Literature Review on Antimicrobial Resistance In Relation To The Environment In Scotland
Report
Wojcik, G., Anderson, L., Johnston, L., Moffat, S., & Morrison, D. (2024)
Literature Review on Antimicrobial Resistance In Relation To The Environment In Scotland. Environmental Standards Scotland
Commissioned literature review on the key causes, impacts and controls for anti-microbial resistance (AMR) in the environment that are relevant to Scotland. The review summari...
A Reflection On: Online Supportive Conversations and Reflection Sessions (OSCaRS): A Feasibility Pilot with Care Home Staff during the Pandemic
Journal Article
Johnston, L., Hockley, J., Watson, J., & Shenkin, S. D. (2024)
A Reflection On: Online Supportive Conversations and Reflection Sessions (OSCaRS): A Feasibility Pilot with Care Home Staff during the Pandemic. International journal of practice-based learning in health and social care, 11(2), 129-141
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Practicalities of promoting practice‐based learning in end of life care for care home staff: Lessons from “online” supportive conversations and reflection sessions
Journal Article
Hockley, J., Watson, J., Johnston, L., & Shenkin, S. D. (2024)
Practicalities of promoting practice‐based learning in end of life care for care home staff: Lessons from “online” supportive conversations and reflection sessions. International Journal of Older People Nursing, 19(1), Article e12598. https://doi.org/10.1111/opn.12598
Introduction: Deaths in care homes and “at home” are anticipated to account for a third of UK deaths by 2040. Currently, palliative and end of life care are not part of statut...
Research Report for COVID-19 Public Inquiry
Report
This report was commissioned by the Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry as introductory scoping research.
Online Supportive Conversations and Reflection Sessions (OSCaRS): A Feasibility Study with Care Home Staff during the Pandemic
Journal Article
Johnston, L., Hockley, J., Watson, J., & Shenkin, S. D. (2022)
Online Supportive Conversations and Reflection Sessions (OSCaRS): A Feasibility Study with Care Home Staff during the Pandemic. International journal of practice-based learning in health and social care, 10(1), 48-58. https://doi.org/10.18552/ijpblhsc.v10i1.743
Care homes care for people with complex needs, supporting them to the end of life and are now being seen as the ‘de facto’ hospice. Reflective debriefing for care home staff h...
Developing a Care Home Data Platform in Scotland: a mixed methods study of data routinely collected in care homes
Journal Article
Shenkin, S. D., Johnston, L., Hockley, J., & Henderson, D. A. (in press)
Developing a Care Home Data Platform in Scotland: a mixed methods study of data routinely collected in care homes. Age and ageing,
Background: Care homes collect extensive data about their residents, and their care, in multiple ways, for multiple purposes. We aimed to (1) identify what data are routinely ...
Foundation level barriers to the widespread adoption of digital solutions by care homes: Insights from three Scottish studies
Journal Article
Johnston, L., Koikkalainen, H., Anderson, L., Lapok, P., Lawson, A., & Shenkin, S. D. (2022)
Foundation level barriers to the widespread adoption of digital solutions by care homes: Insights from three Scottish studies. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(12), Article 7407. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127407
The care home sector has great potential to benefit from technological innovations, and to be at the forefront of developing novel digital solutions to improve the experiences...
“Don’t let the trial kill the intervention”: How can researchers and care home teams implement complex intervention trials in care homes?
Journal Article
Shenkin, S., Gordon, A., Johnston, L., Henderson, C., & Achterberg, W. (2022)
“Don’t let the trial kill the intervention”: How can researchers and care home teams implement complex intervention trials in care homes?. Age and ageing, 51(3), https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afac068
There is a need for a context-specific sustainable model for conduct of high-quality research in care homes
Implementation of research interventions in care homes needs c...
Practice based approaches to supporting the work related wellbeing of frontline care workers in care homes: A Scoping Review
Journal Article
Johnston, L., Malcolm, C., Rambabu, L., Hockley, J., & Shenkin, S. D. (2021)
Practice based approaches to supporting the work related wellbeing of frontline care workers in care homes: A Scoping Review. Journal of Long-Term Care, 2021, 230-240. https://doi.org/10.31389/jltc.66
The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the need to ensure that strategic and operational approaches to retain high quality, resilient frontline care home workers are informed by...
Written Evidence to Independent Review of Adult Social Care Scotland
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Johnston, L. Written Evidence to Independent Review of Adult Social Care Scotland. Scottish Government)
Johnston, L. Written Evidence to Independent Review of Adult Social Care Scotland. Scottish Government
• The evidence presented here relates to four research studies conducted in relation to workforce resilience, burnout and support around death and dying in the care home secto...