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View article: The Potential for Experienced Occupational Health Professionals in Encouraging Recruitment to the Field in England: Perspectives of Medical and Nursing Undergraduates and Practitioners Working Outside of Occupational Health
The Potential for Experienced Occupational Health Professionals in Encouraging Recruitment to the Field in England: Perspectives of Medical and Nursing Undergraduates and Practitioners Working Outside of Occupational Health Open
Background: The United Kingdom (UK) population is experiencing high levels of economic inactivity due to long‐term sickness absence. Concurrently, the occupational health (OH) workforce, which plays an important role in assisting people ba…
View article: Improving recruitment to occupational health professions through highlighting intrinsic rewards
Improving recruitment to occupational health professions through highlighting intrinsic rewards Open
Background There are currently 2.5 million people economically inactive in the UK due to sickness. The government is considering a range of new initiatives to bring them back into the workforce; however, a lack of occupational health (OH) …
View article: Understanding the unmet support needs of young and young adult carers and their families
Understanding the unmet support needs of young and young adult carers and their families Open
Support for children and young people who provide unpaid care is important to help prevent negative impacts of caregiving on their education, employment, mental health, and social relationships. We aimed to address an evidence gap about wh…
View article: Types and aspects of support that young carers need and value, and barriers and enablers to access: the REBIAS-YC qualitative study
Types and aspects of support that young carers need and value, and barriers and enablers to access: the REBIAS-YC qualitative study Open
Background Many children and young people in England provide support to family members who are disabled, have mental or physical ill health, or misuse drugs or alcohol. Providing care can negatively impact children and young people’s educa…
View article: Young carers’ experiences of services and support: What is helpful and how can support be improved?
Young carers’ experiences of services and support: What is helpful and how can support be improved? Open
Globally, many children and young people provide support to family members who have poor physical or mental health, are disabled, or misuse drugs and alcohol. These young carers are at higher risk of poorer education, employment, health, a…
View article: Standards of proficiency for registered nurses—To what end? A critical analysis of contemporary mental health nursing within the United Kingdom context
Standards of proficiency for registered nurses—To what end? A critical analysis of contemporary mental health nursing within the United Kingdom context Open
Against the backdrop of cultural and political ideals, this article highlights both the significance of mental health nursing in meeting population needs and the regulatory barriers that may be impeding its ability to adequately do so. Spe…
View article: ‘You’re out on a limb, on your own’: Social care personal assistants’ (PAs’) reflections on working in the Covid-19 pandemic ‐ implications for wider health and care services
‘You’re out on a limb, on your own’: Social care personal assistants’ (PAs’) reflections on working in the Covid-19 pandemic ‐ implications for wider health and care services Open
Context In England, Personal Assistants (PAs) are part of an international trend towards state funded but client-hired or directly employed care workers. The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted and exacerbated pre-existing risks and advantages o…
View article: Local Online Information for Carers in England: Content and Complexity
Local Online Information for Carers in England: Content and Complexity Open
This article reports on a study of local online information for carers in England. It sets this in the context of the Care Act 2014 which gave local authorities (LAs) specific responsibility for providing information to carers. The study s…
View article: The Development of the Nursing Associate Role: The Postholder Perspective
The Development of the Nursing Associate Role: The Postholder Perspective Open
View article: ‘It’s a real fine balancing act’: directly employed care workers’ experiences of engaging with health services
‘It’s a real fine balancing act’: directly employed care workers’ experiences of engaging with health services Open
Little is known of the experiences of directly employed care workers communicating with healthcare providers about the situations of their employers. We report findings from 30 in-depth semi-structured interviews with directly employed car…
View article: A qualitative study of handovers at shift changeovers in five care homes for older people in England
A qualitative study of handovers at shift changeovers in five care homes for older people in England Open
Background It is widely acknowledged that inadequate handovers are associated with putting patients at risk in clinical settings; however, handover practices have received little attention in other 24‐hr settings such as long‐stay resident…
View article: The Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and Their Families and Signs of Safety: Competing or Complementary Frameworks?
The Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and Their Families and Signs of Safety: Competing or Complementary Frameworks? Open
Signs of Safety (SoS) is a comprehensive assessment framework (AF) used in some form in most English children’s service departments as well as in many other countries. The Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their Families…
View article: Older care home residents’ and their relatives’ knowledge, understanding and views of shift handovers: an exploratory, focused-ethnographic qualitative study using interviews and observations
Older care home residents’ and their relatives’ knowledge, understanding and views of shift handovers: an exploratory, focused-ethnographic qualitative study using interviews and observations Open
Objectives To investigate residents’ and relatives’ views and experiences of handovers in care homes. This paper reports residents’ and relatives’ awareness of handovers, knowledge of and views on handover practices and purpose, and views …
View article: What makes a good handover in a care home for older people?
What makes a good handover in a care home for older people? Open
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the content, purpose and effectiveness of the handover of information between care home staff beginning and completing a shift. Design/methodology/approach This was an exploratory study d…
View article: Working with Signs of Safety: Parents' perception of change
Working with Signs of Safety: Parents' perception of change Open
Signs of Safety (SoS) is an approach used to work with families involved with children's services that was developed in Australia during the 1990s. Despite the fact that it has been adopted by countries across the globe, the evidence for i…
View article: Editorial: Innovative Practice
Editorial: Innovative Practice Open
View article: Great expectations: ambitions for family carers in UK parliamentary debates on the Care Bill
Great expectations: ambitions for family carers in UK parliamentary debates on the Care Bill Open
The Care Act 2014 amended legislation relating to government responsibilities for adults with care needs. It set out new statutory responsibilities for the support of family or informal carers. As part of a study investigating the impact o…
View article: Handovers in older people’s residential care
Handovers in older people’s residential care Open
View article: Editorial: Innovative Practice
Editorial: Innovative Practice Open
View article: Workforce diversity and conflicts in care work: managers’ perspectives
Workforce diversity and conflicts in care work: managers’ perspectives Open
The care workforce in England is ethnically diverse yet little is known of how managers manage this aspect of human resources work. This article reports findings from a longitudinal study of the care workforce to offer insights into manage…
View article: Exploring working relationships between primary care and directly employed home care workers
Exploring working relationships between primary care and directly employed home care workers Open
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020…
View article: Editorial: Innovative Practice
Editorial: Innovative Practice Open
View article: A roadmap to advance dementia research in prevention, diagnosis, intervention, and care by 2025
A roadmap to advance dementia research in prevention, diagnosis, intervention, and care by 2025 Open
Objective National and global dementia plans have focused on the research ambition to develop a cure or disease‐modifying therapy by 2025, with the initial focus on investment in drug discovery approaches. We set out to develop complementa…
View article: ‘We’re effectively becoming immigration officers’: social care managers’ experiences of the risk work of employing migrant care workers
‘We’re effectively becoming immigration officers’: social care managers’ experiences of the risk work of employing migrant care workers Open
In the UK care sector, as much as other fields of work, managers need to check and monitor the immigration status of their staff. In this article, we examine accounts from care home and home care managers of making decisions about recruitm…
View article: Handovers in care homes for older people – their type, timing and usefulness. Findings from a scoping review
Handovers in care homes for older people – their type, timing and usefulness. Findings from a scoping review Open
There is a considerable body of literature on the importance of effective shift handovers in hospitals and other health-care settings but less is known about the transfer of information between staff starting and completing stints of paid …
View article: Editorial: Innovative Practice
Editorial: Innovative Practice Open
View article: Editorial: Innovative Practice
Editorial: Innovative Practice Open
View article: The New Orleans Intervention Model : early implementation in a London borough. Evaluation report, July 2017
The New Orleans Intervention Model : early implementation in a London borough. Evaluation report, July 2017 Open
View article: Evaluation of signs of safety in 10 pilots, July 2017
Evaluation of signs of safety in 10 pilots, July 2017 Open
View article: How do handovers happen? A study of handover-at-shift changeovers in care homes for older people
How do handovers happen? A study of handover-at-shift changeovers in care homes for older people Open
This report presents the findings from our study
into the content, purpose and effectiveness of the
handover of information about older residents
between care home staff coming off duty and those
coming on duty. The stu…
into the content, purpose and effectiveness of the
handover of information about older residents
between care home staff coming off duty and those
coming on duty. The stu…