NIHR CLAHRC South West Peninsula Seminar

Abstract
Care homes are the main providers of long term care for older people. This presentation will provide a brief overview of how the sector is organised in England, changing patterns of provision and the ad hoc nature of how the NHS works with care homes. Drawing on findings from four recently completed studies and one current study that is using a realist evaluation approach, it will consider what might improve integrated working between the NHS and care home providers. The presentation will finish with a discussion of the underlying assumptions about what effective and quality health care for residents looks like.

Speaker Biography
Claire Goodman is Professor of Health Care Research at the Centre for Research in Primary and Community Care (CRIPACC) University of Hertfordshire. She has a district nursing background and all her work focuses on community dwelling populations. She is currently leading a range of studies in care homes, including research on end of life care for older people with dementia, different methods of health care delivery to care homes and promoting continence with people with advanced dementia. She is co-editor of the second edition of the Oxford Handbook of Primary Care and Community Nursing, and sits on various funding committees including the NIHR HSDR programme and Alzheimer’s Society.

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