Niall McGrane

Health Information and Quality Authority Ireland

Managing residential care facilities (RCFs) includes the ability to manage adverse events while maintaining a human rights-based approach to care and support. Literature investigating rights-based approaches in RCFs is scarce; therefore, an investigation of the current approach in RCFs will inform improvements. This study sought to identify whether...

Background The number of people living with dementia across the world is rising, and there is a high and ever increasing proportion of people with dementia living in nursing homes. It is increasingly important that care provision in these services accounts for the specific needs of this cohort. Manifestations of dementia are modifiable with high qu...

Objectives Safety incidents (SIs) are an indicator of quality in health and social care services. Safety incident research has largely focused on acute health care settings. We aimed to examine the association of organizational, environmental, and staffing characteristics of residential care facilities (RCFs) and severity of regulatory SI notificat...

Background Public and patient involvement and engagement (PPIE) is an important part of research. The inclusion of PPIE in research is becoming more widespread, however, there are some areas where it is still uncommon. For example, undertaking PPIE in secondary analysis projects is uncommon and PPIE with difficult to reach populations and vulnerabl...

Background Incidence of pressure sores are an indicator of quality of care provided. Pressure sores requiring hospitalisation are a very poor outcome and may indicate a chronic unmet need. Organisational factors of services are modifiable factors and may be associated with occurrence and severity of pressure sores. However, little investigation has...

Background Public and patient involvement and engagement (PPIE) is an important part of research. The inclusion of PPIE in research is becoming more widespread, however, there are some areas where it is still uncommon. For example, undertaking PPIE in secondary analysis projects is uncommon and PPIE with difficult to reach populations and vulnerabl...

The prevention of safety incidents (SI) in health and social care settings is an ongoing undertaking. Limited research has been conducted on SIs outside of acute care. Internationally residential care facilities (RCFs) are typically regulated to promote quality and safeguarding. A part of this regulation is the statutory responsibility of RCFs to n...

Accidents and adverse events sometimes occur during the course of providing health and social care services. In Ireland, any service that is a ‘designated centre’ as defined in the Health Act (2007)1 is required to notify the Chief Inspector, should certain events occur. These are known as statutory notifications. This guidance is aimed at provide...

Abstract Background Part of regulation of residential care facilities (RCFs) is the statutory responsibility of RCFs to notify the regulator about adverse events (AEs). Notifications typically include a description of practice in the aftermath of AEs and are an information source that can inform quality and safety improvements. The herein aim there...

Objectives To describe the development of an analyzable database of statutory notifications received from long-term care facilities (LTCFs) and to describe trends in receipt of notifications from 2013 to 2019. Design Description of database development with descriptive and trend analyses. Setting and Participants LTCFs for older persons and for p...

BACKGROUND: There has been extensive literature examining the efficacy of exercise interventions in the treatment of depression over the past few decades. However, there is ongoing debate regarding the optimal dosage and the implications of utilising physiotherapists for the management of clinically depressed adults using exercise has not been exam...

Epidemiological trends make it clear that healthcare will be dominated by the escalation in chronic lifestyle-related diseases. There is a need for healthcare delivery to change to optimize primary and preventative services. This shift in episodic individual care to health promotion highlights the need to assist clients in becoming autonomous self-...

Background: Evidence-based practice (EBP) is promoted to ensure quality of care. However, analysis of the skill of physiotherapists in undertaking the steps of EBP, or the impact of EBP on the work of physiotherapists is limited. Objectives: To conduct a scoping review into physiotherapists performing the steps of EBP. Data source: Literature...

Background Incontestable epidemiological trends indicate that, for the foreseeable future, mortality and morbidity will be dominated by an escalation in chronic lifestyle-related diseases. International guidelines recommend the implementation of evidence-based approaches to bring about health behaviour changes. Motivational interventions to increas...

Physical inactivity and non-adherence to physiotherapy are common problems. Physiotherapists as promoters, preventers and rehabilitators are ideally placed to influence physical activity behaviours. Possessing the knowledge and skills to facilitate this behaviour change and to promote adherence to physiotherapy must be viewed as clinical competency...