Impact of the Enhanced Universal Support Offer to Care Homes during COVID-19 in the UK: Evaluation using appreciative inquiry.

ABSTRACT: There are over 2,300 care homes in the North East and Yorkshire Region, with rising rates of COVID-19 infection in April 2020. The Enhanced Universal Support Offer (EUSO) planned to improve support to care homes, working collaboratively with local integrated community services. Implementation was organised at 'place', through clinical commissioning and it was focused on leadership, prevention, additional clinical support, and workforce planning. The aim of the evaluation research was to understand the impact of the EUSO. The evaluation was co-produced by a group of senior leaders with additional academic involvement. An appreciative inquiry approach informed the interviews and focus groups with representative stakeholders. A thematic analysis using NVivo enabled a validation process and th

SUBMITTER: Fowler-Davis S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8652800 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature