A qualitative interview study of care home managers' experiences of medicines optimisation for residents with dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore care home managers' views and experiences of optimising medicines use for residents with dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design, setting and participants

A descriptive exploratory qualitative study using semistructured interviews (conducted via telephone or online videoconferencing platform), with care home managers across Northern Ireland, purposively sampled from care homes that provided care for residents with dementia. Care home managers were asked to describe their experiences of accessing primary healthcare services (such as those provided by general practitioners and community pharmacists), how medicines use by residents with dementia was affected by the pandemic, and what they had learnt from their experiences. Data were analysed using in

SUBMITTER: Alsulami N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11751995 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature