Developing a minimum data set for older adult care homes in the UK: exploring the concept and defining early core principles
Burton, J. K., Wolters, A. T., Towers, A. M. , Jones, L., Meyer, J. 
ORCID: 0000-0001-5378-2761, Gordon, A. L., Irvine, L., Hanratty, B., Spilsbury, K., Peryer, G., Rand, S., Killett, A., Akdur, G., Allan, S., Biswas, P. & Goodman, C. (2022).
Developing a minimum data set for older adult care homes in the UK: exploring the concept and defining early core principles.
The Lancet Healthy Longevity, 3(3),
e186-e193.
doi: 10.1016/s2666-7568(22)00010-1
Abstract
Reforms to social care in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in the UK and internationally, place data at the heart of proposed innovations and solutions. The principles are not well established of what constitutes core, or minimum, data to support care home residents. Often, what is included privileges data on resident health over day-to-day care priorities and quality of life. This Personal View argues for evidence-based principles on which to base the development of a UK minimum data set (MDS) for care homes. Co-produced work involving care home staff and older people working with stakeholders is required to define and agree the format, content, structure, and operationalisation of the MDS. Implementation decisions will determine the success of the MDS, affecting aspects including data quality, completeness, and usability. Care home staff who collect the data need to benefit from the MDS and see value in their contribution, and residents must derive benefit from data collection and synthesis.
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| Additional Information: | Copyright © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine R Medicine > RT Nursing |
| Departments: | School of Health & Psychological Sciences > Nursing |
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