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Activity Provider-Facilitated Patient and Public Involvement with Care Home Residents
Micklewright, Kerry; Killet , Anne; Akdur, Gizdem; Biswas, Priti; Blades, Pamela; Irvine, Lisa; Jones, Liz; Meyer, Julienne; Ravenscroft, Natalie; Woodhead, Hilary; Goodman, Claire (2024-01-11)Background: In care home research, residents are rarely included in patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) despite their lived experiences of day-to-day care. This paper reports on a novel approach to PPIE, ... -
Becoming connected, being caring
Meyer, Julienne; Ashburner, Charlotte; Holman, Cheryl (2006-12)This paper highlights perspectives on action research in education, health and social care and was originally presented as a keynote at the International Practitioner Research Conference and Collaborative Action Research ... -
Care home readiness: a rapid review and consensus workshops on how organisational context affects care home engagement with health care innovation
Goodman, Claire; Sharpe, Rachel; Russell , Charlotte; Meyer, Julienne; Gordon , Adam; Dening , Tom; Corazzini , Kirsten; Lynch, Jennifer; Bunn, Frances (NHS England, 2017-03-31)Summary The NHS Five-Year Forward view recognises that the NHS needs to do more to support older people living with frailty in care homes. This paper presents the findings from a rapid review and consensus events that ... -
Commentary: COVID in care homes—challenges and dilemmas in healthcare delivery
Gordon , Adam; Goodman, Claire; Actherberg, Wilco; Barker , Robert O; Burns , Eileen; Hanratty , Barbara; Martin , Finbarr; Meyer, Julienne; Schols, Jos; Spilsbury , Karen (2020-09-01)The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected care home residents internationally, with 19–72% of COVID-19 deaths occurring in care homes. COVID-19 presents atypically in care home residents and up to 56% of residents ... -
Contextual factors influencing complex intervention research processes in care homes: a systematic review and framework synthesis
Goodman, Claire; Peryer, Guy; Kelly, Sarah; Blake , Jessica; Burton, Jennifer; Irvine, Lisa; Cowan , Andy; Akdur, Gizdem; Killett, Anne; Brand , Sarah L; Massifufulay , Musa; Meyer, Julienne; Gordon, Adam L (2022-03-01)BACKGROUND: Care homes are complex settings to undertake intervention research. Barriers to research implementation processes can threaten studies' validity, reducing the value to residents, staff, researchers and funders. ... -
Data collection in care homes for older adults: A national survey in England
Hanratty , Barbara; Wolters , Arne; Towers, Ann-Marie; Spilsbury, Karen; Meyer, Julienne; Killet , Anne; Jones, Liz; Gordon , Adam; Burton , Jennifer; Akdur, Gizdem; Irvine, Lisa; Warmoth, Krystal; Liddle, Jennifer; Goodman, Claire (2023-11-07)Context: In many countries, there is a specification for information that should be collected by care homes. So-called ‘minimum data-sets’ (MDS) are often lengthy, and report on resident health and wellbeing, staff, and ... -
Developing a minimum data set for older adult care homes in the UK: exploring the concept and defining early core principles
Burton, Jenni; Wolters , Arne; Towers, Ann-Marie; Jones , Liz; Meyer, Julienne; Gordon, Adam Lee; Irvine, Lisa; Hanratty , Barbara; Spilsbury, Karen; Peryer, Guy; Rand , Stacey; Killet , Anne; Akdur, Gizdem; Allen , Stephen; Biswas, Priti; Goodman, Claire (2022-03-08)Reforms to social care in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in the UK and internationally, place data at the heart of proposed innovations and solutions. The principles are not well established of what constitutes core, ... -
Doing Qualitative Research as a Practitioner : Processes, Issues and Understandings
Meyer, Julienne; Noble, Helen; Kilbride, Cherry; Holman, Cheryl; Bridges, Jackie (2009)Doing qualitative research as a practitioner presents some interesting processes, issues and challenges that are the focus of this paper. The authors suggest that practitioners have something unique and different to offer ... -
Effective health care for older people resident in care homes : The Optimal study protocol for realist review
Goodman, Claire; Gordon, Adam L; Martin , Finbarr; Davies, Susan; Iliffe, Steve; Bowman, Clive; Schneider, Justine; Meyer, Julienne; Victor, Christina; Gage, Heather; Gladman, John; Dening, Tom (2014-05-24)Background: Care homes in the UK rely on general practice for access to specialist medical and nursing care as well as referral to therapists and secondary care. Service delivery to care homes is highly variable in both ... -
Effective heath care for older people living and dying in care homes: a realist review
Goodman, Claire; Dening , Tom; Gordon , Adam; Davies, Susan; Meyer, Julienne; Martin , Finbarr; Gladman, John; Bowman, Clive; Victor, Christina (2016-07-16)Background Care home residents in England have variable access to health care services. There is currently no coherent policy or consensus about the best arrangements to meet these needs. The purpose of this review was to ... -
How Quality Improvement Collaboratives Work to Improve Healthcare in Care Homes: A Realist Evaluation
