PACE 'Six steps to Success' Intervention Study
Research type
Research Study
Full title
PACE Palliative Care for Elderly People in Europe. A trial of the 'PACE Six Steps to Success' Programme in UK Care homes.
IRAS ID
178185
Contact name
Katherine Froggatt
Contact email
Duration of Study in the UK
3 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
This study aims to improve the care of older people in care homes who are facing the end of their lives. It is funded by the European Commission and involves several European countries. Elderly people often have multiple co-morbidities and may have multiple symptoms, side effects and a lower quality of life. This affects patients directly but also carers and families. We aim to improve both the physical and psychological well-being of these patients and also anticipate benefits to carers. We will do this by introducing a training package to nurses called ‘PACE Six Steps to Success’ – six care homes will receive this from an experienced trainer, and six will receive ‘care as usual’ without the training package. We will collect data from both groups before and after the training. We will then compare the results to see if the training has been of benefit. After the data analysis, we will offer the training materials to the care homes who didn't receive the formal training, so they and their residents can still potentially benefit. The main study participants will be care home managers, nurses, GPs and family members, within Lancashire, Cumbria and Greater Manchester. We do not wish to disturb people who are very ill, but their views are important to us, so we plan to carefully select 2-3 care home residents to interview. The researchers, who are all trained in researching sensitive issues, will ask about the residents’ experiences of care. Care homes will be eligible if they are within our region, offer nursing care and are not yet using this training or similar programme. Staff will be trained in four teaching sessions, a further two involve team meetings/de-briefing sessions. Overall the training will last 12 months and the study three years.
REC name
North East - Newcastle & North Tyneside 1 Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/NE/0261
Date of REC Opinion
10 Sep 2015
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion