All Outputs (4)

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on end of life care delivery in care homes : a mixed method systematic review (2021)
Journal Article
Spacey, A., Porter, S., Board, M., & Scammell, J. (2021). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on end of life care delivery in care homes : a mixed method systematic review. Palliative Medicine, 35(8), 1468-1479. https://doi.org/10.1177/02692163211029806

Background:
Current evidence suggests that COVID-19 is having a negative impact on the delivery of end of life care in care homes around the world. There is a need to collate current evidence to provide a comprehensive overview to assess extent of t... Read More about Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on end of life care delivery in care homes : a mixed method systematic review.

Postgraduate researchers’ experiences of accessing participants via gatekeepers: ‘wading through treacle!’ (2021)
Journal Article
Spacey, A., Harvey, O., & Casey, C. (2021). Postgraduate researchers’ experiences of accessing participants via gatekeepers: ‘wading through treacle!’. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2020.1774051

Research exploring both the general experiences of postgraduate research students when interacting with gatekeepers and how this affects their progress and emotional resilience is currently lacking. Consequently, this study aims to explore the experi... Read More about Postgraduate researchers’ experiences of accessing participants via gatekeepers: ‘wading through treacle!’.

The role of the advanced clinical practitioner in breast diagnosis: a systematic review of the literature (2021)
Journal Article
Spacey, A., Hipperson, V., Gloster, A., & Mercer, C. (2021). The role of the advanced clinical practitioner in breast diagnosis: a systematic review of the literature. Radiography, 27(2), 654-662. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2020.08.005

Introduction
Increasing prevalence in breast cancers, workforce shortages and technological advancements have increased the need to further develop advanced practice in breast diagnosis. The Advanced Clinical Practitioner training programme has been... Read More about The role of the advanced clinical practitioner in breast diagnosis: a systematic review of the literature.

A critical realist evaluation of advance care planning in care homes (2021)
Journal Article
Spacey, A., Scammell, J., Board, M., & Porter, S. (2021). A critical realist evaluation of advance care planning in care homes. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 77(6), 2774-2784. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14822

Aims
To evaluate care planning in advance of end‐of‐life care in care homes.

Design
A qualitative study.

Methods
Qualitative data were collected from January 2018–July 2019 (using focus groups and semi‐structured interviews) from three care... Read More about A critical realist evaluation of advance care planning in care homes.