CARING study

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  CARING: Person-centred co-ordinated CARe for older people living in care homes. How should the dentist be involved?

• IRAS ID

  170512

• Contact name

  Rebecca R Wassall

• Contact email

  rebecca.wassall@ncl.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  North of England Commissioning Support

• Duration of Study in the UK

  1 years, 7 months, 30 days

• Research summary

  The study aims to explore the role of the dentist in delivering person-centred co-ordinated care to older people in care homes.

  The study objectives are:
  1. To examine the experiences and views of key stakeholders regarding dentists’ role in person-centred coordinated care for older people living in care homes.
  2. To define the individual and organisational factors which facilitate and inhibit the effective implementation of person-centred co-ordinated care in dentistry for older people living in care homes.
  3. To define a set of principles for the implementation of person-centred co-ordinated care in dentistry for older people living in care homes.

  The research design for this study will involve qualitative research methods using 1 to 1 semi-structured interviews with primary care dentists, care home workers and family members of older people living in care homes. The interviews will be used to build an understanding of, and identify the reported difficulties in providing dentistry for older people living in care homes. The interviews will involve primary care dentists, care home workers and family members of older people living in care homes. A purposive sample of participants will be taken seeking to gain in-depth and breadth of views from different primary care dentists who might be expected to hold differing attitudes and opinions.

  Risks: None

  Project milestones:
  Data collection: Beginning May 2015
  Data analysis complete: End November 2016

  Benefits: Within 18 months from the start of this study, the PI will present the findings at academic conferences/ stakeholder events and submit one peer reviewed publication using the in-depth qualitative data obtained from the research. In this way the data will be available for consideration and use by patients and families, providers, commissioners and policy makers.

• REC name

  Social Care REC

• REC reference

  15/IEC08/0016

• Date of REC Opinion

  30 Apr 2015

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion