Harding, Andrew and Preston, Nancy and Doherty, Julie and Cousins, Emily and Varey, Sandra and McCann, Adrienne and Dening, Karen Harrison and Finucane, Anne and Carter, Gillian and Mitchell, Gary and Brazil, Kevin (2021) 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 Geriatrics, 21 (1). ISSN 1471-2318

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Background: Nursing home residents are typically older adults with high levels of chronic illness and impairment. As such, they are particularly susceptible to severe complications and mortality from COVID-19. Since all nursing home residents are at increased risk, nursing home care staff need to know what residents would want to happen should they become infected with COVID-19. This study aims to develop and evaluate advance care planning (ACP) COVID-centric online training and information resources for nursing home staff and family members of residents, to improve care at the end of life during a COVID-19 outbreak. Based on the findings we will develop implementation guidelines for nursing homes to ensure wider impact and application during the pandemic and beyond. Methods: The content of the training and information resources will be based on a rapid review of literature and guidance on ACP in the context of COVID-19 and consultation with the study expert reference group. An integrated communications company will then work alongside the research team to design the online training and information resources. To evaluate the resources, we will employ a multiple case study design where a nursing home (defined as an institutional setting in which nursing care is provided to older adults on-site 24 h a day) will be the unit of analysis or ‘case’. The RE-AIM (reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, maintenance) framework will guide the evaluation of implementation of the training and information resources. We will recruit and interview staff and family members from between 6 and 9 nursing homes across Northern Ireland, England and Scotland and gather quantitative data from a feedback survey included in the training and information resources.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Cite as: 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
Keywords:	Advance care planning; COVID-19; Coronavirus; Nursing homes; Training; Information; E-learning; Online training;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Institutes > Innovation Value Institute, IVI
Item ID:	17879
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02398-1
Depositing User:	Adrienne McCann
Date Deposited:	23 Nov 2023 11:22
Journal or Publication Title:	BMC Geriatrics
Publisher:	BioMed Central Ltd
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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