Online Supportive Conversations & Reflection Sessions [OSCARS] with Care Home Staff Following A Resident’s Death: Improving Coping Mechanisms, Team Cohesion and Communication
Journal Article
Hockley, J., Johnston, L., Watson, J., & Shenkin, S. D. (2021)
Online Supportive Conversations & Reflection Sessions [OSCARS] with Care Home Staff Following A Resident’s Death: Improving Coping Mechanisms, Team Cohesion and Communication. Age and ageing, 50(supp 1), i12-i42. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afab030.63
Introduction
COVID-19 Trauma Guidance suggests opportunities for structured, time-limited discussions about challenging experiences should be offered. It is unknown if such di...
Avoiding Burnout of the Care Home Workforce During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: Sharing National Learning and Local Initiatives
Journal Article
Johnston, L., Malcolm, C., Rambabu, L., Hockley, J., & Shenkin, S. D. (2021)
Avoiding Burnout of the Care Home Workforce During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: Sharing National Learning and Local Initiatives. Age and ageing, 50(Suppl. 1), i12-i42. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afab030.62
Introduction
COVID-19 in care homes has heightened the risk of staff burnout, undermining already problematic staff retention and low morale. There has been an associated prol...
Online Supportive Conversations and Reflection Sessions (OSCaRS): A Feasibility Studywith care home staff during the pandemic
Report
Johnston, L. (2021)
Online Supportive Conversations and Reflection Sessions (OSCaRS): A Feasibility Studywith care home staff during the pandemic. Edinburgh: CSO
A study in three cares homes was undertaken to assess the feasibility of providing online emotional support and practice-based learning on death/dying and end of life care dur...
Avoiding Burnout of Care Home Workforce
Report
Johnston, L., & Malcolm, C. (2021)
Avoiding Burnout of Care Home Workforce. Edinburgh: CSO
This small study focused on the resources available and used to support the wellbeing and mental health of frontline care workers (FCW) in care homes for older people. It had ...
Avoiding burnout of the care home workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: sharing national learning and local initiatiatives
Presentation / Conference
Johnston, L., Malcolm, C., Rambabu, L., Hockley, J., & Shenkin, S. (2020, November)
Avoiding burnout of the care home workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: sharing national learning and local initiatiatives. Poster presented at BGS Autumn Meeting 2020, Online
Online Supportive Conversations and Reflective Sessions (OSCaRS) in care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic
Presentation / Conference
Johnston, L., Shenkin, S., Hockley, J., & Watson, J. (2020, November)
Online Supportive Conversations and Reflective Sessions (OSCaRS) in care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Poster presented at BGS Autumn Meeting, Online
Developing a Data & Innovation Platform for Care Homes In Scotland
Presentation / Conference
Johnston, L., Hockley, J., & Henderson, D. (2020, October)
Developing a Data & Innovation Platform for Care Homes In Scotland. Presented at EuGMS Congress 2020, Online
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the need for reliable, real time data on the care of older people. We aimed to identify current data availabi...
Supporting the resilience and retention of frontline care workers in care homes for older people: A scoping review and thematic synthesis
Working Paper
Johnston, L., Malcolm, C., Rambabu, L., Hockley, J., & Shenkin, S. D. Supporting the resilience and retention of frontline care workers in care homes for older people: A scoping review and thematic synthesis)
Johnston, L., Malcolm, C., Rambabu, L., Hockley, J., & Shenkin, S. D. Supporting the resilience and retention of frontline care workers in care homes for older people: A scoping review and thematic synthesis
The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the need to ensure that strategic and operational approaches
to retain high quality, resilient frontline care home workers, who are not re...
The Development of a Care Home Data Platform in Scotland: Insights from the Care Home Innovation Partnership, Lothian
Working Paper
Johnston, L., Hockley, J., Henderson, D. A., & Shenkin, S. D. The Development of a Care Home Data Platform in Scotland: Insights from the Care Home Innovation Partnership, Lothian)
Johnston, L., Hockley, J., Henderson, D. A., & Shenkin, S. D. The Development of a Care Home Data Platform in Scotland: Insights from the Care Home Innovation Partnership, Lothian
Care homes collect a large amount of data about their residents, and the care provided, but there is a lack of consistency in how this information is collected. There is also ...
Systematic review and thematic synthesis of the implementation and impact of holistic needs assessments for people affected by cancer
Presentation / Conference
Johnston, L., Young, J., & Campbell, K. (2019, September)
Systematic review and thematic synthesis of the implementation and impact of holistic needs assessments for people affected by cancer. Poster presented at IPOS World Congress of Psycho-Oncology and Psychosocial Academy, Banff, Canada
Background/rationale or Objectives/purpose: International government and clinical policy recommends individuals affected by cancer should have all their needs ass...