External Case | Internal Case | |
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Setting | Leaders in nursing homes and home care services | Leaders in home care services |
Study period | 12 months (March/April 2018 - March/April 2019) | 2017/2018–2020 |
Participants | Home care 1: District unit, Medium sized municipality, Employees: <100 Home care 2: Rural unit, Small sized municipality, Employees: <100 Nursing home 1: Large city, 7 departments (1short-term, 1 drug care, 3 dementia, 2 long-term), Employees: 200–300 Nursing home 2: Medium city, 1 department including 3 groups (1 dementia, 2 long-term). Employees: <100 | Home care A: Large city, 1 of 6 districts in the municipality, 3 groups participated. Leaders and professional nurses. Home care B: District unit, 2 groups participated, Leaders and professional nurses. |
Type of QI programme | Leadership guide for leaders in elderly care aiming to build competence of quality and safety work | Competence improvement programme for improved competence in recognising and responding to deteriorating frail older patients in primary care. |
Type of implementation process | 1 year implementation process including 3 workshops and 3 “homework” activities for each study site, facilitated by researchers | Multi-component programme including a teaching seminar, a written compendium, a digital learning tool, skills training, simulation-based training, a structured communication tool (ISBAR). |
Recruitment | Centre for Development of Institutional and Home Care Services (USHT) recruited the study sites in line with the study design (variety of contextual settings) | Centre for Development of Institutional and Home Care Services (USHT) provided contact with units undertaking the specific quality improvement program, these units were requested to take part in the study |