Relationship between staff and quality of care in care homes: StaRQ mixed methods study

• Main Authors: Karen Spilsbury (Author), Andy Charlwood (Author), Carl Thompson (Author), Kirsty Haunch (Author), Danat Valizade (Author), Reena Devi (Author), Cornell Jackson (Author), David Phillip Alldred (Author), Antony Arthur (Author), Lucy Brown (Author), Paul Edwards (Author), Will Fenton (Author), Heather Gage (Author), Matthew Glover (Author), Barbara Hanratty (Author), Julienne Meyer (Author), Aileen Waton (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: NIHR Journals Library, 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background Quality of life and care varies between and within the care homes in which almost half a million older people live and over half a million direct care staff (registered nurses and care assistants) work. The reasons are complex, understudied and sometimes oversimplified, but staff and thei...