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  • Optimal healthcare delivery to care homes in the UK: A realist evaluation of what supports effective working to improve healthcare outcomes

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    Gordon, AL
    Goodman, C
    Davies, SL
    Dening, T
    Gage, H
    Meyer, J
    Schneider, J
    Bell, B
    Jordan, J
    Martin, FC
    Iliffe, S
    Bowman, C
    Gladman, JRF
    Victor, C
    Mayrhofer, A
    Handley, M
    Zubair, M
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Meyer, Julienne
    Year published
    2018
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    Abstract
    Introduction: care home residents have high healthcare needs not fully met by prevailing healthcare models. This study explored how healthcare configuration influences resource use. Methods: a realist evaluation using qualitative and quantitative data from case studies of three UK health and social care economies selected for differing patterns of healthcare delivery to care homes. Four homes per area (12 in total) were recruited. A total of 239 residents were followed for 12 months to record resource-use. Overall, 181 participants completed 116 interviews and 13 focus groups including residents, relatives, care home staff, ...
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    Introduction: care home residents have high healthcare needs not fully met by prevailing healthcare models. This study explored how healthcare configuration influences resource use. Methods: a realist evaluation using qualitative and quantitative data from case studies of three UK health and social care economies selected for differing patterns of healthcare delivery to care homes. Four homes per area (12 in total) were recruited. A total of 239 residents were followed for 12 months to record resource-use. Overall, 181 participants completed 116 interviews and 13 focus groups including residents, relatives, care home staff, community nurses, allied health professionals and General Practitioners. Results: context-mechanism-outcome configurations were identified explaining what supported effective working between healthcare services and care home staff: (i) investment in care home-specific work that legitimises and values work with care homes; (ii) relational working which over time builds trust between practitioners; (iii) care which 'wraps around' care homes; and (iv) access to specialist care for older people with dementia. Resource use was similar between sites despite differing approaches to healthcare. There was greater utilisation of GP resource where this was specifically commissioned but no difference in costs between sites. Conclusion: activities generating opportunities and an interest in healthcare and care home staff working together are integral to optimal healthcare provision in care homes. Outcomes are likely to be better where: focus and activities legitimise ongoing contact between healthcare staff and care homes at an institutional level; link with a wider system of healthcare; and provide access to dementia-specific expertise.
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    Journal Title
    Age and Ageing
    Volume
    47
    Issue
    4
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afx195
    Copyright Statement
    © 2018 is is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Age and Ageing following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Optimal healthcare delivery to care homes in the UK: A realist evaluation of what supports effective working to improve healthcare outcomes, Age and Ageing, Volume 47, Issue 4, July 2018, Pages 595–603 is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afx195.
    Subject
    Clinical Sciences
    Public Health and Health Services
    Psychology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/385519
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