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Research Interests
Nick Smith's Publications
Journal Articles
Journal Article
Care home residents' quality of life and its association with CQC ratings and workforce issues: the MiCareHQ mixed-methods study (2021)
Ann-Marie Towers, Nick Smith, Stephen Allan, Florin Vadean, Grace Collins, Stacey Rand, Jennifer Bostock, Helen Ramsbottom, Julien Forder, Stefania Lanza & Jackie Cassell.
Health Services and Delivery Research Volume
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Measuring safety in older adult care homes: a scoping review of the international literatur (2021)
Rand S, Smith N, Jones K, Dargan A, Hogan H
BMJ Open 11, e043206
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Feasibility, factor structure and construct validity of the easy-read Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT-ER) (2020)
Rand S, Towers A, Razik K, Turnpenny A, Bradshaw J, Caiels J, Smith N,
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability 45, 2, 119-132
Taylor & Francis Online
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Quality of life in older adult care homes: Comparing office hours with out-of-office hours (2019)
Smith N, Towers AM, Palmer S, Collins G,
Journal of Long-Term Care
International Long-Term Care Policy Network
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Encouraging managers of care homes for older adults to participate in research (2019)
Smith N, Towers AM, Collins G, Palmer S, Allan S, Beecham J
Quality in Ageing and Older Adults
Emerald Publishing
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A cross-sectional study exploring the relationship between regulator quality ratings and care home residents’ quality of life in England (2019)
Towers A, Palmer S, Smith N, Collins G, Allan S,
BMC, Springer Nature
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Integrating ASCOT in care planning (2018)
Towers A, Nelson K, Smith N, Razik K
Australian Journal of Dementia Care 7, 6, 31-35
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Being Occupied: Supporting ‘meaningful activity’ in care homes for older people in England (2017)
Smith N, Towers A, Palmer S, Beecham J, Welch E
Ageing and Society
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Why are relatives of care home residents reluctant to ‘rock the boat’? Is there a culture of acceptance? (2017)
Welch E, Palmer S, Towers A, Smith N
Working with Older People 21, 2, 124-132
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The acceptability and feasibility of using the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT) to inform practice in care homes (2016)
Towers A, Smith N, Palmer S, Welch E, Netten A
BMC Health Services Research 16, 16:523
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Dutch translation and cross-cultural validation of the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT) (2015)
Van Leeuwen K, Bosmans J, Jansen A, Rand S, Towers A, Smith N, Razik K, Trukeschitz B, van Tulder M, van der Horst H, Ostelo R
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes , 13:56
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Adapting the adult social care outcomes toolkit (ASCOT) for use in care home quality monitoring: conceptual development and testing (2015)
Towers A, Holder J, Smith N, Crowther T, Netten A, Welch E, Collins G
BMC Health Services Research 15, 15:304
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Report
Understanding and addressing underrepresentation in a postal survey of social care users. Summary (2014)
Smith N, Malley J
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Understanding and addressing underrepresentation in a postal survey of social care users. Full report (2012)
Smith N, Malley J
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Project Outline
Measuring Outcomes of Care Homes (MOOCH) (2016)
Towers A, Smith N, Palmer S, Collins G, Forder J
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Care home quality indicator development. NIHR SSCR Project outline PO51 (2013)
Towers A, Holder J, Smith N
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Extended User Experience Survey of Community Equipment Services 2007/08. PSSRU Project Outline 73, December 2007 (2007)
Netten A, Smith N, Malley J, Jones K, Cox L
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Outcomes and quality of social care outcomes. PSSRU Project Outline 69 (2007)
Netten A, Holder J, Smith N
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Outcomes, quality and costs of community equipment services. PSSRU Project Outline 64 (2005)
Netten A, Smith N, Jones K, Cox L
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Research Summary
Engagement of People with Long-Term Conditions in Health and Social Care Research: Barriers and Facilitators to Capturing the Views of Seldom Heard Populations. Summary (2012)
Beadle-Brown J, Ryan S, Windle K, Holder J, Turnpenny A, Smith N, Richardson L, Whelton R
QORU working paper 2849
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