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Developing evidence-enriched practice in health and social care with older people
— [summary] | | Corporate Author | Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF |
| Publisher | Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF, York, April 2015 |
| Pages | 4 pp (Inspiring social change; Ref: 3111) |
| Source | Joseph Rowntree Foundation, The Homestead, 40 Water End, York YO30 6WP. Download: http://www.jrf.org.uk/publications/developing-evid... |
| Keywords | Health services ; Services ; Research Reviews ; Wales ; Scotland. |
| Annotation | Evidence-based practice is widely promoted but difficult to achieve. This summary outlines findings of a project by a team of six people led by Nick Andrews of Swansea University which took a collaborative approach to evidence-enriched practice, using research from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) programme, A Better Life. The project ran for one year in six sites, five in Wales and one in Scotland; national policy emphasises the promotion of well-being in both countries. Each site chose particular topics for service and workforce developments, including relationship-centred practice, positive and rights-based approaches to risk management, the development of meaningful activities, short breaks, addressing loneliness and better recording and paperwork. Participants chose to implement actions that promoted relationship-centred services and greater autonomy for service users, carers and staff. A key success in this approach was that it established and focused on what mattered to participants (older people, carers, staff, organisations and researchers). The project demonstrated the benefits of using research and related contextual evidence in developing services and workforces, resulting in improved outcomes for older people, carers and staff. |
| Accession Number | CPA-150707004 A |
| Classmark | L: I: 3A:6KC: 9: 9A |
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