The Listening and Learning study was undertaken to address a research gap, which remains relevant in the unique Scottish context of practice.

The aim of the study was to explore the experiences of care home staff in Scotland of managing COVID-19 within their homes to help inform understanding and future practice.

Recruitment to the study was facilitated through existing professional networks, Enabling Research in Care Homes (ENRICH) Scotland, Scottish Care and by NHS and care home stakeholders participating in the Scottish Government Clinical and Professional Advisory Group for Adult Social Care (CPAG) and we are extremely grateful for the support in reaching a diverse sample.

Ethical approval was granted by the University of Glasgow College of Medicine, Veterinary & Life Sciences Ethics Committee (200210101, approved 01/04/2022).

No specific funding was secured for this work. Funding for researcher time and professional transcription was used from my Postdoctoral Clinical Lectureship, funded by NHS Education for Scotland and the Chief Scientists Office and from income received from the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry for Introductory Research undertaken. The funders had no role in the design, conduct or interpretation of the study and the views expressed are those of the authors.

Our academic paper summarising the findings has been published in the journal BMC Geriatrics. It is freely available to read online open access from here.

We have created a short video summarising what we did, what we found and what it means, which can we watched via Vimeo, below, with subtitles included. A plain text word document version of the script of the video is available to download here. A single page graphic poster based on the video is available to download here.

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