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Table 1 Barriers and facilitators to recruitment identified by researchers

From: Enabling research in care homes: an evaluation of a national network of research ready care homes

Barriers

Facilitators

Studies that require a large time commitment form care home staff

Producing a brochure outlining the study and its potential benefits

Staff turnover – some care homes that agreed to take part in studies dropped out after a change of management

Involving relatives in the research process as much as possible

Care home organisations not giving permission for studies to be conducted in their care homes

Using a designated team to work with the care home residents and staff, drawing on clinicians that were linked to the care homes

Research protocols that do not fit with the care home’s mode of operation

Building in some research training for care home staff into the study process