Impact of the Macmillan specialist Care at Home service: a mixed methods evaluation across six sites.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Midhurst Macmillan Specialist Palliative Care at Home Service was founded in 2006 to improve community-based palliative care provision. Principal components include; early referral; home-based clinical interventions; close partnership working; and flexible teamwork. Following a successful introduction, the model was implemented in six further sites across England. This article reports a mixed methods evaluation of the implementation across these 'Innovation Centres'. The evaluation aimed to assess the process and impact on staff, patients and carers of providing Macmillan Specialist Care at Home services across the six sites.

Methods

The study was set within a Realist Evaluation framework and used a longitudinal, mixed methods research design. Data collection

SUBMITTER: Johnston B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6389143 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature