Her district also uses a buddy system, designating a trusted confidant charged with initiating an informal intervention if a judge is suspected of overstaying his or her competence.
Paying attention to formal and informal intervention-related activities, and to the anticipated and unanticipated consequences of implementation, increases understanding of the 'how' and 'why' behind intervention outcomes, which in turn increases the credibility, usability and transferability of findings [ 23].
Our review indicated that there is a dearth of quality measures related to informal care interventions.
More broadly, it is difficult to assess the broad impact and cost-effectiveness of informal caregiving interventions.
Educational campaigns, including facility-wide, unit-targeted, and informal educational interventions, to enhance adherence to infection prevention and control can decrease MDRO transmission [ 41].
As advances in genetics become a larger part of daily life, it is important that we continue to develop tools to assess changes in understanding and the impact of informal science interventions.
Considering an expanded view of the critical areas highlighted in our organizing framework will enable researchers to understand more fully the net benefits of informal caregiving interventions for caregivers and their care recipients.
Only by doing this, and by considering the specific caregiving activities and health and economic outcomes of both caregivers and care recipients, will we be able to fully consider the net benefits of informal care interventions and the net benefits of informal care more generally.
The possibility that informal behavioural interventions that don't rely on school closures will reduce healthcare resource use during a severe pandemic when resources such as antivirals may become thinly stretched is an important consideration for public health decision-makers and pandemic planners.
Of the 812 participants, there were 460 living at home independently (intervention group n = 231, control group n = 229) and a further 229 living at home with the support of formal or informal carers (intervention group n = 114, control group n = 115).
