Effective health care for older people living and dying in care homes: a realist review.

Claire GoodmanTom DeningAdam L GordonSusan L DaviesJulienne MeyerFinbarr C MartinJohn R F GladmanClive BowmanChristina VictorMelanie HandleyHeather GageSteve IliffeMaria Zubair

Published in: BMC health services research (2016)

How relational working is structured between health and care home staff is key to whether health service interventions achieve health related outcomes for residents and their respective organisations. The belief that either paying clinicians to do more in care homes and/or investing in training of care home staff is sufficient for better outcomes was not supported.

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