
Jill Manthorpe discusses a qualitative study which examines the experiences of frontline workers in care homes and home care
[read the full story...]Jill Manthorpe discusses a qualitative study which examines the experiences of frontline workers in care homes and home care
[read the full story...]Clarissa Giebel reviews a mixed-methods Dutch study and accompanying guidance, which recommends a safe way to allow visitors back into nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic.
[read the full story...]Liz Sampson reviews a recent 4-year evaluation of the Care Home Innovation Programme (CHIP) aiming to reduce hospital admissions in older care home residents.
[read the full story...]Will Marsh summarises a recent cohort study published this week in the British Journal of Psychiatry, which investigates the predictors of moving on from mental health supported accommodation in England.
[read the full story...]A group of UCL Mental Health Masters students summarise an RCT on the clinical and cost-effectiveness of the MARQUE intervention (Managing Agitation and Raising Quality of Life) for agitation in people with dementia in care homes.
[read the full story...]A group of UCL Mental Health MSc students summarise a recent clinical review of the challenges we face in providing end of life dementia care.
[read the full story...]Kate Baxter reviews a study by Trigg et al. (2018) which explores and compares the type and quantity of information that makes people feel comfortable when choosing a residential care home in the UK, Netherlands and Spain.
[read the full story...]Bruce McClure’s blog looks at a feasibility study of ‘LifeFul’, a reablement programme in the care home context.
[read the full story...]Martin Stevens considers the low uptake of direct payments in residential care: an evaluation of the Direct Payments in Residential Care Trailblazers.
[read the full story...]Emma Wincup and Katharine Sacks-Jones explore the findings of a recent qualitative study that asks: Do women with complex alcohol and other drug use histories want women-only residential treatment?
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