THRIVE aims to understand Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)-registered nurses’ experiences of working in care homes for older people during the COVID-19 pandemic, how this impacted on resilience, mental health and well-being, and to collaboratively develop theory-informed approaches for ongoing and future support in this professional group.

The study is being undertaken in two phases:

• Phase 1: Key-informant interviews with NMC-registered nurses practising in care homes to describe and understand their distinct experiences of working during COVID-19 and its impact on their resilience, mental health and well-being, including the availability and appropriateness of support. This phase is now complete, and preliminary 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/)

• Phase 2: Undertake a series of deliberative workshops to discuss findings and issues through constructive, co-produced dialogue to consider ideas (old and new) for developing strategies and interventions that support care-home nurses’ resilience, mental health and well-being. This phase is ongoing, but we expect to report early 2022.

Ongoing:
– Include a blog on the ARC, East of England (https://arc-eoe.nihr.ac.uk/)
Early 2022
– Conference presentation
– Open Access journal publication
– Publication in established care-home newsletters and bulletins
– Presentation at local care-home forums