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An archive of news items published on the ENRICH site May 2014 - April 2019 can be found here.

Resources

1st November
2022

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Hospital transfers from care homes: conceptualising staff decision-making as a form of risk work

An open access paper is now available for all to read discussing decision making when deciding whether to transfer care home residents to hospital.

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26th October
2022

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The King’s Fund – Interoperability is more than technology: The role of culture and leadership in joined-up care

Integrated care systems (ICSs) and provider collaboratives are ushering in a move towards more collaborative working across organisations in health, social care and the voluntary and community sector – and digital health technologies have an important role to play. Digital technologies can help information and communication to flow across organisations, people and places, bringing benefits for both patients and staff, eg, fewer tests, improved patient safety, reduced costs and saving both patients and staff time. However, using digital health technologies to overcome silos, often referred to as interoperability, has been a longstanding challenge.

Research Blocks

25th October
2022

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Do you have experience of conducting, managing, or supporting care planning in older adult care homes?

The Universities of Bristol, Kent, Liverpool, and Oxford, along with The London School of Economics and Political Science, supported by National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaborations are conducting a research study looking at care planning in care homes and how it can support and improve the wellbeing of their residents.

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19th October
2022

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The Health Foundation – The cost of caring: poverty and deprivation among residential care workers in the UK

Adult social care workers – who are mostly women – are among the lowest paid in the UK.

17th October
2022

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CRED Talks: Social care and research partnerships

If you are interested in social care and research partnerships, you won’t want to miss this event hosted by NIHR ARC Wessex.

Research Blocks

11th October
2022

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Community Capital in Care Homes

Are you a care home manager? Would you be interested in taking part in a one-off (online) meeting to explore the relationships care home have with their communities? If so please get in contact.

7th October
2022

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NIHR – Creative communication tools can bring research findings to a wider audience

Do you want to know how to create open, fun and accessible content for dissemination? Then this is for you.

6th October
2022

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Why we must weave health and care research ‘into the fabric’ of nursing homes

Professor Catherine Walshe, Co-Director of the International Observatory on End of Life Care at Lancaster University, explains how delivering research in care homes is becoming increasingly important with an ageing population. She discusses how research can be championed and facilitated in these settings.

Research Blocks

3rd October
2022

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NIHR – A good CQC rating was linked with better quality of life for residents of care homes

Study shows a link between working conditions, care quality and residents’ quality of life. Researchers report that policies to improve working conditions for staff are essential to improve outcomes for people living in care homes.

Research Blocks

27th September
2022

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NIHR RDS & HDR UK Care Homes Research Workshop

A networking opportunity for researchers, stakeholders and public and patient representatives from across the Care Home sector.