School of Nursing & Midwifery Annual Report 2018

Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery, UCC

Evaluation of the Irish Hospice Foundation Design and Dignity Programme

Project partners: The Evaluation of the Design and Dignity Programme Report was commissioned by All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care in collaboration with the Irish Hospice Foundation The Story: The Design & Dignity Programme was launched in 2010, in collaboration with the Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF) and Health Service Executive (HSE). This programme funded the development of over 30 end of life care spaces for both patients and their families. These spaces included family rooms, mortuaries, bereavement suites and family support rooms in the maternity services. The aim of our project was to independently evaluate the Design and Dignity programme with a focus on establishing the impact of Design and Dignity projects on patients, their families and acute hospital staff. Our research team conducted a multiphase study using a post occupancy evaluation framework. We conducted 18 clinical site visits collecting data on facility documentation, physical dimensions (meters), light (lux) and noise (decibels), IHF audit tools and field notes. An in-depth case study evaluation was also undertaken in five key hospital sites (Roscommon Hospital, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Dublin, Beaumont Hospital Dublin, St. James’s Hospital Dublin and St. Luke’s Hospital Kilkenny) which was informed by focus groups with staff (n=18), interviews (n=4) and real-time comment cards. The organisational and design specific recommendations from this report will impact on future builds of design and dignity facilities, providing stakeholder

guidance on key challenges and the lessons learned. In November 2018, members of the research team presented the findings of the evaluation at the 18th Annual Nursing and Midwifery Conference in UCC and were awarded 1st prize in the oral presentation category. This report is due to be launched on March 26th 2019 in the Royal Irish Architecture Institute, Dublin. The Team: Dr Nicola Cornally (PI), Dr Serena FitzGerald (Co- PI), Ms Olivia Cagney (Research Assistant); Co-Applicants: Dr Aileen Burton (School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork), Dr Alice Coffey (School of Nursing and Midwifery, University Limerick), Ms Caroline Dalton (School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork), Dr Irene Hartigan (School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork), Dr Jim Harrison (Cork Centre for Architectural Education), Dr Margaret Murphy (School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork), Dr Daniel Nuzum (Pastoral Care, Marymount University Hospital and Hospice Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University College Cork), Ms Yvonne Pennisi (Occupational Science and Occupational Therapies, University College Cork), Professor Eileen Savage (School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork), Dr Catherine Sweeney (School of Medicine University College Cork & Marymount University Hospital and Hospice), Dr Suzanne Timmons (Centre for Gerontology and Rehabilitation, University College Cork), Dr Patricia Leahy Warren (School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork).

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