Interpersonal and communication skills development in general nursing preceptorship education and training programmes: A scoping review.

Aim: The aim of this systematic scoping review is to examine and synthesise the available literature on developing interpersonal and communication skills in general nursing preceptorship education programmes.

Background: Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills are an essential component of nursing preceptorship. Preceptors are integral in facilitating, guiding, and developing positive interpersonal relationships between the nursing student (the preceptee), the qualified nurse (the preceptor), and patients.

Animal assisted interventions in the children's hospital: protocol for a scoping review.

The introduction of Animal Assisted Interventions (AAIs) in healthcare is relatively common; however, their actual effectiveness and long-term impact are not so well known, especially in relation to the children's hospital setting.  It is important to plot where and why animal interventions take place but also to focus on how the human animal bond impacts on children in a children's hospital setting.  Family members, including companion animals, are important supports which help children to relax and give them a sense of familiarity to navigate the busy and stressful hospital environment.

Colliding worlds: Family carers' experiences of balancing work and care in Ireland during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic public health and social protective measures imposed globally resulted in partial or full closure of key services and supports for services and supports for people with a disability, chronic illness or age-related dependency. This caused huge disruption to care provision and family carers were relied upon to assume this care at home. Many family carers, including those in employment, found themselves navigating additional care responsibilities without 'usual levels' of support from family, friends, work, school, day care services, homecare and community services.

Interpersonal and communication skills development in nursing preceptorship education and training programmes: a scoping review protocol.

The preceptorship model is an education-focused model for teaching and learning within a clinical environment in nursing. It formulates a professional educational relationship between a staff nurse (preceptor) and student nurse and is based on the provision of providing patient care. Preceptorship is widely acknowledged in the literature as a positive pedagogical approach in clinical nursing education in terms of knowledge and skill acquisition, confidence, and professional socialisation of undergraduate nursing students.

An exploration of young carers' experiences of school and their perceptions regarding their future career - a scoping review protocol.

Young carers are young people who care for a relative or a friend with an illness, disability, frailty, a mental health issue or addiction. Across the world, it is challenging to calculate the exact numbers due to the invisible nature of their role that can exist due to stigmatisation and fear of authoritative intrusion. As young carers reach 16 years and over, future career prospects become more significant.

The invisible workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic: Family carers at the frontline.

This is an open letter to acknowledge the essential and increasingly challenging role unpaid family carers are playing in the COVID-19 pandemic. The letter is written by members of the CAREWELL team, a HRB-funded project that aims to promote health and self-care behaviours among working family carers. Family carers provide care to family and friends in the community who need support due to old-age, disability and chronic illness.

An analysis of carer burden among family carers of people with and without dementia in Ireland.

Objective: Despite the policy relevance of carer burden, limited research focuses on family carers' experience of carer burden among different disease groups. This study aimed to examine differences in carer burden among family carers of people with and without dementia.

Design: Secondary data analysis was conducted on a national cross-sectional dataset.

Psychosocial Interventions for Family Carers of People With Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

This study aimed to review and synthesize findings of the effectiveness of psychosocial interventions aimed at improving outcomes for family carers of people with dementia. A systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. We systematically searched the following databases: Cochrane, PubMed, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), PsycInfo, Excerpta Medica Database (EMBASE), and Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA).

Resilience in family caregiving for people with dementia: A systematic review.

Objective: The objective of this review is to critically examine, evaluate, and synthesize the literature on resilience in family caregiving for people with dementia.

Methods: A systematic literature review was conducted according to PRISMA guidelines to identify articles which examined resilience and related concepts in family caregiving for people with dementia. The review was based on a systematic search of scholarly databases, to yield peer-reviewed articles and grey literature, published between 2006 and 2016.

The prevalence of potentially abusive behaviours in family caregiving: findings from a national survey of family carers of older people.

Background: family caregiving can be both rewarding and fulfilling; however, conflicts can occur in the caregiving relationship, and some family carers may engage in behaviours that could be potentially harmful to the older person for whom them provide care.

Objective: to determine the prevalence of potentially abusive behaviours towards older people by family carers.

Design: a postal cross-sectional survey of a nationally representative sample of family carers of community-dwelling older people.

Older people's perceptions of the term elder abuse and characteristics associated with a lower level of awareness.

A national representative survey of 2,021 community-dwelling older people was carried out in 2010 using face-to-face interviews. The study examined how the term "elder abuse" was understood by this population and identified factors associated with lower levels of awareness. Over 80% of this population recognized the term elder abuse, and 56% demonstrated specific insight related to typologies, locations, and perpetrators of abuse.

The relationship between older people's awareness of the term elder abuse and actual experiences of elder abuse.

Background: Awareness and experiences of elder abuse have been researched as separate entities; this study examined the relationship between awareness of elder abuse, disclosure of abuse, and reporting of abuse among people aged 65 years or older.

Methods: A national cross-sectional survey of a random sample of 2,012 community-dwelling older people was carried out in Ireland. People described their understanding of the term elder abuse followed by their experiences of mistreatment.

Reducing the barriers to relationships and sexuality education for persons with intellectual disabilities.

Opportunities for persons with intellectual disabilities to participate in relationships and sexuality education (RSE) are often constrained by the attitudes and perceptions of family carers, frontline support workers and professional staff. In order to understand how the barriers might be reduced, a study was undertaken in Northern Ireland with samples drawn from these three stakeholder groups, involving nearly 100 persons and using group and individual interviews. Although there was agreement on the need for RSE, four barriers were commonly reported: the need to protect vulnerable persons; the lack of training; the scarcity of educational resources; and cultural prohibitions.

Elder abuse and neglect in Ireland: results from a national prevalence survey.

Objective: To measure the 12-month prevalence of elder abuse and neglect in community-dwelling older people in Ireland and examine the risk profile of people who experienced mistreatment and that of the perpetrators.

Design: Cross-sectional general population survey.

Setting: Community.