Using International Collaborations to Shape Research and Innovation Into Care Homes in Brazil: A White Paper

Jacinto, Alessandro Ferrari; Achterberg, Wilco P.; Wachholz, Patrick Alexander; Dening, Tom; Dening, Karen Harrison; Devi, Reena; Oliveira, Déborah; Everink, Irma H. J.; Azevedo, Pâmela Santos; Bas, P. J. F. Villas; Hinsliff-Smith, Kathryn; Hoedl, Manuela; Schols, Jos M. G. A.; Shepherd, Victoria; Gratao, A. C. M.; Melo, R. C. de; Watanabe, Helena Akemi Wada; Zazzetta, M. S.; Goodman, Claire; Spilsbury, Karen; Gordon, Adam

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“…3500 institutional care facilities represents 0.03 beds per capita of the population aged 80 years and above. Given that fact, less than 1% of the elderly population is living in institutional care facilities (Avila, 2017; Jacinto et al, 2020). De Oliveira et al (2017) found the quality of care in Brazilian institutional care facilities varied remarkably and left ample room for improvement.…”

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Three dimensions of long‐term care provision in middle‐income countries—A view across Africa, Latin America and Asia

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Riedel

2022

Int J Soc Welfare

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This article identifies and assesses gaps and deficits in the provision of long‐term care (LTC) services in nine middle‐income countries (MIC) across Africa (Algeria, Nigeria, South Africa), Latin America (Brazil, Colombia, Mexico) and Asia (China, India, Turkey). Legislation and entitlement to, conditions for access to and availability of publicly financed or co‐financed LTC services for elderly persons are assessed. Across the nine selected MIC, it is revealed that hardly any legal entitlements to specific LTC services exist for elderly persons. The most common conditions for access to institutional care are a minimum age and little or no income. With respect to availability, it can be concluded that institutional care facilities are usually concentrated in urban or wealthy areas. In many cases they exist in the capital region only, but even their capacities are limited. Home‐based care is hardly available at all.

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Three dimensions of long‐term care provision in middle‐income countries—A view across Africa, Latin America and Asia

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Riedel

2022

Int J Soc Welfare

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“…Most LTCF reduced these activities, reinforcing that the functionality of residents was not a priority. Moreover, Brazilian LTCF do not require health professionals as employees 34 or have the structure or human resources to provide specific health care needed during the COVID-19 pandemic. 35 Thus, the demand for care related to functionality is evident in older adults living in LTCF.…”

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Did managers of long-term care facilities neglect the functionality of older adults? A survey during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Carvalho

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American Journal of Infection Control

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“…The LTCI sector in Brazil is also underdeveloped with 64% of the municipalities without any care homes and a national ratio of 8.732 older adults (>75 years) per care home, that varies widely between regions (Lacerda et al, 2021). Without sufficient number of care homes and evidence on LTCI, the quality of care provided to the Brazilian old residents might be below the adequate standards (Jacinto et al, 2020).…”

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Research utilisation in older people care: Translation, cross‐cultural adaptation and validation of instruments into Brazilian Portuguese

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Perracini

Rosa

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Int J Older People Nursing

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Aims To translate and culturally validate the Estabrooks' Kinds of Research Utilization (RU) and the Conceptual Research Utilization Scale (CRU) into Brazilian Portuguese; and to describe the research use by health professionals working on Long Term Care Institutions (LTCI) for older people. Background Research utilisation ensures greater quality and effectiveness in the care provided by health professionals. However, there are no instruments to evaluate research utilisation in Latin America countries, like Brazil. Materials & Methods A methodological cross‐sectional questionnaire validity and descriptive study. The translation and adaptation of the instruments was performed in seven steps following psychometric guidelines. The instruments evaluate research utilisation by health professionals in clinical practice. The RU is composed of single‐items of instrumental, persuasive, conceptual and overall forms; and the CRU the conceptual form through a 5‐item scale. Professionals of technical level and graduated working in nine LTCI were evaluated from August to December 2018. Descriptive and inferential (reliability, correlation, internal consistency and structure of CRU) analyses were conducted. Results Sample composed of 117 professionals, 67.5% of healthcare aides and 32.5% of graduated health professionals. All forms of research utilisation showed high implementation in practice (about 75% of the time, or frequently). CRU internal consistency (α = 0.885) and structure were adequate. There were significant correlations between RU and CRU (from very low r = 0.187 to high r = 0.712). Intra‐rater, inter‐rater and alternate forms reliability ranged from moderate to substantial. Conclusions The Brazilian versions of the RU and the CRU are valid, reliable and acceptable for evaluating research utilisation by professionals working on LTCI. It is of great relevance to introduce these instruments in low‐ and middle‐income countries to have future data on how much older people care is influenced by the best evidence available. These instruments can be adapted to different healthcare settings and populations.

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Using International Collaborations to Shape Research and Innovation Into Care Homes in Brazil: A White Paper

Abstract: England and the Netherlands, which have 0.12 and 0.23 beds per head of population over the age of 80 years respectively (6).

Cited by 8 publications

References 21 publications

Three dimensions of long‐term care provision in middle‐income countries—A view across Africa, Latin America and Asia

Three dimensions of long‐term care provision in middle‐income countries—A view across Africa, Latin America and Asia

Did managers of long-term care facilities neglect the functionality of older adults? A survey during the COVID-19 pandemic

Research utilisation in older people care: Translation, cross‐cultural adaptation and validation of instruments into Brazilian Portuguese

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