Browsing Research publications by Author "Handley, Melanie"
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Arts and creativity for people with severe mental illness. A rapid realist review
Zeilig, Hannah; Hackman, Corinna; West, Julian; Handley, Melanie; Plant, Jasmin (The Baring Foundation, 2022-03-23)This review inquires into the role of participatory arts and creativity for people who live with severe mental illness (SMI). A rapid realist informed approach was taken to explore what works from the perspectives of people ... -
Codesigning a systemic discharge intervention for inpatient mental health settings (MINDS): a protocol for integrating realist evaluation and an engineering-based systems approach
Hackmann, Corinna; Komashie, Alexander; Handley, Melanie; Murdoch, Jamie; Wagner, Adam P; Grünwald, Lisa Marie; Waller, Sam; Kaminskiy, Emma; Zeilig, Hannah; Jones, Julia; Bray, Joy; Bagge, Sophie; Simpson, Alan; Dalkin, Sonia Michelle; Clarkson, John; Borghini, Giovanni; Kipouros, Timoleon; Rohricht, Frank; Taousi, Zohra; Haighton, Catherine; Rae, Sarah; Wilson, Jon (2023-09-13)Introduction: Transition following discharge from mental health hospital is high risk in terms of relapse, readmission and suicide. Discharge planning supports transition and reduces risk. It is a complex activity involving ... -
Dementia-friendly interventions to improve the care of people living with dementia admitted to hospitals: a realist review
Handley, Melanie; Bunn, Frances; Goodman, Claire (2017-07-16)Objectives: To identify features of programmes and approaches to make healthcare delivery in secondary healthcare settings more dementia friendly, providing a context-relevant understanding of how interventions achieve ... -
Evaluation of the End of Life Care Train the Trainer (TTT) Education Model
Goodman, Claire; Mayrhofer, Andrea; Handley, Melanie; Smeeton, N.C.; Amador, Sarah; Davies, Susan (University of Hertfordshire, 2014) -
The feasibility of a train-the-trainer approach to end of life care training in care homes: an evaluation
Mayrhofer, Andrea; Goodman, Claire; Smeeton, N.C.; Handley, Melanie; Amador, Sarah; Davies, Susan (2016-01-22)Background: The ABC End of Life Education Programme trained approximately 3000 care home staff in End of Life (EoL) care. An evaluation that compared this programme with the Gold Standards Framework found that it achieved ... -
The Influence of Care Home Managers’ Leadership on the Delivery of Person-centred Care for People Living with Dementia: A Systematic Review
Moenke, Linda; Handley, Melanie; Goodman, Claire (2023-05-17)Background. Care home managers’ leadership is recognised as directly influencing the care received by people living with dementia. What enables care home managers to promote and sustain person-centred care for residents ... -
Interventions that support the creation of dementia friendly environments in health care : protocol for a realist review
Handley, Melanie; Bunn, Frances; Goodman, Claire (2015-12-14)Improving health-care outcomes for people living with dementia when they are admitted to hospital is a policy priority. Dementia friendly interventions in health care promote inclusion of patients and carers in decision-making ... -
Living in Uncertain Times: trajectories to death in residential care homes
Barclay, Stephen; Froggatt, Katherine; Crang, Claire; Mathie, Elspeth; Handley, Melanie; Iliffe, Steve; Manthorpe, Jill; Gage, Heather; Goodman, Claire (2014-09-01)Abstract Background Older people living in care homes often have limited life expectancy. Practitioners and policymakers are increasingly questioning the appropriateness of many acute hospital admissions and the quality ... -
Operationalising the Recovery College model with people living with dementia: a realist review
Handley, Melanie; Wheeler, Charlotte; Duddy, Claire; Wong, Geoff; Birt, Linda; Fox, Chris; Moniz-Cook, Esme; Hackmann, Corinna; Teague, Bonnie; West, Juniper (2024-06-08)Objectives Post-diagnostic support is a significant factor for facilitating personal recovery following a diagnosis of dementia, but access is often inconsistent and insufficient. Recovery Colleges offer peer-led, co-produced ... -
