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General Practitioners’ Role in Advancing Practice in Care Homes: A Realist Review
(2022-07-04)
Background Despite recent focus on improving healthcare in care homes, it is unclear what role General Practitioners (GPs) should play. To provide evidence for future practice we set out to explore how GPs have been involved ...
How Quality Improvement Collaboratives Work to Improve Healthcare in Care Homes: A Realist Evaluation
(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 ...
SEeking AnsweRs for Care Homes during the COVID-19 pandemic (COVID SEARCH)
(2020-09-15)
The care and support of older people residing in long-term care facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic has created new and unanticipated uncertainties for staff. In this short report, we present our analyses of the ...
Attracting, recruiting and retaining nurses and care workers working in care homes: the need for a nuanced understanding informed by evidence and theory
(2020-07-01)
The care home sector relies on nurses and care workers to deliver care to residents living with frailty and complex needs. However, attracting, recruiting and retaining staff is one of the biggest challenges facing this ...
Protocol for a realist review of General Practitioners’ Role in Advancing Practice in Care Homes (GRAPE study)
(2020-06-15)
Introduction Older people who live in care homes have a high level of need with complex health conditions. In addition to providing medical care to residents, general practitioners (GPs) play a role as gatekeeper for access ...