Devi, Reena; Chadborn , Neil H; Meyer, Julienne; Banerjee, Jay; Goodman, Claire; Dening , Tom; Gladman, John; Hinsliff-Smith, Kathryn; Long, Annabelle; Usman, Adeela; Housley, Gemma; Lewis, Sarah; Glover , Matthew; Gage, Heather; Logan , Philippa A; Martin , Finbarr; Gordon, Adam L (2021-02-16)Background Quality Improvement Collaboratives (QICs) bring together multidisciplinary teams in a structured process to improve care quality. How QICs can be used to support healthcare improvement in care homes is not fully ... -
The importance of staff support in the provision of emotionally sensitive care
Holman, Cheryl; Crowhurst, Keith (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2009) -
Moving from victim blaming to an appreciative inquiry : exploring quality of life in care homes
Meyer, Julienne; Heath, Hazel; Holman, Cheryl; Owen, Tom (2006)This paper highlights the need for researchers to work across disciplinary boundaries in order to capture the complexity that care practitioners have to engage with everyday in care home settings. Drawing on findings from ... -
Optimal healthcare delivery to care homes in the UK: a realist evaluation of what supports effective working to improve healthcare outcomes
Gordon , Adam; Goodman, Claire; Davies, Sue L; Dening , Tom; Gage, Heather; Meyer, Julienne; Schneider, Justine; Bell , Brian; Jordan , Jake; Martin , Finbarr; Iliffe , Steve; Bowman, Clive; Gladman, John; Victor, Christina; Mayrhofer, Andrea; Handley, Melanie; Zubair , Maria (2018-07-01)Introduction: care home residents have high healthcare needs not fully met by prevailing healthcare models. This study explored how healthcare configuration influences resource use. Methods: a realist evaluation using ... -
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
Goodman, Claire; Davies, Sue L; Gordon , Adam; Dening , Tom; Gage, Heather; Meyer, Julienne; Bell , Brian; Jordon , Jake; Martin , Finbarr; Iliffe , Steve; Gladman, John; Victor, Christina; Mayrhofer, Andrea; Handley, Melanie; Zubair , Maria (2017-11-01)The OPTIMAL study argued that it is probable that there are key activities within different models of health-care provision that are important for residents’ health care. Objectives: To understand ‘what works, for whom, ... -
Outcome measures from international older adult care home intervention research: a scoping review
Kelly, Sarah; Cowen , Andy; Akdur, Gizdem; Irvine, Lisa; Peryer, Guy; Welsh , Silje; Rand , Stacey; Lang, Iain A; Towers, Ann-Marie; Spilsbury, Karen; Killett, Anne; Gordon, Adam; Hanratty , Barbara; Jones, Liz; Meyer, Julienne; Goodman, Claire; Burton, Jennifer (2023-05-16)Background Care homes are increasingly important settings for intervention research to enhance evidence-informed care. For such research to demonstrate effectiveness, it is essential that measures are appropriate for the ... -
Piloting of a minimum data set for older people living in care homes in England: protocol for a longitudinal, mixed-methods study
Towers, Ann-Marie; Gordon, Adam; Wolters, Arne Timon; Allan, Stephen; Rand, Stacey; Webster, Lucy Anne; Crellin, Elizabeth; Brine, Richard James; De Corte, Kaat; Akdur, Gizdem; Irvine, Lisa; Burton, Jennifer; Hanratty, Barbara; Killett, Anne; Meyer, Julienne; Jones, Liz; Goodman, Claire (2023-02-27)Introduction: Health and care data are routinely collected about care home residents in England, yet there is no way to collate these data to inform benchmarking and improvement. The Developing research resources And minimum ... -
Provision of NHS generalist and specialist services to care homes in England : review of surveys
Iliffe , Steve; Davies, Susan; Gordon, Adam L; Schneider, Justine; Dening , Tom; Bowman, Clive; Gage, Heather; Martin , Finbarr; Gladman, John; Victor, Christina; Meyer, Julienne; Goodman, Claire (2016-03-01)Background: The number of beds in care homes (with and without nurses) in the UK is three times greater than the number of beds in NHS hospitals. Care homes are predominantly owned by a range of commercial, not-for-profit ... -
Quality improvement collaborative aiming for Proactive HEAlthcare of Older People in Care Homes (PEACH) : a realist evaluation protocol
Devi, Reena; Meyer, Julienne; Banerjee, Jay; Goodman, Claire; Gladman, John Raymond Fletcher; Dening, Tom; Chadborn, Neil; Hinsliff-Smith, Kathryn; Long, Annabelle; Usman, Adeela; Housley, Gemma; Bowman, Clive; Martin, Finbarr; Logan, Phillipa; Lewis, Sarah; Gordon, Adam Lee (2018-11-12)INTRODUCTION: This protocol describes a study of a quality improvement collaborative (QIC) to support implementation and delivery of comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) in UK care homes. The QIC will be formed of ... -
Relationships, Expertise, Incentives, and Governance: Supporting Care Home Residents' Access to Health Care : An interview study from England
Goodman, Claire; Davies, Susan; Gordon, Adam L.; Meyer, Julienne; Dening , Tom; Gladman, John; Iliffe , Steve; Zubair , Maria; Bowman, Clive; Victor, Christina; Martin , Finbarr (2015-05-01)Objectives: To explore what commissioners of care, regulators, providers and care home residents in England identify as the key mechanisms or components of different service delivery models that support the provision of ...