Measuring safety in older adult care homes: a scoping review of the international literature.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Safety is a key concern in older adult care homes. However, it is a less developed concept in older adult care homes than in healthcare settings. As part of study of the collection and application of safety data in the care home sector in England, a scoping review of the international literature was conducted.

Objectives

The aim of the review was to identify measures that could be used as indicators of safety for quality monitoring and improvement in older adult residential or nursing care homes.

Sources of evidence

Systematic searches for journal articles published in English language from 1 January 1970, without restriction to the study location or country, were conducted in Web of Science, Scopus and PubMed on 28 July 2019.

Eligibility criteria

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SUBMITTER: Rand S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7957135 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature