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COVID-19 Public Inquiry: Research Report for Portfolio 3 The Provision of Health and Social Care Services Adult Social Care (2024)
Report
McKay, C., Stavert, J., Johnston, L., Murray, J., Rek, J., Breen, C., Zarins, A., Woodrow, A., Anderson, L., & King, M. (2024). COVID-19 Public Inquiry: Research Report for Portfolio 3 The Provision of Health and Social Care Services Adult Social Care. Scottish COVID-19 Public Inquiry

Report commissioned by Scottish COVID-19 Public Inquiry into the Scottish Government's strategic response to the COVID pandemic in relation to the provision of healthcare services and social care support to adults, excluding residential care

Literature Review on Antimicrobial Resistance In Relation To The Environment In Scotland (2024)
Report
Wojcik, G., Anderson, L., Johnston, L., Moffat, S., & Morrison, D. (2024). Literature Review on Antimicrobial Resistance In Relation To The Environment In Scotland. Environmental Standards Scotland

Commissioned literature review on the key causes, impacts and controls for anti-microbial resistance (AMR) in the environment that are relevant to Scotland. The review summarises what is currently known about the impact of AMR on the environment and... Read More about Literature Review on Antimicrobial Resistance In Relation To The Environment In Scotland.

Practicalities of promoting practice‐based learning in end of life care for care home staff: Lessons from “online” supportive conversations and reflection sessions (2024)
Journal Article
Hockley, J., Watson, J., Johnston, L., & Shenkin, S. D. (2024). Practicalities of promoting practice‐based learning in end of life care for care home staff: Lessons from “online” supportive conversations and reflection sessions. International Journal of Older People Nursing, 19(1), Article e12598. https://doi.org/10.1111/opn.12598

Introduction: Deaths in care homes and “at home” are anticipated to account for a third of UK deaths by 2040. Currently, palliative and end of life care are not part of statutory training in care homes. Reflective practice is a tool that can facilita... Read More about Practicalities of promoting practice‐based learning in end of life care for care home staff: Lessons from “online” supportive conversations and reflection sessions.

Supporting the wellbeing of care home staff: lessons from the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic (2023)
Journal Article
Johnston, L., Rambabu, L., Malcolm, C., Hockley, J., & Shenkin, S. D. (2023). Supporting the wellbeing of care home staff: lessons from the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Long-Term Care, 195–208. https://doi.org/10.31389/jltc.205

The wellbeing of care home staff and the need to support them at work was highlighted with devastating clarity by the COVID pandemic. This small study explores what online and at work wellbeing resources were available to frontline care home workers... Read More about Supporting the wellbeing of care home staff: lessons from the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Research Report for COVID-19 Public Inquiry (2022)
Report
McKay, C., McKay, E., Stavert, J., Murray, J., Johnston, L., & Macdonald, A. (2022). Research Report for COVID-19 Public Inquiry. Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry

This report was commissioned by the Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry as introductory scoping research.

Developing a Care Home Data Platform in Scotland: a mixed methods study of data routinely collected in care homes (2022)
Journal Article
Shenkin, S. D., Johnston, L., Hockley, J., & Henderson, D. A. (2022). Developing a Care Home Data Platform in Scotland: a mixed methods study of data routinely collected in care homes. Age and ageing, 51(12), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afac265

Background: Care homes collect extensive data about their residents, and their care, in multiple ways, for multiple purposes. We aimed to (1) identify what data are routinely collected, and (2) collate care home managers’ views and experiences of col... Read More about Developing a Care Home Data Platform in Scotland: a mixed methods study of data routinely collected in care homes.

Online Supportive Conversations and Reflection Sessions (OSCaRS): A Feasibility Study with Care Home Staff during the Pandemic (2022)
Journal Article
Johnston, L., Hockley, J., Watson, J., & Shenkin, S. D. (2022). Online Supportive Conversations and Reflection Sessions (OSCaRS): A Feasibility Study with Care Home Staff during the Pandemic. International journal of practice-based learning in health and social care, 10(1), 48-58. https://doi.org/10.18552/ijpblhsc.v10i1.743

Care homes care for people with complex needs, supporting them to the end of life and are now being seen as the ‘de facto’ hospice. Reflective debriefing for care home staff has been found to help support staff and provide an educative and communicat... Read More about Online Supportive Conversations and Reflection Sessions (OSCaRS): A Feasibility Study with Care Home Staff during the Pandemic.