Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
Long-Term Care Around the GlobeThe Optimal Study: Describing the Key Components of Optimal Health Care Delivery to UK Care Home Residents: A Research Protocol
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Methods
The study takes a 2-phase design, both using realist evaluation methodology.13 Phase 1, described elsewhere,14 is a hypothesis-generating workstream designed to describe the range of health service delivery models for care homes within the United Kingdom and to propose what features of these might be “active ingredients” associated with positive outcomes for residents. It is conducting a synthesis of surveys of service provision in UK care homes, interviews with national and regional
Conclusion
The organization and day-to-day running of long-term care facilities differs significantly between countries although resident cohorts are very similar in terms of the types of care they require.12 This has more to do with historical and political factors than with the optimal configuration for care delivery. One consequence of this has been that, despite the growing number of research studies conducted in long-term care, international collaborative studies have been less common.23
If
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The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
The Optimal Study is independent research commissioned through the National Institute of Health Research Health Service and Delivery Programme (HS&DR 11/1021/02). The views expressed in this presentation are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the National Health Service, the National Institute for Health Research, or the Department of Health. The study has received ethical approval from the UK Social Research Ethics Committee, reference number 13/IEC08/0048.