The Development of a Digital Dysphagia Guide with Care Homes: Co-Production and Evaluation of a Nutrition Support Tool

POWNALL, Susan, BARNETT, Elizabeth, SKILBECK, Julie, JIMENEZ-ARANDA, Angel and FOWLER-DAVIS, Sally (2019). The Development of a Digital Dysphagia Guide with Care Homes: Co-Production and Evaluation of a Nutrition Support Tool. Geriatrics, 4 (3), e48.

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Abstract

Good nutrition is a recognised outcome in the health and well-being of older care home residents and dysphagia is a known risk factor associated with under nutrition and poor outcomes. The study co-produced a digital Dysphagia Guide with Care Homes using a consensus method with interviews and focus groups to prioritise the need for information and explore acceptability of an educational tool for care home workers. Evaluation of use, acceptability of design, and content of the guide were completed via remote monitoring. The workforce prioritised the need for training as well as the knowledge and skills in relation to planning resident-centred care and advice on textured diets. The technology was a means of offering ‘bite-size’ learning to enhance planning for nutrition across the whole organisation including managers, kitchen staff, and care workers. The Guide to Dysphagia was produced on a tablet and piloted in four care homes over 12 weeks, by 57 staff. Integrated analytics allowed user activity to be monitored. Findings showed that 73% of respondents reported the guide helped them in their job. Additionally, 88% of respondents stated they would recommend the guide to other staff, with 90% reporting it was easy to use. Engagement with staff and managers in four homes resulted in a co-designed, dysphagia guide.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: ** From MDPI via Jisc Publications Router ** Licence for this article: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ **Journal IDs: eissn 2308-3417 **History: published 15-08-2019; accepted 09-08-2019
Uncontrolled Keywords: dysphagia, technology, workforce development, older adults, care homes
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics4030048
Page Range: e48
SWORD Depositor: Helen Garner
Depositing User: Helen Garner
Date Deposited: 22 Aug 2019 16:05
Last Modified: 17 Mar 2021 20:30
URI: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/25021

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