How Quality Improvement Collaboratives Work to Improve Healthcare in Care Homes: A Realist Evaluation

Devi, Reena; Chadborn, Neil H; Meyer, Julienne; Banerjee, Jay; Goodman, Claire; Dening, Tom; Rf Gladman, John; Hinsliff-Smith, Kathryn; Long, Annabelle; Usman, Adeela; Housley, Gemma; Lewis, Sarah; Glover, Matthew; Gage, Heather; Logan, Philippa A; Martin, Finbarr C; Gordon, Adam L

doi:10.1093/ageing/afab007

All Outputs (5)

Development and Validation of Quality of Life Measurement Tools Used in Older Peoples’ Care Homes: a scoping review protocol (2021)
Working Paper
Usman, A., Lewis, S., Clarkson, P., & Gordon, A. Development and Validation of Quality of Life Measurement Tools Used in Older Peoples’ Care Homes: a scoping review protocol

Introduction There is a high prevalence of frailty and cognitive impairment within care home population. These wide-ranging experiences and needs impact on residents’ quality of life. Therefore, measuring Quality of Life (QOL) in residents as part... Read More about Development and Validation of Quality of Life Measurement Tools Used in Older Peoples’ Care Homes: a scoping review protocol.

Feasibility RCT of neuromuscular electrical stimulation; an Intervention to Maintain and improve neuroMuscular function during periods of Immobility (IMMI): Protocol (2021)
Working Paper
Gladman, J., Aloraibi, S., Greenhaff, P., Piasecki, M., Phillips, B., Atherton, P., …Gordon, A. (0000). Feasibility RCT of neuromuscular electrical stimulation; an Intervention to Maintain and improve neuroMuscular function during periods of Immobility (IMMI): Protocol

East Midlands Research into Ageing Network (EMRAN) is a research collaboration across the East Midlands to facilitate collaborative applied clinical research into ageing and the care of older people. EMRAN was set up by NIHR CLAHRC East Midlands and... Read More about Feasibility RCT of neuromuscular electrical stimulation; an Intervention to Maintain and improve neuroMuscular function during periods of Immobility (IMMI): Protocol.

GPs’ involvement to improve care quality in care homes in the UK: a realist review (2021)
Journal Article
Chadborn, N. H., Devi, R., Williams, C., Sartain, K., Goodman, C., & Gordon, A. L. (2021). GPs’ involvement to improve care quality in care homes in the UK: a realist review. Health Services and Delivery Research, 9(20), 1-76. https://doi.org/10.3310/hsdr09200

Background Organising health-care services for residents living in care homes is an important area of development in the UK and elsewhere. Medical care is provided by general practitioners in the UK, and the unique arrangement of the NHS means that... Read More about GPs’ involvement to improve care quality in care homes in the UK: a realist review.

Effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) in acutely hospitalised adult patients -protocol for a systematic review of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) (2021)
Working Paper
Alqurashi, H., Robinson, K., Gladman, J., Gordon, A., Masud, T., & Piasecki, M. (2021). Effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) in acutely hospitalised adult patients -protocol for a systematic review of randomised controlled trials (RCTs)

How Quality Improvement Collaboratives Work to Improve Healthcare in Care Homes: A Realist Evaluation (2021)
Journal Article
Devi, R., Chadborn, N. H., Meyer, J., Banerjee, J., Goodman, C., Dening, T., …Gordon, A. L. (2021). How Quality Improvement Collaboratives Work to Improve Healthcare in Care Homes: A Realist Evaluation. Age and Ageing, 50(4), 1371-1381. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afab007

Background Quality improvement collaboratives (QICs) bring together multidisciplinary teams in a structured process to improve care quality. How QICs can be used to support healthcare improvement in care homes is not fully understood. Methods A... Read More about How Quality Improvement Collaboratives Work to Improve Healthcare in Care Homes: A Realist Evaluation.