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Expanded nursing competencies to improve person-centered care for nursing home residents with complex care needs (Expand-Care): mixed-methods study for the intervention development

Conditions
Complex care needs of older people in inpatient long-term care and unplanned acute medical care services.
Registration Number
DRKS00025773
Lead Sponsor
niversitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein Campus Lübeck
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
18
Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion criteria for residents:
Min. of two unplanned acute medical services in the last 4 weeks (e.g. hospital admission or on-call service or outpatient treatment in the emergency room)
OR:
An unplanned acute medical service in the last 4 weeks (e.g. hospital admission or on-call service or outpatient treatment in the emergency room) and the relevance of the case based on the clinical assessment of the nursing home head nurse.
Inclusion criteria for nursing (specialist) person:
Has worked continuously in the care facility for at least 2 months.
Inclusion criteria for relatives:
Primary contact person (named by the resident)
Inclusion criteria supervising physician:
Involved in the medical care of the participant in the last 2 months
Inclusion criteria for other relevant persons:
Involved in the care of the participant in the last 2 months (e.g. other health care professionals, pastoral care)

Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion criteria for residents:
Short-term care,
Residents who have been living in the home for less than 2 months or who are currently not living in the home,
dying within the next 3 months would not come as a surprise,
Resident (or legal representative) refuses to question other people involved in (their own) care.
Exclusion criteria for nursing (specialist) person:
Not regularly involved in the care of the participants.

Study & Design

Study Type
observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
nplanned hospitalisation of residents in inpatient longterm care
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Will be defined during the intervention development.
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