Supporting sustainable long-term residential care in Ireland: a study protocol for the Sustainable Residential Care (SRC) project.

ABSTRACT: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic brought to the fore deficiencies in the long-term residential care (LTRC) sector, including issues of governance, funding and staffing. Many of these issues pre-dated the pandemic and have contributed to concerns around the sustainability of the current model of LTRC in Ireland. The aim of the project detailed in this protocol is to provide an evidence base to help ensure the sustainability of the LTRC sector in Ireland within a new wider model of care for older people. The project includes three key objectives: (i) to describe and analyse the characteristics of LTRC homes across Ireland; (ii) to examine the association between LTRC home characteristics and COVID-19 outbreaks and deaths and (iii) to identify challenges to the sustainability

SUBMITTER: Walsh B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9086518 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature