Necessary discussions: Advance care planning for nursing homes in a COVID-19 outbreak
Project Title |
Necessary discussions: Advance care planning for nursing homes in a COVID-19 outbreak |
Research Focus |
The development and evaluation of an online advance care planning COVID-centric resource for nursing homes to support shared decision making on goals of care. |
Funder & Dates |
Co-funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) as part of the UK Research and Innovation’s rapid response to COVID-19, and the Health and Social Care Research & Development Division (HSC R&D Division) of the Public Health Agency. |
Principal Investigator or Primary Supervisor |
Professor Kevin Brazil |
Co-Investigators or additional supervisors |
Dr Gary Mitchel Dr Gillian Carter |
Research Fellow(s) or PhD Student |
Dr Julie Doherty - Research Fellow |
Name & Institution of Collaborators |
Professor Nancy Preston, Lancaster University Dr Andrew Harding, Lancaster University Dr Karen Harrison Denning, Dementia UK Dr Anne Finucane, Marie Curie, Edinburg |
Description of Project: Aim; Methods; Expected Outcomes
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Aim: The aim of this project is to develop and evaluate an online advance care planning COVID-centric resource for nursing homes during a COVID-19 outbreak. Methods: Findings from a rapid review of advance care planning guidance in the UK will be used to develop an online resource for training staff and providing information to family carers. A case study approach will be used to evaluate the online resource. Qualitative interviews will be conducted with staff and family members who receive the information on advance care planning during a COVID-19 outbreak. Expected outcomes: a) enhanced knowledge of advance care planning during a COVID-19 outbreak; b) enhanced decision making among family carers regarding resident care; c) improved communication between staff and family carers regarding their relatives health care needs; d) development of an open source online ACP COVID-centric resource., |
Links/URLs to external pages |
The project webpage can be accessed here. Harding, A., Preston, N., Doherty, J. et al. Developing and evaluating online COVID-centric advance care planning training and information resources for nursing staff and family members in nursing homes: the necessary discussions study protocol. BMC Geriatr 21, 456 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02398-1
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