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Supporting shared decision-making for older people with multiple health and social care needs: a protocol for a realist synthesis to inform integrated care models
(2017-02-07)
Introduction: Including the patient or user perspective is a central organising principle of integrated care. Moreover, there is increasing recognition of the importance of strengthening relationships among patients, carers ...
Effective heath care for older people living and dying in care homes: a realist review
(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 ...
Provision of NHS generalist and specialist services to care homes in England : review of surveys
(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 ...
The feasibility of a train-the-trainer approach to end of life care training in care homes: an evaluation
(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 ...
Relationships, Expertise, Incentives, and Governance: Supporting Care Home Residents' Access to Health Care : An interview study from England
(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 ...
Effective health care for older people resident in care homes : The Optimal study protocol for realist review
(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 ...
Enabling research in care homes : an evaluation of a national network of research ready care homes
(2014-04-05)
In the UK care homes are one of the main providers of long term care for older people with dementia. Despite the recent increase in care home research, residents with dementia are often excluded from studies. Care home ...
Evaluation of the End of Life Care Train the Trainer (TTT) Education Model
(University of Hertfordshire, 2014)
Can district nurses and care home staff improve bowel care for older people using a clinical benchmarking tool?
(2013-12)
A quasi-experimental study tested a clinical benchmarking tool (Essence of Care) to improve bowel-related care for older people living in six care homes. In the intervention care homes, district nurses and care home staff ...
OPTIMAL: A realistic evaluation of what supports effective health care for care home residents
(2013-07-09)
This poster presents early findings from phase one of OPTIMAL, a 3 year study that asked: 1.What is the range of health service delivery models that provide health care to care home residents? 2.What features of these ...