Health and care workers in long‐term care facilities and their role in preventing emerging infectious diseases: A scoping review DOI Open Access
Po‐Jen Kung, Ching‐Ju Fang,

Yi‐Yuan Cheng

et al.

Journal of Nursing Scholarship, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 56(2), P. 260 - 281

Published: Oct. 19, 2023

Abstract Background The COVID‐19 pandemic has had a tremendous impact on healthcare systems worldwide. In particular, long‐term care facilities have proved more susceptible to infection as they for vulnerable populations at high risk of chronic illness. How this impacts the role and core competencies health workers in these remains less understood. Aim Describe how contribute prevention emerging infectious diseases facilities. Design A scoping review. Methods systematic search literature dating from 2002 2022 was conducted following databases: EMBASE, Medline (Ovid), Cochrane Library, CINAHL Plus with Full Text (EBSCOhost), Web Science, AgeLine. Studies were selected if focused facilities, offered perspective or control, original qualitative quantitative studies English. Data extracted, cross‐checked analyzed by two researchers, any difference views regarding appropriateness would be resolved consulting third researcher. An inductive descriptive approach applied analysis results, themes established via consensus meetings. Results total fourteen Asia, Europe, Americas included. Three emerged review: “The roles evolve times”, are essential preventing facilities” key successful is through systematic, comprehensive effort that mobilize all levels”. Health take increasingly complex rely their cope epidemic changes, facility resources, employee quality management models found significantly improved control outcomes. Conclusions evolving, effective within depends ability perform skill confidence. Moreover, framework, which paper proposes three guidelines, urgently needed ensure consistent policy implementation well support access resources workers. Clinical Relevance Infection efforts must into account evolving workers, focus guaranteeing training will help them gain necessary juggling those roles. addition, there an urgent need research instruments assess identify areas improvement.

Language: Английский

Reaching consensus on outcomes for evaluating strengths-based approaches in adult social care and social work: A Delphi study conducted in England DOI
Barbora Šilarova, James Caiels, Alisoun Milne

et al.

Journal of Social Work, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 15, 2025

Summary To advance our understanding of how we can best evaluate strengths-based approaches, aimed to establish: (1) What the relevant outcomes are in approaches adult social care and work England; (2) How feasible it would be measure them; (3) Which tools methodologies may used outcome measurement evaluation. We a Delphi consensus exercise refine reduce long list which had been identified previous as potentially useful evaluation approaches. The process consisted two rounds (Rounds 1 2). were divided into five levels measurement: for person who accesses work; unpaid or family carers; community; workforce organizations work. Findings Fifteen experts completed Round 11 2. At conclusion exercise, expert panel agreed that 26 (66.7%, out 39 considered) both part an also eight but not measure. Application This study provides set practitioners, researchers, policy makers consider when evaluating

Language: Английский

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Health and care workers in long‐term care facilities and their role in preventing emerging infectious diseases: A scoping review DOI Open Access
Po‐Jen Kung, Ching‐Ju Fang,

Yi‐Yuan Cheng

et al.

Journal of Nursing Scholarship, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 56(2), P. 260 - 281

Published: Oct. 19, 2023

Abstract Background The COVID‐19 pandemic has had a tremendous impact on healthcare systems worldwide. In particular, long‐term care facilities have proved more susceptible to infection as they for vulnerable populations at high risk of chronic illness. How this impacts the role and core competencies health workers in these remains less understood. Aim Describe how contribute prevention emerging infectious diseases facilities. Design A scoping review. Methods systematic search literature dating from 2002 2022 was conducted following databases: EMBASE, Medline (Ovid), Cochrane Library, CINAHL Plus with Full Text (EBSCOhost), Web Science, AgeLine. Studies were selected if focused facilities, offered perspective or control, original qualitative quantitative studies English. Data extracted, cross‐checked analyzed by two researchers, any difference views regarding appropriateness would be resolved consulting third researcher. An inductive descriptive approach applied analysis results, themes established via consensus meetings. Results total fourteen Asia, Europe, Americas included. Three emerged review: “The roles evolve times”, are essential preventing facilities” key successful is through systematic, comprehensive effort that mobilize all levels”. Health take increasingly complex rely their cope epidemic changes, facility resources, employee quality management models found significantly improved control outcomes. Conclusions evolving, effective within depends ability perform skill confidence. Moreover, framework, which paper proposes three guidelines, urgently needed ensure consistent policy implementation well support access resources workers. Clinical Relevance Infection efforts must into account evolving workers, focus guaranteeing training will help them gain necessary juggling those roles. addition, there an urgent need research instruments assess identify areas improvement.

Language: Английский

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