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Using video consultation technology between care homes and health and social care professionals: a scoping review and interview study during COVID-19 pandemic
(2022-02-02)
Background the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected care home residents’ and staffs’ access to health care and advice. Health and social care professionals adapted rapidly to using video consultation (videoconferencing) ...
Dementia Friendly Communities: The Involvement of People Living with Dementia
(2022-01-28)
Background Dementia Friendly Communities (DFCs) offer an approach to community engagement to improve the lives of people living with dementia and their family supporters. The involvement of those living with dementia is ...
The uptake and use of a minimum data set (MDS) for older people living and dying in care homes: a realist review
(2022-01-07)
Abstract: Background: Care homes provide long term care for older people. Countries with standardised approaches to residents’ assessment, care planning and review (known as minimum data sets (MDS)) use the aggregate data ...
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
(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 ...
Understanding the financial impact of a diagnosis of young onset dementia on individuals and families in the United Kingdom : Results of an online survey
(2021-03-21)
Although literature on postdiagnostic support for people affected by young onset dementia acknowledges financial concerns, this topic has remained underresearched. The aim of this study was to explore the financial impact ...
Protocol for the development of a repository of individual participant data from randomised controlled trials conducted in adult care homes (The Virtual International Care Homes Trials Archive (VICHTA))
(2021-02-23)
Background: Approximately 418,000 people live in care homes in the UK, yet accessible, robust data on care home populations and organisation are lacking. This hampers our ability to plan, allocate resources or prevent risk. ...
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 ...
USING INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS TO SHAPE RESEARCH AND INNOVATION INTO CARE HOMES IN BRAZIL: A WHITE PAPER
(2020-11-27)
The Brazilian care home sector is underdeveloped, and the limited available evidence suggests that care quality falls below international standards. Development of the Brazilian care home sector could be associated with ...
Uptake and use of a minimum data set (MDS) for older people living and dying in care homes in England : A realist review protocol
(2020-11-14)
Introduction Care homes provide nursing and social care for older people who can no longer live independently at home. In the UK, there is no consistent approach to how information about residents' medical history, care ...
Producing ‘Top Tips’ for care home staff during the COVID-19 pandemic in England: rapid reviews inform evidence-based practice but reveal major gaps
(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 ...