Julienne Meyer
Biographic Data
| ID | 3916194 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Julienne Meyer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Julienne |
| FAMILY NAME | Meyer |
| SIGNATURE | MEYER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | City, University of London |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5378-2761 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 46 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Public Involvement to Enhance Care Home Research; Collaboration on a Minimum Data Set for Care Homes
INTRODUCTION: Information on care home residents in England is captured in numerous data sets (care home records, General Practitioner records, community nursing, etc.) but little of this information is currently analysed in a way that is useful for care providers, current or future residents and families or that realises the potential of data to enhance care provision. The DACHA study aimed to develop and test a minimum data set (MDS) which woul…
A qualitative exploration of the clinical presentation, trajectory, management and recovery of Covid ‐19 in older people
COVID-19 had a devastating impact on older people living in care homes. This study explored the clinical trajectory and management of COVID-19, as well as recovery of older people following infection during the early stages of the pandemic (May to August 2020). A two-phase exploratory qualitative study was used. Frontline staff with experience of caring for older people with COVID-19 were recruited to Phase 1, and senior care home operational and…
Improving the Quality of Care in Care Homes Using the Quality Improvement Collaborative Approach
The Breakthrough Series Quality Improvement Collaborative (QIC) initiative is a well-developed and widely used approach, but most of what we know about it has come from healthcare settings. In this article, those leading QICs to improve care in care homes provide detailed accounts of six QICs and share their learning of applying the QIC approach in the care home sector. Overall, five care home-specific lessons were learnt: (i) plan for the resour…
How being appreciative creates change – theory in practice from health and social care in Scotland
This paper develops understanding of appreciative action research that generates curiosity and motivation as a better platform for collaborative change. Blending theory and practice it draws on the example of the My Home Life leadership programme in Scotland that explores the concepts and approaches of ‘Caring Conversations’ and ‘playful provocation’ in care homes for older people. The paper shows how they expand notions of appreciation and help …
Home Alone With Dementia
The aim of this qualitative exploratory study was to investigate community care clinicians’ perceptions of the challenges faced by people who have dementia and live alone at home. Data were collected through interviews and focus groups with 21 community health and social care clinicians who supported people with dementia in the community. The perceived challenges that were identified related to poor hygiene, inadequate nutrition, keeping safe, ot…
Living on the margin
Patient Advice and Liaison Services
Objective To explore the roles of Patient Advice and Liaison Services (PALS) in their interactions with service users. Context Every National Health Service health‐care provider in England now has a PALS, which provides service users with information and help in resolving concerns and dissatisfactions with health care. Design Longitudinal qualitative study, 2002–4. This paper draws on data from 27 semi‐structured interviews. Setting and participa…
Quality criteria for patient advice and liaison services
Background Every NHS trust and Primary Care Trust (PCT) in England now has a Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) which provides an identifiable person to whom service users can turn if they have a problem or need information while using the NHS. This paper reports data from a 2‐year qualitative study of London PALS. Objective To develop patient‐centred criteria by which to assess PALS. Design Data were generated from qualitative interviews …
Horizontal or Vertical Support
Every hospital, mental health, primary care and specialist trust in the English National Health Service (NHS) should have a Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS), to provide information and support to NHS patients with questions or concerns. PALS should also act as a catalyst for service improvement. This article draws on findings from a qualitative study of London PALS. In particular, it focuses on data generated during observation of meetin…
The Complexity of Loss in Continuing Care Institutions for Older People
This article analyzes the findings of a literature review undertaken on loss in continuing care institutions. It suggests that research undertaken in continuing care institutions, such as care homes, ignores the complexity and multiplicity of loss, depending on the methodological approach taken (e.g., qualitative field methods, survey research and intervention studies). It argues that different methodological approaches fragment and hide some asp…
Using Action Research to Address Loss of Personhood in a Continuing Care Setting
This article describes a three-year action research project, aimed to support staff in recognizing and responding to loss of personhood in a continuing care setting. The context of this study was a U.K. National Health Service (NHS) nursing home for the long-term care of older people. Interventions used to support this development included the collection and sharing of residents' life histories, weekly team supervision meetings for staff, an acti…
Qualitative research in health care
This is the last in a series of three articles
The progress of older people placed during the first year of the 1996 continuing care guidance
Humanity or bureaucracy? The transition from hospital to long-term continuing institutional care
This paper is concerned with the transition of older people from acute hospital to continuing institutional long-term care. It aims to highlight issues that can remain hidden in current discussions concerning older people's continuing health and social care needs within a mixed economy of health and social care provision. The focus is on user and carer involvement in the transition. The policy context and the research findings of relevant studies…
Introduction. l'EnquÊTE De l'AcadÉMIE De Médecine Sur Les Épidémies 1774–1794
Living on the margin
How being appreciative creates change – theory in practice from health and social care in Scotland
This paper develops understanding of appreciative action research that generates curiosity and motivation as a better platform for collaborative change. Blending theory and practice it draws on the example of the My Home Life leadership programme in Scotland that explores the concepts and approaches of ‘Caring Conversations’ and ‘playful provocation’ in care homes for older people. The paper shows how they expand notions of appreciation and help …
