{
  "abstract": "Background The global population of older adults has grown at an unprecedented rate, and projections indicate that the number of older adults will continue to increase considerably in the coming decades. The clinical complexity of older adults living in retirement homes, also known as assisted living settings, is also increasing, and the regulations to ensure quality and safety standards in retirement homes are highly variable. The purpose of this scoping review is to map and summarise the methods used to monitor and measure the safety of older adults living in retirement homes, providing an overview of existing approaches and areas requiring further investigation.Methods This scoping review will follow the five stages of the Arksey and O’Malley scoping review process. We will report this review using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews. A comprehensive search of four electronic databases (MEDLINE (Ovid), EMBASE (Ovid), CINAHL (EBSCO) and Web of Science Core Collection) will be performed, and reference lists of included articles will be searched. We will conduct a two-step screening process, data extraction and analysis of the included studies. We will include all primary study designs that report on safety measurement and monitoring of any type of harms. Relevant grey literature will also be identified. We will exclude studies that only report results from facilities providing 24-hour skilled nursing care or specialised care services, and those not published in English or French. This protocol is registered on the Open Science Framework (osf.io/8rheq).Ethics and dissemination No ethical approval is needed for the review, and we plan to present the results at research conferences and in a peer-reviewed article. Our findings may inform future research studies that seek to support and improve safety practices in retirement homes.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "School of Nursing, University of Ottawa Faculty of Health Sciences, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada",
        "Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Chantal Backman"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "School of Nursing, University of Ottawa Faculty of Health Sciences, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Franciely Daiana Engel"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "School of Nursing, University of Ottawa Faculty of Health Sciences, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Aurelie Tonjock Kolle"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "School of Nursing, University of Ottawa Faculty of Health Sciences, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Rosie Papp"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "School of Nursing, University of Ottawa Faculty of Health Sciences, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Ashley Lam"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "School of Nursing, University of Ottawa Faculty of Health Sciences, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Laura Freeman"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Wenshan Li"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Evan Sterling"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "School of Nursing, University of Ottawa Faculty of Health Sciences, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Stephen G Fung"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Samir K Sinha"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Derek R Manis"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Tzu-Fei Wang"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Bruyère Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada",
        "Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Krystal Kehoe MacLeod"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "School of Rehabilitation Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ohio, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Catherine Hecimovich"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Bruyère Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Colleen Webber"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Courtney Maskerine"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA",
        "Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Ania Syrowatka"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Patient Engagement & Partnerships, Healthcare Excellence Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Carol Fancott"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada",
        "Internal Medicine, University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Daniel Kobewka"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Measuring and monitoring safety of older adults living in retirement homes: a scoping review protocol",
  "uid": "48b7f2f3-b2c5-5606-94ad-552fd302d8fe"
}