On the 12/02/16 849 surveys were sent out to all care home managers
across Yorkshire and the Humber as part of a PhD project. The survey aimed to
help me obtain a better understand of how technology is being used in care
homes, what it was being used for and to provide a better understanding of the
care home contexts in which staff are working.
Of those that replied only 12 homes reported using videoconferencing as a
method of health compared to 106 homes that were not using it and approximately
2/3 (64%) of respondents had heard of videoconferencing being used as a method
of health care provision. Most respondents had heard of videoconferencing being
used for advice (46%), this was followed by assessing (42%) and being used as a
triage/ gateway to other services (34%).
Respondents were also asked
to tick which statement best described how they felt about implementing
videoconferencing in the care homes they work in. Here 44% of respondents reported that they would
consider it, but would need to know more, followed by 18 % saying they are not
sure it would be worthwhile as they already have a system that works well,
another 13% said they think it would be unnecessary and 12% saying they would
sign up for it today if they could.
Of those that were using it, all rated the system overall as being good
(45%) or very good (55%). With 73% of homes reporting using it less than once a
week, 18% less than 3 days a week and 9% using it once a year.
Overall, respondents rating the system as having the biggest impact on
staff confidence.
For more information, please contact:
Louise Newbould (PhD Student): LKNewbould1@sheffield.ac.uk
Written by Louise Newbould
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