Using Action Research to Address Loss of Personhood in a Continuing Care Setting
This article describes a three-year action research project, aimed to support staff in recognizing and responding to loss of personhood in a continuing care setting. The context of this study was a U.K. National Health Service (NHS) nursing home for the long-term care of older people. Interventions used to support this development included the collection and sharing of residents' life histories, weekly team supervision meetings for staff, an acti…
Introduction. l'EnquÊTE De l'AcadÉMIE De Médecine Sur Les Épidémies 1774–1794
Humanity or bureaucracy? The transition from hospital to long-term continuing institutional care
This paper is concerned with the transition of older people from acute hospital to continuing institutional long-term care. It aims to highlight issues that can remain hidden in current discussions concerning older people's continuing health and social care needs within a mixed economy of health and social care provision. The focus is on user and carer involvement in the transition. The policy context and the research findings of relevant studies…
Qualitative research in health care
This is the last in a series of three articles
The progress of older people placed during the first year of the 1996 continuing care guidance
The Complexity of Loss in Continuing Care Institutions for Older People
This article analyzes the findings of a literature review undertaken on loss in continuing care institutions. It suggests that research undertaken in continuing care institutions, such as care homes, ignores the complexity and multiplicity of loss, depending on the methodological approach taken (e.g., qualitative field methods, survey research and intervention studies). It argues that different methodological approaches fragment and hide some asp…
Using Action Research to Address Loss of Personhood in a Continuing Care Setting
This article describes a three-year action research project, aimed to support staff in recognizing and responding to loss of personhood in a continuing care setting. The context of this study was a U.K. National Health Service (NHS) nursing home for the long-term care of older people. Interventions used to support this development included the collection and sharing of residents' life histories, weekly team supervision meetings for staff, an acti…
Quality criteria for patient advice and liaison services
Background Every NHS trust and Primary Care Trust (PCT) in England now has a Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) which provides an identifiable person to whom service users can turn if they have a problem or need information while using the NHS. This paper reports data from a 2‐year qualitative study of London PALS. Objective To develop patient‐centred criteria by which to assess PALS. Design Data were generated from qualitative interviews …
Horizontal or Vertical Support
Every hospital, mental health, primary care and specialist trust in the English National Health Service (NHS) should have a Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS), to provide information and support to NHS patients with questions or concerns. PALS should also act as a catalyst for service improvement. This article draws on findings from a qualitative study of London PALS. In particular, it focuses on data generated during observation of meetin…
Patient Advice and Liaison Services
Objective To explore the roles of Patient Advice and Liaison Services (PALS) in their interactions with service users. Context Every National Health Service health‐care provider in England now has a PALS, which provides service users with information and help in resolving concerns and dissatisfactions with health care. Design Longitudinal qualitative study, 2002–4. This paper draws on data from 27 semi‐structured interviews. Setting and participa…
Living on the margin
Home Alone With Dementia
The aim of this qualitative exploratory study was to investigate community care clinicians’ perceptions of the challenges faced by people who have dementia and live alone at home. Data were collected through interviews and focus groups with 21 community health and social care clinicians who supported people with dementia in the community. The perceived challenges that were identified related to poor hygiene, inadequate nutrition, keeping safe, ot…
How being appreciative creates change – theory in practice from health and social care in Scotland
This paper develops understanding of appreciative action research that generates curiosity and motivation as a better platform for collaborative change. Blending theory and practice it draws on the example of the My Home Life leadership programme in Scotland that explores the concepts and approaches of ‘Caring Conversations’ and ‘playful provocation’ in care homes for older people. The paper shows how they expand notions of appreciation and help …
Improving the Quality of Care in Care Homes Using the Quality Improvement Collaborative Approach
The Breakthrough Series Quality Improvement Collaborative (QIC) initiative is a well-developed and widely used approach, but most of what we know about it has come from healthcare settings. In this article, those leading QICs to improve care in care homes provide detailed accounts of six QICs and share their learning of applying the QIC approach in the care home sector. Overall, five care home-specific lessons were learnt: (i) plan for the resour…
A qualitative exploration of the clinical presentation, trajectory, management and recovery of Covid ‐19 in older people
COVID-19 had a devastating impact on older people living in care homes. This study explored the clinical trajectory and management of COVID-19, as well as recovery of older people following infection during the early stages of the pandemic (May to August 2020). A two-phase exploratory qualitative study was used. Frontline staff with experience of caring for older people with COVID-19 were recruited to Phase 1, and senior care home operational and…
Public Involvement to Enhance Care Home Research; Collaboration on a Minimum Data Set for Care Homes
INTRODUCTION: Information on care home residents in England is captured in numerous data sets (care home records, General Practitioner records, community nursing, etc.) but little of this information is currently analysed in a way that is useful for care providers, current or future residents and families or that realises the potential of data to enhance care provision. The DACHA study aimed to develop and test a minimum data set (MDS) which woul…
Medicine (13 works) · Nursing (12 works) · Political science (11 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Public relations (7 works) · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (6 works) · Health care (6 works) · Qualitative research (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Healthcare innovation and challenges (5 works)