Improving end of life care: supporting the workforce and reducing hospitalisations through an implementation study in care homes

niversity of Stirling0 sites349 target enrollmentDecember 17, 2020

Overview

2021 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33619205/ protocol (added 24/02/2021) 2024 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39046763/ (added 25/07/2024)

Registry

who.int

Start Date

December 17, 2020

End Date

October 31, 2022

Last Updated

last year

Study Type

Interventional

Sex

All

Sponsor

niversity of Stirling

•Stakeholders (for interviews in Phase 1 \& 2\):
•1\. Work for specialist palliative care or a care home in one of the six cases; or are a resident in one of the care homes; or are a relative of a care home resident in one of the six cases; or work in acute care impacted by hospitalised care home residents
•2\. Willing to provide informed consent
•3\. Have capacity to provide their own consent to participate
•4\. Not engaged in any current safeguarding investigations
•Care homes:
•1\. Located near to the specialist palliative care team
•2\. Provide care to residents who have high clinical nursing/medical needs
•3\. Willing to sign a memorandum of understanding with the research team, outlining provision of hospitalisation data, facilitate access to staff for interviews, and engagement in Needs Rounds
•4\. A range of sizes (focusing primarily on larger care homes, following CQC data indicating lower quality in larger facilities), sole traders and large corporate provider, and with a range of funding models (NHS/social care and self\-funded residents)