Exploring homecare leaders' risk perception and the link to resilience and adaptive capacity: a multiple case study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Home-based healthcare is considered crucial for the sustainability of healthcare systems worldwide. In the homecare context, however, adverse events may occur due to error-prone medication management processes and prevalent healthcare-associated infections, falls, and pressure ulcers. When dealing with risks in any form, it is fundamental for leaders to build a shared situational awareness of what is going on and what is at stake to achieve a good outcome. The overall aim of this study was to gain empirical knowledge of leaders' risk perception and adaptive capacity in homecare services.

Methods

The study applied a multiple case study research design. We investigated risk perception, leadership, sensemaking, and decision-making in the homecare services context in

SUBMITTER: Idsoe-Jakobsen I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10941597 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature