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Research, recruitment and observational data collection in care homes: lessons from the PACE study [PDF]

BMC Research Notes, 2019
Objective Care homes are a common place of death for older adults, especially those with complex health needs or dementia. Representative, internationally comparable data on care home facilities and their residents is needed to monitor health and ...
Danni Collingridge Moore, Sheila Payne, Lieve Van den Block, Maud ten Koppel, Katarzyna Szczerbińska, Katherine Froggatt, PACE (Palliative Care for Older People in care and nursing homes in Europe) Consortium   +6 more
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Adaptation of the DEMQOL-Proxy for routine use in care homes: a cross-sectional study of the reliability and validity of DEMQOL-CH [PDF]

BMJ Open, 2019
Objective To investigate the routine use of a measure of quality of life (QoL) in care homes and assess its psychometric properties when used by care staff.Design A cross-sectional two-phase study.Setting and participants Data were collected from care ...
Laura J Hughes, Nicolas Farina, Thomas E Page, Naji Tabet, Sube Banerjee   +4 more
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Investigating the relationship of indoor temperature and humidity with sleeping quality in private residential care homes for persons with disabilities in Hong Kong [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
ObjectiveThis study investigated the relationship between indoor temperature, humidity, and sleep quality in private residential care homes for persons with disabilities (PRCHDs) in Hong Kong, a vulnerable and under-researched population.MethodsA 6 month
Ho Lim Lee, Ngai Sze Wong
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Clinical impact of a multifaceted intervention aimed at decreasing distress in people living with dementia: evaluating the Reconnect program

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023
BackgroundTo better meet the needs of people living with advanced dementia, Orchard Care Homes, United Kingdom have established an enhanced person focused program, namely the Reconnect program, which provides an enriched psycho-social care to enhance ...
Cheryl Baird, Hannah Miller, Kreshnik Hoti, Kreshnik Hoti, Jeffery Hughes, Jeffery Hughes   +5 more
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The Impact of a Public Health Crisis on the Well-Being of UK Senior Care Home Staff: A Qualitative Interview Study

Journal of Long-Term Care, 2023
Context: Care homes in the UK were hit badly by the COVID-19 pandemic, with numerous outbreaks and deaths of residents and staff. Objectives: To capture the impact of the pandemic on care home staff well-being and share insights and learning about how
Kath Wilkinson, Iain Lang, Jo Thompson-Coon, Kristin Liabo, Vicki A. Goodwin, George Coxon, Geoffrey Cox, Chris Marriott, Carol Abel, Jo Day   +9 more
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Facilitators and Barriers to Research Participation in Care Homes: Thematic Analysis of Interviews with Researchers, Staff, Residents and Residents’ Families

Journal of Long-Term Care, 2022
Following the global health pandemic of COVID-19, a spotlight has been placed on care homes in the UK and the disproportionate impact the virus has had, and continues to have (Hanratty et al., 2020).
Emma Law, Rosalie Ashworth
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Combining ethnography and conversation analysis to explore interaction in dementia care settings

Health Expectations, 2022
Background It is well established that the actions and behaviour of care home workers are fundamental to the well‐being of the people they care for. They not only deliver basic care but through their day‐to‐day presence provide an underlying continuity ...
John Chatwin, Katherine Ludwin, Isabelle Latham   +2 more
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Infection and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in London care homes reporting no cases or outbreaks of COVID-19: Prospective observational cohort study, England 2020

The Lancet Regional Health. Europe, 2021
Background: Care homes have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. We investigated the potential role of asymptomatic infection and silent transmission in London care homes that reported no cases of COVID-19 during the first wave of ...
Anna Jeffery-Smith, Kate Dun-Campbell, Roshni Janarthanan, Jonathan Fok, Emma Crawley-Boevey, Amoolya Vusirikala, Elena Fernandez Ruiz De Olano, Marina Sanchez Perez, Suzanne Tang, Thomas AJ Rowland, Edward Wynne-Evans, Anita Bell, Bharat Patel, Zahin Amin-Chowdhury, Felicity Aiano, Karthik Paranthaman, Thomas Ma, Maria Saavedra-Campos, Joanna Ellis, Angie Lackenby, Heather Whitaker, Richard Myers, Katja Höschler, Kevin Brown, Mary E Ramsay, Nandini Shetty, J. Yimmy Chow, Shamez Ladhani, Maria Zambon   +28 more
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A critical realist evaluation of an integrated care project for vulnerable families in Sydney, Australia

BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background Healthy Homes and Neighbourhoods (HHAN) Integrated Care Initiative was established to improve the care of families with complex health and social needs who reside in Sydney Local Health District.
E. Tennant, E. Miller, K. Costantino, D. De Souza, H. Coupland, P. Fotheringham, J. Eastwood   +6 more
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Data Collection in Care Homes for Older Adults: A National Survey in England

Journal of Long-Term Care, 2023
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 facilities.
Barbara Hanratty, Arne Timon Wolters, Ann-Marie Towers, Karen Spilsbury, Julienne Meyer, Anne Killett, Liz Jones, Adam Gordon, Jennifer Kirsty Burton, Gizdem Akdur, Lisa Irvine, Krystal Warmoth, Jennifer Liddle, Claire Goodman   +13 more
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