ArticleJournal of clinical nursing2018
Family involvement in timely detection of changes in health of nursing homes residents: A qualitative exploratory study.
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- A qualitative study of family members' perspectives regarding decision-making for nursing home residents' care.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2024Article
- Family Involvement in the Care of Nursing Home Residents With Dementia: A Scoping Review.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2024Article
- Nursing home leader response during COVID-19: a qualitative descriptive study about use of external resources during the pandemic.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Caregiving in long-term care before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review.European geriatric medicine · 2024Article
- Strategies for older people living in care homes to prevent urinary tract infection: the StOP UTI realist synthesis.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2024Review
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objectivesTo explore family perspectives on their involvement in the timely detection of changes in their relatives' health in UK nursing homes.
backgroundIncreasingly, policy attention is being paid to the need to reduce hospitalisations for conditions that, if detected and treated in time, could be managed in the community. We know that family continue to be involved in the care of their family members once they have moved into a nursing home. Little is known, however, about family involvement in the timely detection of changes in health in nursing home residents.
designQualitative exploratory study with thematic analysis.
methodsA purposive sampling strategy was applied. Fourteen semi-structured one-to-one interviews with family members of people living in 13 different UK nursing homes. Data were collected from November 2015-March 2016.
resultsFamilies were involved in the timely detection of changes in health in three key ways: noticing signs of changes in health, informing care staff about what they noticed and educating care staff about their family members' changes in health. Families suggested they could be supported to detect timely changes in health by developing effective working practices with care staff.
conclusionFamilies can provide a special contribution to the process of timely detection in nursing homes. Their involvement needs to be negotiated, better supported, as well as given more legitimacy and structure within the nursing home. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE: Families could provide much needed support to nursing home nurses, care assistants and managers in timely detection of changes in health. This may be achieved through communication about their preferred involvement on a case-by-case basis as well as providing appropriate support or services.
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