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| Author/year | Aims and context | Region/council | Source | Primary focus | Perspective | No. of closures | Methods | Data |
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| Duff et al. 2002 [24] | Explores the impact of residents when temporarily moved while their premises are refurbished | South East-Surrey | Journal article | Guidance/process | Residents
Care staff
Relatives | One temporary closure. Implied it was a planned closure | Interviews | Primary data
Does not specify sample size |
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| Gascoigne and Mashhoudy 2011 [9] | The objective of the study is to see if those who moved home involuntarily had a higher mortality rate within a year of their move than those who had just moved into a home | Coventry | Journal article | Outcomes/experiences | Not required | 14 | Logistic regression | Treatment group: N = 71
Control group: N = 412 |
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| Glasby et al. 2018 [25] | Examines the perceptions of older people, families, care staff, and social workers, as well as long-term outcomes for older people, from a UK care home closure programme | West Midlands-Birmingham | Journal article | Guidance/process | Residents
Care staff
Relatives | One linked day centre closure and one care home closure | Semistructured interviews with older people, families, care staff, and social work assessors. Older people asked to fill 2 questionnaires (EQ5D) at 3 time points | Primary data
Interview: N = 49
Questionnaires: N = 74 |
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| Leyland et al. 2016 [26] | Investigates the impact of following a protocol on the experience of relocating residents from various perspectives | Not specified | Journal article | Guidance/process | Care staff
Relatives
Local authority
Residents | Two local authority operated care homes. Implied it was a planned closure | | Primary data
N = 34
Staff = 13
Residents = 11
Relatives = 2
CH managers = 6 |
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| Williams et al. 2003 [27] | Describes relatives, “informal carers,” and residents’ views about their experience of care home closure and their recommendations for how the process might be better managed | Two shire county authorities, two metropolitan district councils, and a shire unitary authority participated | Discussion paper | Outcomes/experiences
Guidance/process | Residents
Relatives | Seven care home closures carried out in four local authorities. Implied that all care home closures were planned with notice ranging from one month to 2 years | Seven case study sites in addition to non-case study sites where relatives and informal carers who recently experienced a closure were interviewed | Primary data
N = 43
CS residents = 10
CS relatives = 28
NCS relatives = 7 |
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| Ibrahim et al. 2022 [28] | Examines the experience of a care home relocation in which staff and residents are relocated together, using existing published guidance | Not specified | Journal article | Outcomes/experiences
Guidance/process | Residents
Care staff
Relatives | One care home closure | Semistructured interviews. Baseline interviews were conducted 6 to 8 weeks after the move, and follow-up interviews were conducted 10 to 12 months later | N = 27
Baseline:
Residents = 4
Relatives = 7
Care staff = 8
Follow up:
Residents = 2
Relatives = 2
Staff = 4 |
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