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Managing DNACPR Recommendations in Residential Care: Towards Improved Training for Social Care and Capacity Professionals.
- Source :
- British Journal of Social Work; Jul2023, Vol. 53 Issue 5, p2979-2999, 21p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- The use of 'Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation' (DNACPR) recommendations has come under scrutiny during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has issued a call for new standards, guidance and training. One group for whom new training is required is 'capacity professionals' working in and with residential care facilities. These professionals (including Independent Mental Capacity Advocates and Best Interests Assessors) typically have a social work background and have specialist training regarding the 2005 Mental Capacity Act , the provisions of which have a direct relevance to DNACPR recommendations. We report on a survey and focus groups that probed the experiences of this professional group during the pandemic. We recruited 262 participants by approaching civil society organisations in which capacity professionals are well represented; twenty-two participated in follow-on focus groups. We used manifest content analysis and descriptive statistics to analyse the results. Our findings contribute to an emerging picture of what transpired in residential care homes during the first year of the pandemic and help to provide an empirical and normative basis for the development of the new guidance and training for which the CQC has called. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CARDIOPULMONARY resuscitation
RESEARCH
FOCUS groups
RESEARCH methodology
DO-not-resuscitate orders
ADVANCE directives (Medical care)
SURVEYS
EXPERIENCE
RESIDENTIAL care
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
RESEARCH funding
QUALITY assurance
CONTENT analysis
JUDGMENT sampling
POLICY sciences
COVID-19 pandemic
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00453102
- Volume :
- 53
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- British Journal of Social Work
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 169792635
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcad078