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Care planning in older adult care homes: a qualitative study of care staff experiences and views

Smith, Nick, Damant, Jackie, Hamashima, Yuri, Jasim, Sarah, McLeod, Hugh, Prato, Laura, Taylor, Jonathan, Ferguson Montague, Anna, Fitzpatrick, Ray, Forder, Julien E., and others. (2024) Care planning in older adult care homes: a qualitative study of care staff experiences and views. International Journal of Care and Caring, . ISSN 2397-8821. E-ISSN 2397-883X. (doi:10.1332/23978821y2024d000000092) (KAR id:108286)

Abstract

This study aims to understand how care planning is conducted in English older adult care homes and explore the views of staff involved in care planning. Drawing on 22 semi-structured interviews, the findings of the study are organised around five themes: the aims of care planning; conducting care planning; support and resources for care planning; the use of care planning information; and improving care planning. Our discussion notes the ways in which care staff would like to improve how care planning is conducted but highlights that a lack of resources may make improvement difficult.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1332/23978821y2024d000000092
Uncontrolled keywords: care homes, nursing homes, older people, care planning
Subjects: H Social Sciences
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research > Personal Social Services Research Unit
Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research > Centre for Health Services Studies
Funders: National Institute for Health Research (https://ror.org/0187kwz08)
SWORD Depositor: JISC Publications Router
Depositing User: JISC Publications Router
Date Deposited: 24 Jan 2025 11:40 UTC
Last Modified: 27 Jan 2025 13:02 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/108286 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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