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Brown, Philip S. – 1970
Intended as a practical guide for the administrator in homes for the aging, this booklet provides direction on how to set up a volunteer program. Five steps in organizing a volunteer program are: (1) Launching a Volunteer Program, (2) Recruitment and Selection of Volunteers, (3) Orientation and Training Program (The Role and Function of a…
Descriptors: Nursing Homes, Older Adults, Personal Care Homes, Volunteer Training
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Reingold, Jacob; And Others – Gerontologist, 1987
Describes the Merit Gram, an alternative to tipping, which was devised to give nursing home residents and their families the opportunity to acknowledge staff and to give staff, in turn, the recognition they needed. Discusses the effectiveness of the Merit Gram in reinforcing the no tipping policy while providing an alternative means of…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Nursing Homes, Older Adults, Recognition (Achievement)
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Pruchno, Rachel A.; Resch, Nancy L. – Gerontologist, 1988
Compared mortality rates for residents who transferred rooms within long-term care facility for reasons other than health (N=207) and for residents who did not move (N=353). Found mortality rates higher for moderately competent residents who moved than for non-movers; mortality rates for movers of high or low competence did not differ from those…
Descriptors: Competence, Institutionalized Persons, Nursing Homes, Older Adults
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Moody, Harry R. – Gerontologist, 1988
Considers informed consent standard inadequate for insuring autonomy in long term care. Argues for complex standard of "negotiated consent." Illuminates philosophical argument by qualitative data from interviews with physicians, nurses, and social workers in nursing homes, which demonstrated continuum of interventions ranging from…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Institutionalized Persons, Nursing Homes, Older Adults
Wilhite, Barbara; Teaff, Joseph D. – Parks and Recreation, 1986
There is a trend toward viewing activities as an integral part of basic care in the nursing home, although the setting is extremely challenging to the recreation service provider. This article discusses nursing home personnel, assessment of residents' needs, activities, programs, and future directions of nursing home recreation. (MT)
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, Nursing Homes, Older Adults, Recreational Programs
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Hoffman, Donald H. – Art Education, 1981
Points out health hazards in some art materials, which may pollute the air, contaminate food and utensils, produce flammable vapors, cause chemical burns or allergic reactions, or damage the eyes. Suggests how these hazards may be compounded in nursing homes or senior citizens' agencies. Lists safety tips. (SJL)
Descriptors: Art Materials, Classroom Techniques, Nursing Homes, Older Adults
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Klein, Waldo C.; Jess, Carol – Health & Social Work, 2002
Describes the alcohol-related policies, practices, and problems experienced by a sample of intermediate care facilities and homes for elderly people. Despite the problems reported, screening for alcohol problems among residents, treatment of identified problems, and training of staff were not found to be widespread. Challenges to social workers…
Descriptors: Drinking, Nursing Homes, Older Adults, Personal Care Homes
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Spence, Denise A.; Wiener, Joshua M. – Gerontologist, 1990
Estimated length of stay (LOS) for elderly nursing home patients. Converted discharges from 1985 National Nursing Home Survey into admission cohort and adding reported immediate previous nursing home LOS to surveyed LOS. Ultimate length of aggregated stay was longer than unaggregated estimates for elderly discharged residents. Mean aggregated stay…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, National Surveys, Nursing Homes, Older Adults
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Branch, Laurence G.; And Others – Gerontologist, 1988
Estimated impoverishment risk for two samples of community-living elderly (N=900+). Found that for elders over age 75, 46 percent of those living alone and 2 percent of couples would spend lifetime assets and current income, becoming impoverished in 13 weeks if institutionalized in skilled nursing facility. Rates were comparable for elders over…
Descriptors: Financial Problems, Health Care Costs, Nursing Homes, Older Adults
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Coughlin, Teresa A.; And Others – Gerontologist, 1992
Using data from 1981-82 Channeling Demonstration project, examined types of health care costs (hospital, physician and ancillary care, nursing home, and prescription medicine) that contributed to overall expenses to determine sources of financially catastrophic health care expenses among disabled elderly persons. Found expenses for prescription…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Financial Problems, Health Care Costs, Nursing Homes
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Holmes, Douglas; And Others – Gerontologist, 1992
As part of 5-state study of impact of special care units for demented residents, surveyed approximately 2,000 nursing homes to identify facilities that maintained some form of special care unit. Estimated prevalence of such units was 11 percent, suggesting that special care units are far more numerous than had previously been reported. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Behavior Problems, Mental Disorders, Nursing Homes
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Beaton, Sarah Reese – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1991
Investigated contention that differences in styles of reminiscence of older persons could be explained by their levels of ego development in women (n=75) residing in long-term care facilities. Found women with affirming styles of reminiscence had higher levels of ego development than women with negating and despairing styles. (Author/ABL)
Descriptors: Females, Individual Development, Nursing Homes, Older Adults
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Teresi, Jeanne; And Others – Gerontologist, 1993
Implemented and evaluated primary care model of delivery of nursing aide care in small, rural nursing home and large, urban facility. Findings suggest that primary care nursing as applied to nursing attendants in long-term care was beneficial to residents in terms of decreasing disturbed behavior and improved affect. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Long Term Care, Models, Nursing Homes, Nursing Research
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Uncapher, Heather; Gallagher-Thompson, Dolores; Osgood, Nancy J.; Bongar, Bruce – Gerontologist, 1998
Examines the role that hopelessness plays in the suicidal ideation of a geriatric population (N=60). Results show that the relationship between hopelessness and suicidal ideation depends on the level of depression. Highlights the importance of considering depression and hopelessness simultaneously when assessing and treating geriatric suicidal…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Males, Nursing Homes, Older Adults
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Beck, Cornelia; Frank, Lori; Chumbler, Neale R.; O'Sullivan, Patricia; Vogelpohl, Theresa S.; Rasin, Joyce; Walls, Robert; Baldwin, Beverly – Gerontologist, 1998
Provides information about correlates of disruptive behaviors among nursing home residents with dementia. Observation of a wide range of behaviors (N=45) across 11 months were analyzed. Findings suggest that cognitive status, but not health variables, predicts disruptive behavior among nursing home residents with dementia. (Author/MKA)
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Problems, Correlation, Dementia
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