Care planning in older adult care homes: a qualitative study of care staff experiences and views

Nick Smith; Jackie Damant; Yuri Hamashima; Sarah  Jasim; Hugh S T McLeod; Laura Prato; Jonathan Taylor; Anna Ferguson Montague Ferguson Montague; Ray Fitzpatrick; Julien Forder; Clarissa Giebel; Martin Knapp; Madalina Toma; Ann-Marie Towers; Lynne Wright

doi:10.1332/23978821Y2024D000000092

Care planning in older adult care homes: a qualitative study of care staff experiences and views

Nick Smith
, Jackie Damant
, Yuri Hamashima
, Sarah Jasim
, Hugh S T McLeod
, Laura Prato
, Jonathan Taylor
, Anna Ferguson Montague Ferguson Montague
, Ray Fitzpatrick
, Julien Forder
, Clarissa Giebel
, Martin Knapp
, Madalina Toma
, Ann-Marie Towers
, Lynne Wright

Bristol Medical School (PHS)

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This study aims to understand how care planning is conducted in English older adult care homes and explore the views of staff involved in care planning. Drawing on 22 semi-structured interviews, the findings of the study are organised around five themes: the aims of care planning; conducting care planning; support and resources for care planning; the use of care planning information; and improving care planning. Our discussion notes the ways in which care staff would like to improve how care planning is conducted but highlights that a lack of resources may make improvement difficult.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	718–735
Number of pages	18
Journal	International Journal of Care and Caring
Volume	10
Issue number	3
Early online date	19 Dec 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1332/23978821Y2024D000000092
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2026

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Smith, N., Damant, J., Hamashima, Y., Jasim, S., McLeod, H. S. T., Prato, L., Taylor, J., Ferguson Montague, A. F. M., Fitzpatrick, R., Forder, J., Giebel, C., Knapp, M., Toma, M., Towers, A.-M., & Wright, L. (2026). Care planning in older adult care homes: a qualitative study of care staff experiences and views. International Journal of Care and Caring, 10(3), 718–735. https://doi.org/10.1332/23978821Y2024D000000092

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Care planning in older adult care homes: a qualitative study of care staff experiences and views

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