Exploring and supporting the continued growth of positive learning environments in care homes for everyone: an appreciative inquiry
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| contents | <p>A focus on enhancing recruitment and retention to the care home sector is of topical debate, both nationally and internationally. A perceived lack of learning opportunities is one factor that results in a reduced likelihood of individuals choosing to work in care homes. However, evidence highlights scope to forefront the opportunity care homes offer in learning about relational approaches to care. Furthermore, experiencing a positive learning environment has shown to enhance perceptions of working in care homes. Literature largely explores learning environments in care homes from the perspective of staff and students, raising opportunities to also understand the contribution and experiences of residents and relatives. This study aimed to explore learning in care homes and co-create practices that support the continued growth of positive learning environments for everyone. The participatory methodology of Appreciative Inquiry was selected to enable a focus on uncovering and understanding what is valued in relation to learning in care homes and using this data to explore and test out new possibilities for enhancing the learning environment. Data generation activities took place over an 18-month period. Participants included 37 staff, one resident, three relatives and four students from two care homes in Scotland and a group of 29 key stakeholders. Data generation methods included participant observation and individual and group discussions to generate stories. A range of creative methods were employed including the use of imagery due to its value in uncovering tacit knowledge. Immersion-Crystallisation was selected as the approach to data analysis due to its invitation to explore emotional connection to the data. Data was shared with participants throughout the study to facilitate sense checking and co-analysis.<br><br>The findings from this study highlight the unique opportunity to learn about human connection in care homes. A synthesis of the findings resulted in the generation of the S.h.I.N.E framework, which has potential to support learning about human connection in care homes. S.h.I.N.E is an acronym for:</p> <p>• Stories about human connection<br>• Inquiry is intervention<br>• Noticing for learning<br>• Everyone learning together</p> <p><br>The S.h.I.N.E framework offers an original contribution to the body of knowledge, by suggesting how the continued growth of positive learning environments in care homes can be facilitated for everyone. There are opportunities for future research to examine outcomes and potential new knowledge, as a result of trying out this framework in practice.</p> |
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| spellingShingle | Exploring and supporting the continued growth of positive learning environments in care homes for everyone: an appreciative inquiry MacBride, Tamsin <p>A focus on enhancing recruitment and retention to the care home sector is of topical debate, both nationally and internationally. A perceived lack of learning opportunities is one factor that results in a reduced likelihood of individuals choosing to work in care homes. However, evidence highlights scope to forefront the opportunity care homes offer in learning about relational approaches to care. Furthermore, experiencing a positive learning environment has shown to enhance perceptions of working in care homes. Literature largely explores learning environments in care homes from the perspective of staff and students, raising opportunities to also understand the contribution and experiences of residents and relatives. This study aimed to explore learning in care homes and co-create practices that support the continued growth of positive learning environments for everyone. The participatory methodology of Appreciative Inquiry was selected to enable a focus on uncovering and understanding what is valued in relation to learning in care homes and using this data to explore and test out new possibilities for enhancing the learning environment. Data generation activities took place over an 18-month period. Participants included 37 staff, one resident, three relatives and four students from two care homes in Scotland and a group of 29 key stakeholders. Data generation methods included participant observation and individual and group discussions to generate stories. A range of creative methods were employed including the use of imagery due to its value in uncovering tacit knowledge. Immersion-Crystallisation was selected as the approach to data analysis due to its invitation to explore emotional connection to the data. Data was shared with participants throughout the study to facilitate sense checking and co-analysis.<br><br>The findings from this study highlight the unique opportunity to learn about human connection in care homes. A synthesis of the findings resulted in the generation of the S.h.I.N.E framework, which has potential to support learning about human connection in care homes. S.h.I.N.E is an acronym for:</p> <p>• Stories about human connection<br>• Inquiry is intervention<br>• Noticing for learning<br>• Everyone learning together</p> <p><br>The S.h.I.N.E framework offers an original contribution to the body of knowledge, by suggesting how the continued growth of positive learning environments in care homes can be facilitated for everyone. There are opportunities for future research to examine outcomes and potential new knowledge, as a result of trying out this framework in practice.</p> |
| title | Exploring and supporting the continued growth of positive learning environments in care homes for everyone: an appreciative inquiry |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10665411 |