scholarly journals Commentary: Mandatory covid vaccination blames individual care home workers for government failures

BMJ ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. n1902 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadra Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Care Home ◽  
Individual Care ◽  
Home Workers

scholarly journals Mandatory covid-19 vaccination for care home workers

BMJ ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. n1684 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lydia Hayes ◽  
Allyson M Pollock
Keyword(s):  
Care Home ◽  
Home Workers

scholarly journals The Development of a Digital Dysphagia Guide with Care Homes: Co-Production and Evaluation of a Nutrition Support Tool

Geriatrics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
Susan Pownall ◽  
Elizabeth Barnett ◽  
Julie Skilbeck ◽  
Angel Jimenez-Aranda ◽  
Sally Fowler-Davis
Keyword(s):  
Care Home ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Care Homes ◽  
Nutrition Support ◽  
Consensus Method ◽  
Support Tool ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Good Nutrition ◽  
Poor Outcomes ◽  
Home Workers

Good nutrition is a recognised outcome in the health and well-being of older care home residents and dysphagia is a known risk factor associated with under nutrition and poor outcomes. The study co-produced a digital Dysphagia Guide with Care Homes using a consensus method with interviews and focus groups to prioritise the need for information and explore acceptability of an educational tool for care home workers. Evaluation of use, acceptability of design, and content of the guide were completed via remote monitoring. The workforce prioritised the need for training as well as the knowledge and skills in relation to planning resident-centred care and advice on textured diets. The technology was a means of offering ‘bite-size’ learning to enhance planning for nutrition across the whole organisation including managers, kitchen staff, and care workers. The Guide to Dysphagia was produced on a tablet and piloted in four care homes over 12 weeks, by 57 staff. Integrated analytics allowed user activity to be monitored. Findings showed that 73% of respondents reported the guide helped them in their job. Additionally, 88% of respondents stated they would recommend the guide to other staff, with 90% reporting it was easy to use. Engagement with staff and managers in four homes resulted in a co-designed, dysphagia guide.

Care workers’ abusive behavior to residents in care homes: a qualitative study of types of abuse, barriers, and facilitators to good care and development of an instrument for reporting of abuse anonymously

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 733-741 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Cooper ◽  
Briony Dow ◽  
Susan Hay ◽  
Deborah Livingston ◽  
Gill Livingston
Keyword(s):  
Challenging Behavior ◽  
Elder Abuse ◽  
Care Home ◽  
Field Testing ◽  
Care Homes ◽  
Abusive Behavior ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Risk Of Falls ◽  
Qualitative Focus Groups ◽  
Home Workers

ABSTRACTBackground: Elder abuse in care homes is probably common but inherently difficult to detect. We developed the first questionnaire to ask care home workers to report abuse anonymously.Method: We held qualitative focus groups with 36 care workers from four London care homes, asking about abuse they had witnessed or perpetrated.Results: The participants reported that situations with potentially abusive consequences were a common occurrence, but deliberate abuse was rare. Residents waited too long for personal care, or were denied care they needed to ensure they had enough to eat, were moved safely, or were not emotionally neglected. Some care workers acted in potentially abusive ways because they did not know of a better strategy or understand the resident's illness; care workers made threats to coerce residents to accept care, or restrained them; a resident at high risk of falls was required to walk as care workers thought otherwise he would forget the skill. Most care workers said that they would be willing to report abuse anonymously. Care workers were sent the newly developed Care Home Conflict Scale to comment on but not to complete and to report whether it was acceptable and relevant to them. Several completed it and reported abusive behavior.Conclusion: Lack of resources, especially care worker time and knowledge about managing challenging behavior and dementia were judged to underlie much of the abuse described. We describe the first instrument designed to measure abuse by care home workers anonymously; field-testing is the logical next step.

Care-home workers' exposure to SHS: a short summary of findings

2009 ◽  
Vol 66 (9) ◽  
pp. 639-640
Author(s):  
S Semple ◽  
A Naji ◽  
S Haw ◽  
J G Ayres
Keyword(s):  
Care Home ◽  
Short Summary ◽  
Home Workers

Improving advance care planning for care home residents with dementia: Evaluation of simulation training for care home workers

Dementia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 822-829
Author(s):  
Asha Pari Katwa ◽  
Chris Jenner ◽  
Karen MacDonald ◽  
Nina Barnett
Keyword(s):  
Advance Care Planning ◽  
Simulation Training ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Care Home ◽  
Care Planning ◽  
Advanced Dementia ◽  
Advance Care ◽  
Home Workers ◽  
Simulated Scenario

The importance of effective advance care planning is often underestimated by professionals caring for care home residents. Using a simulated scenario, this model aimed to highlight the importance of timely advance care planning for care home residents. An adapted simulation effectiveness tool was used to evaluate a simulated scenario of a resident with advanced dementia. Feedback from this tool, N = 28 (response rate 82%), suggests this model was well received and that simulation training delivered by a multi-professional faculty, effectively demonstrates the benefits of early advance care planning for residents with dementia.

scholarly journals 101 Avoiding Burnout of the Care Home Workforce During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: Sharing National Learning and Local Initiatives

2021 ◽  
Vol 50 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. i12-i42
Author(s):  
L Johnston ◽  
C Malcolm ◽  
L Rambabu ◽  
J Hockley ◽  
S D Shenkin
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Care Home ◽  
Care Homes ◽  
Rapid Review ◽  
Staff Retention ◽  
Complex Needs ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Home Workers

Abstract Introduction COVID-19 in care homes has heightened the risk of staff burnout, undermining already problematic staff retention and low morale. There has been an associated proliferation of resources and online initiatives to support frontline workers, however, few of these are directly targeted at the care home workforce. Care home workers are highly skilled in caring for people with complex needs, but have very variable levels of formal training, and just over half of care homes in Scotland include registered nurses. This project will rapidly collate existing resources and identify, direct from care home workers, their best practice, initiatives, and resources used to support resilience and retention during this pandemic and moving forward. Methods 1) Rapid review of care home specific evidence and resources (including published research and social media); 2) Online survey of Enabling Research in Care Homes (ENRICH) members across Scotland (n = 55); 3) Case studies within six care homes to identify what is working well and what is not in terms of promoting resilience and emotional support. Results The rapid review has identified a wide range of resources directed at supporting staff working in care homes; the survey and case studies will provide data on the key learning and resources that have supported staff, and outline the challenges identified. There are many resources available but staff do not access these. The role of the care home manager is key. Key conclusions This comprehensive review of resources and initiatives will make a valuable contribution to policy and practice designed to reduce burnout and foster retention not just in care homes but more widely across health and social care.

scholarly journals REACT-1 round 9 interim report: downward trend of SARS-CoV-2 in England in February 2021 but still at high prevalence

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Riley ◽  
Caroline E. Walters ◽  
Haowei Wang ◽  
Oliver Eales ◽  
David Haw ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Care Home ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Asian Ethnicity ◽  
North West ◽  
North East ◽  
Transmission Study ◽  
Large Household ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Home Workers

AbstractBackground and MethodsEngland entered its third national lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic on 6th January 2021 with the aim of reducing the daily number of deaths and pressure on healthcare services. The real-time assessment of community transmission study (REACT-1) obtains throat and nose swabs from randomly selected people in England in order to describe patterns of SARS-CoV-2 prevalence. Here, we report data from round 9a of REACT-1 for swabs collected between 4th and 13th February 2021.ResultsOut of 85,473 tested-swabs, 378 were positive. Overall weighted prevalence of infection in the community in England was 0.51%, a fall of more than two thirds since our last report (round 8) in January 2021 when 1.57% of people tested positive. We estimate a halving time of 14.6 days and a reproduction number R of 0.72, based on the difference in prevalence between the end of round 8 and the beginning of round 9. Although prevalence fell in all nine regions of England over the same period, there was greater uncertainty in the trend for North West, North East, and Yorkshire and The Humber. Prevalence fell substantially across all age groups with highest prevalence among 18- to 24-year olds at 0.89% (0.47%, 1.67%) and those aged 5 to12 years at 0.86% (0.60%, 1.24%). Large household size, living in a deprived neighbourhood, and Asian ethnicity were all associated with increased prevalence. Healthcare and care home workers were more likely to test positive compared to other workers.ConclusionsThere is a strong decline in prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in England among the general population five to six weeks into lockdown, but prevalence remains high: at levels similar to those observed in late September 2020. Also, the number of COVID-19 cases in hospitals is higher than at the peak of the first wave in April 2020. The effects of easing of social distancing when we transition out of lockdown need to be closely monitored to avoid a resurgence in infections and renewed pressure on health services.

scholarly journals The Development of a Care Home Data Platform in Scotland: Insights from the Care Home Innovation Partnership, Lothian

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucy Johnston ◽  
David AG Henderson ◽  
Jo Hockley ◽  
Susan D Shenkin
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Care Home ◽  
Current Data ◽  
Data Availability ◽  
Care Homes ◽  
Regulatory Agencies ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Individual Care ◽  
Data Platform

Care homes collect a large amount of data about their residents, and the care provided, but there is a lack of consistency in how this information is collected. There is also a need to minimise the burden of data collection on staff, ensure information informs and supports person-centred care, and that this data is then of use to regulatory agencies, policy makers and researchers. We examined the data collected in six Care Homes in Lothian, Scotland. We extracted the meta-data collected, cross-referenced definitions and assessed the degree of current harmonisation between individual care homes and with data sets currently in use in Scotland and internationally. We interviewed the care home managers to identify data collection processes, views and experiences of current data availability, gaps, access and issues of capacity and capability in relation to data management and analytics. Our work has illustrated the scale of the data collected by care homes, the varied formats and heterogeneity of scope and definition. The inventory of 15 core data items that emerged, serves to expose in detail the foundations of care home data sets. The groundwork illuminated the heterogeneity in tools and assessments used to generate the data and the way in which the data is to be used, affects how it is specified and frequency of collection. By making known the reality of how and why care home data is collected, we can understand better the nuances of each individual data item that collectively create a data platform. We make four recommendations for the development of a national care home data platform.

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