ArticleInternational journal of older people nursing2025
Exploring Care Home Workers' Perceptions of Implementing ECHO: A Qualitative Study.
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backgroundTo ensure older people living in care homes receive optimal care, care home workers (CHWs) require access to specialist support and education. Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) uses existing videoconferencing to connect CHWs to specialists using case-based learning. There is evidence in other settings to suggest that ECHO can improve practitioner knowledge and patient outcomes. There is a dearth of evidence regarding strategies for effective implementation of ECHO with CHWs.
aimTo establish the experiences of ECHO, and the barriers and enablers to implementation, from the perspective of CHWs in Scotland.
methodsQualitative online focus groups (n = 4) with CHWs (n = 13) who had participated in at least one care home ECHO session and with facilitators/presenters (n = 6). Transcripts were thematically analysed.
findingsFindings were grouped into three areas: perceived impact, inhibitors and enablers. CHWs reported the positive impact of ECHO including key benefits to enhance residents' care, satisfaction with the sessions and feeling valued. Inhibitors included limited digital skills, workforce challenges and the pitch and duration of ECHO sessions. Enablers included administrative and technical support, scheduling and the structure of the ECHO approach.
conclusionsECHO allows CHWs to access specialist support, enabling learning and development, with the potential to improve residents' care. Benefits to residents' care included CHWs' enhanced understanding of choices around death and dying, and insights and understanding of causation of challenging behaviours in older people and how to manage these. Adaptations to ECHO to suit a care home context are recommended. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: CHWs require technical support to build competence and confidence in IT skills. This study highlights the potential for ECHO to support CHWs to access specialist support and learning for older adults in a care home context.
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