CompletedNot Applicable

Improving Nursing Home Care Through Feedback On PerfoRMance Data

119 participantsStarted 2016-03-01

Plain-language summary

This project will evaluate three different strategies to get research findings back to managers of care units in nursing homes. Feedback will be provided in a timely and effective way so that it results in improvements in organizational context (modifiable features of the care unit work environment, such as Formal Interactions, Informal Interactions, Social Capital or Slack Time), quality of care providers' work life (e.g., burnout, job satisfaction, general health) and quality of care. Three feedback packages will be tested to determine the strategy that is most effective at fostering improvements and is also cost-effective. The project will be carried out in nursing homes in Alberta and British Columbia. The information developed will contribute to better care for Canadian seniors who spend their final years in a nursing home.

Who can participate

SexALL

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Facilities: Inclusion Criteria: * Participates in the Translating Research in Elder Care program * Located in on of the following health regions in Alberta and British Columbia: Alberta North, Alberta South, Fraser Health, Interior Health * At least one care unit in the facility with 10 or more care aide responses to our TREC survey * Care aide responses can be assigned to a care unit in the facility as defined by TREC (TREC microsystem) Exclusion Criteria: * Does not participate in TREC * Not located in the above named health regions * No care unit in the facility with 10 or more care aide responses to our TREC survey * Care aide responses cannot be assigned to a TREC defined microsystem Care Units: Inclusion Criteria: * 10 or more care aide responses to our TREC survey * Clearly identifiable unit leader (can also lead other units) * Stable leadership over the last year Exclusion Criteria: * Less than 10 care aide responses to our TREC survey * No clearly identifiable unit leader * No stable leadership over the last year Care Professionals: Inclusion Criteria: * Leader of one or more included care units (care managers, directors of care) * Assistant leader of one or more included care units * Quality improvement specialist or clinical educator/instructor of one or more included care units * Employed in the facility * Has been covering in this role on this unit for 1 year or more * Leaders can bring care providers with no formal leadership or expert position (e.g.…

What they're measuring

Formal Interactions (FI)

Timeframe: Post-intervention assessment, up to 6 months (July-December 2017)

Formal Interactions (FI)

Timeframe: Long-term follow up, up to 6 months (January-June 2019)

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02695836

SponsorUniversity of Alberta

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2017-12-31

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Who can participate

SexALL

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