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Direct linkBern-Klug, Mercedes – Gerontologist, 2009
Purpose: Almost half of people age 85 and older who die annually in the United States die as nursing home residents, yet because it is not always clear who is close to death, not all residents who might benefit from end-of-life care receive it. The purpose of this study is to develop a framework for organizing social interactions related to…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Nursing Homes, Health Services, Role Theory
Cartwright, Juliana C.; Miller, Lois; Volpin, Miriam – Gerontologist, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe good quality care at the end of life (EOL) for hospice-enrolled residents in assisted living facilities (ALFs). Design and Methods: A qualitative descriptive design was used to obtain detailed descriptions of EOL care provided by ALF medication aides, caregivers, nurses, and hospice nurses in…
Descriptors: Terminal Illness, Interviews, Program Effectiveness, Hospices (Terminal Care)
Munn, Jean C.; Dobbs, Debra; Meier, Andrea; Williams, Christianna S.; Biola, Holly; Zimmerman, Sheryl – Gerontologist, 2008
Purpose: We designed this study to examine the end-of-life (EOL) experience in long-term care (LTC) based on input from key stakeholders. Design and Methods: The study consisted of 10 homogeneous focus groups drawn from a purposive sample of LTC residents (2 groups; total n = 11), family caregivers (2 groups; total n = 19), paraprofessional staff…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Proximity, Residential Care, Hospices (Terminal Care)
Cohen-Mansfield, Jiska; Libin, Alexander; Lipson, Steven – Gerontologist, 2003
Purpose: Decisions concerning end-of-life care depend on information contained in advance directives that are documented in residents' charts in the nursing home. The availability of that information depends on the quality of the chart and on the location of the information in the chart. No research was found that compared directives by the manner…
Descriptors: Physicians, Older Adults, Nursing Homes, Terminal Illness
Download full textCarroll Community Coll., Westminster, MD. – 1998
These two volumes contain research papers and personal reflections developed as culminating projects by adult students involved in workplace literacy classes in nursing homes, hospitals, and home care agencies. The first volume contains 18 papers: "What You Need to Know about Cancer" (Grace Bopst); "What Nursing Assistants Need to Know about Heart…
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Attitudes, Cancer, Chronic Illness
PDF pending restorationCarroll Community Coll., Westminster, MD. – 1998
This curriculum guide contains lesson plans and student materials for a workplace literacy program for health care workers in hospitals, nursing homes and home-care agencies. The guide begins with a bibliography that contains the following: 44 books, 15 videotapes, 1 multimedia presentation, 12 health magazines and journals, 41 references, and 26…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Caregivers, Chronic Illness, Diabetes
Carroll Community Coll., Westminster, MD. – 1998
The Home Care Challenge was a 4-year National Workplace Literacy Grant project conducted by Carroll Community College in partnership with Carroll Hospice, Carroll Lutheran Village, and Home Call to provide workplace literacy education for health care workers in these agencies. The project's goals were as follows: improving reading fluency, problem…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Caregivers, Chronic Illness, Diseases
