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ENRICHEnabling Research in Care Homes
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Read the real-life experiences of people involved in care home research.
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End of life care for people with dementia
Professor Steve Iliffe, Research Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London
There has been an increase in research of dementia end-of-life care in recent years, in this blog Professor Iliffe looks at the progress being made.
Care Homes research – a recipe for success?
Claire Surr, Professor of Dementia Studies, Leeds Beckett University
We have all heard the old adages ‘Never work with children or animals’ or ‘mad dogs and Englishmen’ and I think that sometimes research in care homes and with people with dementia are often perceived similarly by fellow academics; just too difficult to do and only undertaken by the foolhardy.
Changed perspective
Phil Tinkler
Working in care home research for the past five years has meant visiting a lot of homes.
Care home research of the West Midlands
Sandra Prew
I have been working on ENRICH since November 2014 – the ENRICH Project was launched nationally in 2012 but the initiative was not taken up in the West Midlands until late 2014, when we had 1 care home signed up and little research activity. CRN West Midlands is the second largest Network with a population of 5.7 million (the size of Denmark), and houses over 800 care homes.
How do handovers happen?
Professor Jill Manthorpe
Many studies have considered handovers between shifts in hospital settings, but handovers have yet to be explored in care homes.
Thinking about Drinking
Diane Bunn, University of East Anglia
‘Thinking about Drinking’ has been at the forefront of my mind for nearly four years now, but it emerged as the title of my study much more recently, when I was trying to think of something that would describe what I was trying to do.
Passion to improve care standards
Bernadette Mossman
Bernadette Mossman is Healthcare Director and Registered Manager for Vida Healthcare a 70 bed specialist dementia care home, in Harrogate, North Yorkshire rated as excellent by the CQC. In this blog Bernadette expalins what drove her to become involved in research.
“Are you coming back tomorrow?”
Alys Griffiths
The benefits of Care Home research for care homes, residents and families.
A Step in the Right Direction
Eleanor Sowerby
My interest in health research began in 1998 when I decided to take a long awaited leap into the nursing profession.
A care home managers take on research
Robin Willmott
We care home managers are really keen to work with and develop research. So why don’t we?