The co-design of a digitally supported intervention for selecting implementation tools and actions for standards (SITAS).

Background: Health and social care standards are multi-faceted interventions that promote quality and safe care in health systems. There is a need to apply evidence-based, rigorous and transparent methods when selecting strategies to support the implementation of standards. We aimed to develop an evidence- and theory-informed intervention to guide researchers in identifying appropriate implementation strategies and then selecting tailored support tools and actions for use when implementing a set of standards.

A Review of Public Sector Engagement in Age-Friendly Community Initiatives.

The global age-friendly cities and communities (AFCC) movement has centered on the involvement of the public sector, calling on high-ranking authorities to commit to improving the built, social, and service environments of their localities. This interpretive review aimed to advance understanding of the ways in which the public sector is involved in AFCC efforts. Based on emergent themes from peer-reviewed articles from the United States and Canada published since 2010, we derived a two-dimensional framework for conceptualizing variability in public sector involvement, encompassing the internal/external (a) locus of responsibility for cross-sector change and (b) target for cross-sector change.

Exploring the implementation of national health and social care standards in Ireland: A qualitative descriptive study.

Background: National health and social care standards are complex, quality improvement interventions. Standards typically describe a process and/or outcome of safe, quality, person-centred care according to best evidence. Currently, there are 11 national standards that apply to diverse services in Ireland including residential centres, acute hospitals and rehabilitation and community inpatient healthcare services.

A Human Right-Based Approach to Dealing with Adverse Events in Residential Care Facilities.

Managing residential care facilities (RCFs) includes the ability to manage adverse events while maintaining a human rights-based approach to care and support. Literature investigating rights-based approaches in RCFs is scarce; therefore, an investigation of the current approach in RCFs will inform improvements. This study sought to identify whether RCFs in Ireland upheld a rights-based approach during the course of adverse events by analyzing notifications of adverse events from 2021 taken from the Database of Statutory Notifications from Social Care in Ireland.

Definitions of serious injury in long-term residential care: a systematic review protocol.

: Evidence indicates that the reporting of serious injury in long-term residential care has increased substantially over the past decade. However, what constitutes a serious injury in residential care is poorly and inconsistently defined. This may result in incidences being unnecessarily reported as a serious injury.

Contributing Factors to Adverse Events in Long-Term Care Facilities in Ireland, a Content Analysis.

Objectives: There is substantial research on contributing factors to adverse events (AEs) in acute settings. Little is known about AEs in long-term care facilities (LTCFs). Our aim was to identify contributing factors to AEs from LTCFs for older persons and people with disability to inform quality improvement.

The Association of Organizational, Environmental, and Staffing Characteristics of Residential Care Facilities and the Risk Rating of Statutory Notifications: A Cross-Sectional Study in Ireland.

Objectives: Safety incidents (SIs) are an indicator of quality in health and social care services. Safety incident research has largely focused on acute health care settings. We aimed to examine the association of organizational, environmental, and staffing characteristics of residential care facilities (RCFs) and severity of regulatory SI notifications.

To summarise the approach to and findings of the PPIE undertaken as part of a programme of secondary research with a vulnerable, hard to reach population during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: Public and patient involvement and engagement (PPIE) is an important part of research. The inclusion of PPIE in research is becoming more widespread, however, there are some areas where it is still uncommon. For example, undertaking PPIE in secondary analysis projects is uncommon and PPIE with difficult to reach populations and vulnerable groups can be seen as being too difficult to facilitate.

Mortality in residential care facilities for people with disability: a descriptive cross-sectional analysis of statutory notifications in Ireland.

Objectives: To determine incidence of death in residential care facilities for people with disability in Ireland, primary cause of death, associations of facility characteristics and deaths, and to compare characteristics of deaths reported as expected and unexpected.

Design: Descriptive cross-sectional study.

Setting: All residential care facilities for people with disability operational in Ireland in 2019 and 2020 (n=1356).

Determinants of regulatory compliance in health and social care services: A systematic review using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research.

Background: The delivery of high quality care is a fundamental goal for health systems worldwide. One policy tool to ensure quality is the regulation of services by an independent public authority. This systematic review seeks to identify determinants of compliance with such regulation in health and social care services.

Incidence and type of restrictive practice use in nursing homes in Ireland.

Background: Use of restrictive practices (RP) in care settings may sometimes be warranted but can also conflict with human rights. Research to date has focused primarily on physical and chemical RP, however other forms are also used. Better understanding of practice can inform RP reduction.

Incidence and type of restrictive practice use in residential disability facilities in Ireland, a cross-sectional study.

Restrictive practices (RPs) are a contentious issue in health and social care services. While use may be warranted in some instances, there are risks and concerns around human rights infringements. There are limited data available on the types and incidences of RPs used in health and social care services internationally.

Management and reporting of safety incidents by residential care facilities in Ireland: A thematic analysis of statutory notifications.

The prevention of safety incidents (SI) in health and social care settings is an ongoing undertaking. Limited research has been conducted on SIs outside of acute care. Internationally residential care facilities (RCFs) are typically regulated to promote quality and safeguarding.

Aligning Policy, Place and Public Value: Planning Age Friendly Cities in Municipal Organizations.

Age-friendly planning should not fall to local departments of senior services only.Planning coordination of age-friendly policy results in more diverse outcomes.Mapping is a tool helping policy makers visualize alternative opportunities.

Senior Center Service Utilization: Do Social Ties Affect Participation Patterns?

Purpose: A better understanding of service utilization patterns at senior service centers can improve program development and constituent usage.

Theory: This research examines whether participation in senior center activities is a function of senior socialization that reinforces and supports existing social ties by selecting specific activities in senior centers.

Methods: A total of 924 participants of senior centers in a municipality in the Southwest were surveyed.

Nonprofit Service Continuity and Responses in the Pandemic: Disruptions, Ambiguity, Innovation, and Challenges.

This Viewpoint essay examines the service delivery responses of nonprofit organizations that offer homeless support services amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Government mandates and severe human needs have forced nonprofits to adapt quickly. Literature reviews provide little information about how nonprofits should manage service continuity under pandemics.

Transforming the way we live together: a model to move communities from policy to implementation.

Most cities, counties, and neighborhoods are not designed for an aging population. By providing a range of services to all residents, Lifelong Communities allow individuals to age in place. Although the Lifelong Communities Initiative is based on established guiding principles, little information exists regarding the realities of moving from policy to implementation.