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The need for a participatory recordkee** system for children and young people placed in residential care homes: the case of Sweden
This study demonstrates the need for participatory recordkee** to promote the right of children and young people placed in Swedish residential care...
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Virtual Reality Relaxation for Mental Health Service Users with Complex Care Needs: a Pilot Study in Residential Care Homes and Supported Accommodation
Virtual reality (VR) relaxation is a promising, novel intervention for service users with a range of mental health conditions and has potential...
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Social Workers as Allies? Gender Confirming Practices and Institutional Limitations in Youth Residential Homes
Previous research shows that LGBTQ+ youth are over-represented in out-of-home care and that especially transgender and non-binary youth face...
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Mental health experiences and co** strategies of BAME care workers who worked in nursing and residential care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic in Luton, England
BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic intensified the risk factors for poor mental health among care workers in the UK. However, there is inadequate...
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Scales and size-quality outcomes in adult learning disability residential care: evidence from the UK
Residential care services are under increasing pressure to lower service provision costs while maintaining quality of care. Using a translog cost...
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Multimorbidity and multi-disability among the elderly in residential care in India: the Hyderabad Ocular Morbidity in Elderly Study (HOMES)
We report prevalence and risk factors for multimorbidity and multi-disability among elderly people in residential care in the Hyderabad region in...
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The Effect of Family Foster Care vs. Residential Group Care on Educational Attainment
This study investigates the effect of foster care relative to residential group care on enrollment in upper secondary education among Danish children...
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Compassionate Mind Training for Caregivers in Residential Youth Care: Investigating their Experiences Through a Thematic Analysis
ObjectivesCompassion can be valuable in demanding help settings, both to professionals and clients. Nevertheless, compassion-based interventions have...
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Preference of caregivers on residential care homes for older persons with versus without communication problems: a discrete choice experiment
BackgroundA residential care service voucher scheme has been introduced to expand the capacity and enhance choice of public-funded long-term care...
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Frailty nurse and GP-led models of care in care homes: the role of contextual factors impacting Enhanced health in care homes framework implementation
BackgroundThe Enhanced Health for Care homes (EHCH) framework is an innovative response to provide more proactive, preventative approaches to care...
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The Buffering Role of Self-compassion in the Association Between Loneliness with Depressive Symptoms: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study Among Older Adults Living in Residential Care Homes During COVID-19
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is an ongoing geriatric health emergency with a substantial increase in the prevalence of medical...
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Care Homes Policy
There is significant interest in the puzzle of how decentralisation of social policy, with responsibility moving from the national to a sub-national...
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The Cognitive Daisy (COG-D) for improving care for residents with dementia in care homes: protocol of a feasibility RCT
BackgroundCognitive problems associated with dementia affect a large proportion of older adults living in residential care. Knowledge of cognitive...
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Screening for atrial fibrillation in care homes using pulse palpation and the AliveCor Kardia Mobile® device: a comparative cross-sectional pilot study
BackgroundAtrial fibrillation (AF) is a major cause of stroke in older people. Exacerbated by age and co-morbidities, residents of care homes are...
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Analysis of contributory factors to incidents related to medication assistance for residents taking medicines in residential care homes for the elderly: a qualitative interview survey with care home staff
BackgroundIn Japan, staff who are not doctors or nurses can assist the elderly in residential care facilities to take their pre-packaged medicines....
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Understanding Pathways into Care-homes using Data (UnPiCD study): a two-part model to estimate inpatient and care-home costs using national linked health and social care data
BackgroundPathways into care-homes have been under-researched. Individuals who move-in to a care-home from hospital are clinically distinct from...
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SCOPE: safer care for older persons (in residential) environments—a pilot study to enhance care aide-led quality improvement in nursing homes
BackgroundNursing home residents require daily support. While care aides provide most of this support they are rarely empowered to lead quality...
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Matthew’s Story: Residential Care
Matthew’s story is one of two told ‘second-hand’ as Matthew is now deceased. Matthew was an elderly war veteran who was admitted to residential care...
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Informal care at old age at home and in nursing homes: determinants and economic value
This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of informal care receipt by the French individuals aged 60 or older. The literature has focused on the...
