The Contribution of Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians to Person-Centred Care within a Medicine's Optimisation in Care Homes Service: A Qualitative Evaluation.

ABSTRACT: Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians seek to improve person-centred care. Improvements to systems for care homes seeks to reduce medicines waste and inefficiency, particularly through supporting care home staff, to enhance safer administration of medicines. A complex evaluation used qualitative design and utilised narrative enquiry, and team members and key stakeholders were interviewed. Framework analysis was used, aligning findings to a person-centred care framework for older people. The Medicines Optimisation in Care Homes (MOCH) team brokered improvement practices across care homes to enhance person-centred care. The framework analysis confirms that the team used 'authentic attention' in relation to the residents' experiences and flexibility in relation to negotiating medication. The i

SUBMITTER: Fowler Davis S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7931069 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature