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Supporting, enabling and sustaining home care workers to deliver end-of-life care: amultiple-methods community-based case study

People Involved

Dr Jamilla Hussain

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Dr Jane Wray J.Wray@hull.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Nursing, Senior Clinical Nurse Advisor National Preceptorship Programme for England

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Professor Liz Walker E.Walker@hull.ac.uk
Professor of Health and Social Work Research, Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Culture)

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Ms Helen Roberts Helen.Roberts@hull.ac.uk
Patient and Public Involvement Coordinator

Dr Alison Bravington

Project Description

This 30 month study will;
1) To understand the experience of social care assistants providing end of life care, the care they give, how they work with healthcare staff and family members or friends, and what all involved (including the person receiving care) think they need to provide best care.
2) To see how current local and national guidance for service funders and managers helps – or not - support social carers to provide best end of life home-care.
3) To produce recommendations for home-care worker education and training for end-of-life care (we will assess who this is for, what to include and how it is provided), and to produce a training module for social carers on end of life care.
4) To produce ways to include and support social carers in the wider care team to stop isolation and burn-out.

Status Project Live
Value £596,722.00
Project Dates Oct 1, 2022 - Jul 14, 2025

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