SCOPE: safer care for older persons (in residential) environments—a pilot study to enhance care aide-led quality improvement in nursing homes

dc.contributor.authorDoupe, Malcolm
dc.contributor.authorBrunkert, Thekla
dc.contributor.authorWagg, Adrian
dc.contributor.authorGinsburg, Liane
dc.contributor.authorNorton, Peter
dc.contributor.authorBerta, Whitney
dc.contributor.authorKnopp-Sihota, Jennifer
dc.contributor.authorEstabrooks, Carole
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-01T05:03:56Z
dc.date.issued2022-02-03
dc.date.updated2022-03-01T05:03:56Z
dc.description.abstractAbstract Background Nursing home residents require daily support. While care aides provide most of this support they are rarely empowered to lead quality improvement (QI) initiatives. Researchers have shown that care aide-led teams can successfully participate in a QI intervention called Safer Care for Older Persons in Residential Care Environments (SCOPE). In preparation for a large-scale study, we conducted a 1-year pilot to evaluate how well coaching strategies helped teams to enact this intervention. Secondarily, we measured if improvements in team cohesion and communication, and resident quality of care, occurred. Methods This study was conducted using a prospective single-arm study design, on 7 nursing homes in Winnipeg Manitoba belonging to the Translating Research in Elder Care research program. One QI team was selected per site, led by care aides who partnered with other front-line staff. Each team received facilitated coaching to enact SCOPE during three learning sessions, and additional support from quality advisors between these sessions. Researchers developed a rubric to evaluate how well teams enacted their interventions (i.e., created actionable aim statements, implemented interventions using plan-do-study-act cycles, and used measurement to guide decision-making). Team cohesion and communication were measured using surveys, and changes in unit-level quality indicators were measured using Resident Assessment Instrument-Minimum Data Set data. Results Most teams successfully enacted their interventions. Five of 7 teams created adequate-to-excellent aim statements. While 6 of 7 teams successfully implemented plan-do-study-act cycles, only 2 reported spreading their change ideas to other residents and staff on their unit. Three of 7 teams explicitly stated how measurement was used to guide intervention decisions. Teams scored high in cohesion and communication at baseline, and hence improved minimally. Indicators of resident quality care improved in 4 nursing home units; teams at 3 of these sites were scored as ‘excellent’ in two or more enactment areas, versus 1 of the 3 remaining teams. Conclusions Our coaching strategies helped most care aide-led teams to enact SCOPE. Coaching modifications are needed to help teams more effectively use measurement. Refinements to our evaluation rubric are also recommended.
dc.identifier.citationPilot and Feasibility Studies. 2022 Feb 03;8(1):26
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-022-00975-8
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/36332
dc.language.rfc3066en
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.rights.holderThe Author(s)
dc.titleSCOPE: safer care for older persons (in residential) environments—a pilot study to enhance care aide-led quality improvement in nursing homes
dc.typeJournal Article
local.author.affiliationRady Faculty of Health Sciencesen_US
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