care…
View article: 101 Avoiding Burnout of the Care Home Workforce During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: Sharing National Learning and Local Initiatives
101 Avoiding Burnout of the Care Home Workforce During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: Sharing National Learning and Local Initiatives Open
Introduction COVID-19 in care homes has heightened the risk of staff burnout, undermining already problematic staff retention and low morale. There has been an associated proliferation of resources and online initiatives to support frontli…
View article: Palliative and end-of-life care in care homes: protocol for codesigning and implementing an appropriate scalable model of Needs Rounds in the UK
Palliative and end-of-life care in care homes: protocol for codesigning and implementing an appropriate scalable model of Needs Rounds in the UK Open
Introduction Palliative and end-of-life care in care homes is often inadequate, despite high morbidity and mortality. Residents can experience uncontrolled symptoms, poor quality deaths and avoidable hospitalisations. Care home staff can f…
View article: COVID, Communication and Care Homes: A Staffs’ Perspective of Supporting the Emotional Needs of Families
COVID, Communication and Care Homes: A Staffs’ Perspective of Supporting the Emotional Needs of Families Open
An important part of care home life is the support given to older residents by their families/friends through regular visiting. Social visits to residents by their families ceased in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and residents were con…
View article: Pain Assessment and Management in Care Homes: Understanding the Internal and External Context Through a Scoping Review
Pain Assessment and Management in Care Homes: Understanding the Internal and External Context Through a Scoping Review Open
Background: Internationally, 2-5% of people live in residential or nursing homes, many with multi-morbidities, including severe cognitive impairment. Pain is frequently considered an expected part of old age and morbidity, and may often be…
View article: Supporting the resilience and retention of frontline care workers in care homes for older people: A scoping review and thematic synthesis
Supporting the resilience and retention of frontline care workers in care homes for older people: A scoping review and thematic synthesis Open
The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the need to ensure that strategic and operational approaches to retain high quality, resilient frontline care home workers, who are not registered nurses, are informed by context specific, high quality …
View article: The Development of a Care Home Data Platform in Scotland: Insights from the Care Home Innovation Partnership, Lothian
The Development of a Care Home Data Platform in Scotland: Insights from the Care Home Innovation Partnership, Lothian Open
Care homes collect a large amount of data about their residents, and the care provided, but there is a lack of consistency in how this information is collected. There is also a need to minimise the burden of data collection on staff, ensur…
View article: A qualitative study of family caregivers’ coping strategies of looking after people with dementia in China
A qualitative study of family caregivers’ coping strategies of looking after people with dementia in China Open
Background and aims Globally, two thirds of people with dementia are cared for by their families or friends. Family caregivers’ coping strategies of managing the caregiving burden of dementia have been studied widely in western literature.…
View article: Care home residents who die in hospital: exploring factors, processes and experiences
Care home residents who die in hospital: exploring factors, processes and experiences Open
Background Care home residents are increasingly frail with complex health and social care needs. Their transfer to hospital at the end-of-life can be associated with unwanted interventions and distress. However, hospitals do enable provisi…
View article: Evaluation of a Palliative Care Program for Nursing Homes in 7 Countries
Evaluation of a Palliative Care Program for Nursing Homes in 7 Countries Open
ISRCTN Identifier: ISRCTN14741671.