The aim of this study was to identify the lived experiences of care home staff in implementing new infection control measures (including PPE) in care homes early on in the COVID-19 pandemic and how these impacted on the residents they cared for. We were also interested in understanding how the perspectives of staff in different occupational roles may differ as well as identifying the sources of support available to staff.

The paper is now published, full citation is:

Bunn, D., Brainard, J., Lane, K., Salter, C. & Lake, I. The Lived Experience of Implementing Infection Control Measures in Care Homes during two waves of the COVID-19 Pandemic. A mixed-methods study. JLTC 386–400 (2021). DOI: https://doi.org/10.31389/jltc.10

And findings were presented at the LTCcovid International living report on COVID-19 and Long-Term Care, 06/12/2021 (https://ltccovid.org/international-living-report-covid-ltc/)

Other relevant publications from the team:
Brainard, J., Rushton, S., Winters, T., Hunter, P. R., Rushton, S., Winters, T., & Hunter, P. R. (2020). Introduction to and spread of COVID-19 in care homes in Norfolk, UK. Journal of Public Health. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.17.20133629

Brainard J., Weston D., Leach S. and Hunter P. (2020b) Factors that influence treatment-seeking expectations in response to infectious intestinal disease: Original survey and multinomial regression. Journal of infection and public health 13(4): 502-508.
Brainard, J, Jones, N, Lake, I, Hooper, L & Hunter, P 2020, ‘Community use of facemasks and similar barriers to prevent respiratory illness such as COVID-19: A rapid scoping review’, Eurosurveillance

Smith, E., Aldus, C. F., Brainard, J., Dunham, S., Hunter, P. R., & Steel, N. (2020). Testing for SARS-CoV-2 in care home staff and residents in English care homes: A service evaluation. MedRxiv, (August 6th), 1–15. Retrieved from doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.04.20165928