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, ... -
Producing ‘Top Tips’ for care home staff during the COVID-19 pandemic in England: rapid reviews inform evidence-based practice but reveal major gaps
Towers, Ann-Marie; Killett, Anne; Handley, Melanie; Almack, Kathryn; Backhouse , Tamara; Diane, Bunn; Bunn, Frances; Dickinson, Angela; Mathie, Elspeth; Mayrhofer, Andrea; Mikelyte, Rasa; Goodman, Claire (2020-10-22)This paper analyses learning from the first three months of the COVID-19 crisis in the UK. It takes the example of a project that responded to questions and concerns raised by front-line care staff by producing research-based ... -
Promoting independence, health and well-being for older people: : a feasibility study of computer-aided health and social risk appraisal system in primary care
Walters, Kate; Kharicha , Kalpa; Goodman, Claire; Handley, Melanie; Manthorpe , Jill; Cattan , Mima; Morris, Steve; Clarke, Caroline S; Round , Jeff; Iliffe , Steve (2017-03-24)Abstract Background: With population ageing, research is needed into new low-cost, scalable methods of effective promotion of health and wellbeing for older people. We aimed to assess feasibility, reach and costs of ... -
Protocol for a realist evaluation of Recovery College dementia courses: understanding coproduction through ethnography
Birt, Linda; West, Juniper; Poland, Fiona; Wong, Geoff; Handley, Melanie; Litherland, Rachael; Hackmann, Corinna; Moniz-Cook, Esme; Wolverson, Emma; Teague, Bonnie; Mills, Ruth; Sams, Kathryn; Duddy, Claire; Fox, Chris (2023-12-07)Introduction: Support following a dementia diagnosis in the UK is variable. Attending a Recovery College course with and for people with dementia, their supporters and healthcare professionals (staff), may enable people ... -
A qualitative comparison of care home staff and palliative care specialists’ experiences of providing end of life care to people living and dying with dementia in care homes in two countries: A focus group study
Handley, Melanie; Parker, Deborah; Bunn, Frances; Goodman, Claire (2022-01-01)Background: Palliative care for people with dementia dying in care homes is an important aspect of long-term care. Whilst there is consensus about the principles of palliative care, less is known about how care home staff ... -
Setting priorities to inform assessment of care homes’ readiness to participate in healthcare innovation: a systematic mapping review and consensus process
Bunn, Frances; Goodman, Claire; Lynch, Jennifer; Handley, Melanie; Dening , Tom; Gordon , Adam (2020-02-05)Organisational context is known to impact on the successful implementation of healthcare initiatives in care homes. We undertook a systematic mapping review to examine whether researchers have considered organisational ... -
Supporting general hospital staff to provide dementia sensitive care: A realist evaluation
Handley, Melanie; Bunn, Frances; Goodman, Claire (2019-08-01)Background: There are an increasing number of interventions to improve hospital care for patients with dementia. Evidence for their impact on staff actions and patient outcomes is, however, limited and context dependent. ... -
The use of constant observation with people with dementia in hospitals: a mixed-methods systematic review
Handley, Melanie; Theodosopoulou, Danai; Taylor, Nicky; Hadley, Rebecca; Goodman, Claire; Harwood, Rowan; Phillips, Rosemary; Young, Alex; Surr, Claire (2023-06-09)Objective Constant observation is used in hospitals with people with dementia to manage their safety. However, opportunities for proactive care are not consistently recognised or utilised. A systematic review of constant ... -
Using non-participant observation to uncover mechanisms: insights from a realist evaluation
Handley, Melanie; Bunn, Frances; Lynch, Jennifer; Goodman, Claire (2019-08-08)This article outlines how a realist evaluation of dementia care in hospitals used non-participant observation to support the refinement and testing of mechanisms likely to lead to the use of person-centred care. We found ...