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Table 4 Identified themes and sub-themes that emerged as facilitators and barriers

From: Barriers and facilitators to implementing dementia care mapping in care homes: results from the DCM™ EPIC trial process evaluation

Theme

Sub-Theme

Care Home

Staffing related issues

Time and competing priorities

Care home manager

Staff motivation, engagement and openness to change

Mapper status and leadership skills

Mappers

Choice of mappers

Mappers experiences

Intervention

Understanding of DCM™

Complex nature of DCM™

Trial

Expectations of the trial

Input from DCM™ expert mappers