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Relational Care, Dementia, and Communication Challenges in Long-Term Care: A Meta-Ethnography
Christine Novy, Roanne Thomas, Pamela Grassau, Wendy Gifford, Marjan Hosseini. Canadian journal on aging = La revue canadienne du vieillissement, 2022-07-12
Topic: Health services, long-term care and technology
Few studies examine care as a relational process in long-term care, and still fewer describe the participation of residents with dementia. In this article, our objective was to understand the development of knowledge in this area by means of a meta-ethnography. Our search and selection process resulted in six eligible articles. Each documents a qualitative study of resident-staff interactions during care activities in a residential care setting, and includes participants with dementia. Tronto's 4 Phases of Care were used to guide the identification of relational care practices within the articles selected. We identified five translatable concepts across the six studies: (1) doing with versus doing for, (2) staff responsiveness, (3) resident agency, (4) inclusive communication, and (5) time. In our new configuration of relational care, we combine these concepts to delineate an "interactive space" in which the agency of residents and initiative of staff are equally visible.
Key findings
- We identified five translatable concepts across the six studies: (1) doing with versus doing for, (2) staff responsiveness, (3) resident agency, (4) inclusive communication, and (5) time.
Study details
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 41/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on journal's citation record, times cited, citations per year, impact for its field and year, cited by studies here, still being cited, senior author's track record, institution's track record, multi-centre collaboration and free to read, so those were left out: it earned 23 of the 56 points we could judge it on, which is 41 out of 100.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Canadian journal on aging = La revue canadienne du vieillissement) |
| Journal's citation record | — / 4 | No journal record from OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 3 / 5 | 2023 — within 6 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 0 / 3 | Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | — / 7 | No citation count (not found in OpenAlex) — left out of this score |
| Citations per year | — / 5 | No citation count or no year — left out of this score |
| Impact for its field and year | — / 6 | No field-weighted citation impact (OpenAlex has none yet) — left out of this score |
| Cited by studies here | — / 6 | Not yet checked against this library's citation graph — left out of this score |
| Still being cited | — / 4 | No yearly citation counts — left out of this score |
| Senior author's track record | — / 4 | Senior author's record not available — left out of this score |
| Institution's track record | — / 3 | No institution listed in OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Multi-centre collaboration | — / 3 | Institutions not listed — left out of this score |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 35817789) |
| Free to read | — / 2 | Access not recorded — left out of this score |
| Points | 23 / 56 | Scored on 10 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 23 of the 56 points we could judge it on is 41 out of 100. |
| Total | 41 / 100 | — |
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APA 7th
Novy, C., Thomas, R., Grassau, P., Gifford, W., & Hosseini, M. (2023). Relational Care, Dementia, and Communication Challenges in Long-Term Care: A Meta-Ethnography. Canadian journal on aging = La revue canadienne du vieillissement. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0714980822000253
Vancouver
Novy C, Thomas R, Grassau P, Gifford W, Hosseini M. Relational Care, Dementia, and Communication Challenges in Long-Term Care: A Meta-Ethnography. Canadian journal on aging = La revue canadienne du vieillissement. 2023. doi:10.1017/s0714980822000253. PMID: 35817789.
BibTeX
@article{novy2023-35817789,
author = {Novy, Christine and Thomas, Roanne and Grassau, Pamela and Gifford, Wendy and Hosseini, Marjan},
title = {{Relational Care, Dementia, and Communication Challenges in Long-Term Care: A Meta-Ethnography}},
journal = {Canadian journal on aging = La revue canadienne du vieillissement},
year = {2023},
doi = {10.1017/s0714980822000253},
pmid = {35817789},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1017/s0714980822000253}
}
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