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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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Walker, Leslie C.; Bradley, Elizabeth H. – Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 1998
A study of 25 nonprofit and 87 for-profit nursing homes showed both types likely to offer education on advance care planning. However, nonprofits were more likely to have ongoing discussions that covered more than life support decisions and to have ethics committees to support advance care planning. (SK)
Descriptors: Community Education, Ethics, Nonprofit Organizations, Nursing Homes
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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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Berger, Jeffrey T.; Majerovitz, Deborah – Gerontologist, 1998
Assesses the stability of nursing home residents' preferences for medical treatments. Nondemented, nondepressed residents (N=37) were surveyed serially over a six-month period. Subjects preferred more treatment for their current health concerns than for all hypothetical conditions. All preference changes were toward less intervention. Most…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Ethics, Intervention, Medical Services
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Stewart, Susan T. – Gerontologist, 2004
Purpose: Relationships are examined between age and out-of-pocket costs for different health goods and services among the older population. Design and Methods: Age patterns in health service use and out-of-pocket costs are examined by use of the 1990 Elderly Health Supplement to the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (N = 1,031, age 66+). Multivariate…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Health Services, Costs, Nursing Homes
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Damianakis, Thecla – Canadian Journal on Aging, 2007
Two challenges facing nursing-home care today are understanding the concept of "quality of life" as it relates to cognitively impaired residents and finding effective ways to ensure that it is achieved. Canadian director Allan King's documentary, "Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and Company," filmed at Baycrest, captures a method…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Program Effectiveness, Nursing Homes, Volunteers
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Lacey, Debra – Health & Social Work, 2006
The purpose of this survey was to describe nursing home social services staff roles and perceptions related to end-of-life medical decision making for nursing home residents in endstage dementia. Using a self-designed questionnaire, 138 nursing home social services staff from across New York State answered questions about advance directives,…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Nursing Homes, Dementia, Surveys
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Williams, Christine L.; Molinari, Victor; Bond, Jennifer; Smith, Michael; Hyer, Kathryn; Malphurs, Julie – Educational Gerontology, 2006
There is increasing recognition of the severe consequences of depression in long-term care residents with dementia. Most health care providers are unprepared to recognize and to manage the complexity of depression in dementia. Targeted educational initiatives in nursing homes are needed to address this growing problem. This paper describes the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Nurses, Recognition (Psychology), Depression (Psychology)
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Maderer, Peter; Skiba, Alexander – Educational Gerontology, 2006
Geragogy as a part of gerontology seems to be established in aging societies. Also, geragogy as a form of education for elderly people, learning in the third age, is nowadays an integrated part of agogy. On the other hand, the increase in the number of people of the fourth age, the oldest of the old, handicapped elderly people in nursing homes, is…
Descriptors: Educational Gerontology, Adult Education, Older Adults, Disabilities
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Cohen-Mansfield, Jiska; Bester, Allan – Gerontologist, 2006
Purpose: Flexibility is an essential ingredient of person-centered care. We illustrate the potential impact of flexibility by portraying a nursing home that uses flexibility in its approach to residents and staff members. Designs and Methods: The paper describes the management strategies, principles, and environmental features used by the Adards…
Descriptors: Dementia, Caregivers, Nursing Homes, Working Hours
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Tsoukalas, Theodore; Rudder, Cynthia; Mollot, Richard J.; Shineman, Meghan; Lee, Hyang Yuol; Harrington, Charlene – Gerontologist, 2006
Purpose: This study examined federal and state civil money penalties and fines collected from nursing homes and how states used the collected funds. Design and Methods: We used a telephone survey of state officials, Freedom of Information Act requests, state Web site searches, and stakeholder interviews to describe the funds collected, the…
Descriptors: State Officials, Telephone Surveys, Nursing Homes, Fees
Owen, Greg; Mattessich, Paul W. – 1988
A conceptual framework and rationale for the periodic interviewing of nursing home residents and their families were developed, a methodology for developing necessary surveys was devised, and ways in which survey data could be used were identified. Client satisfaction surveys were conducted in three long-term care facilities in St. Paul,…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Institutionalized Persons, Life Satisfaction, Long Term Care
Dickel, C. Timothy – 1990
People in the counseling profession make some profound assumptions about the freedom that all people have (or seem to have). From the moment that each counselor began counselor training, the notion that people are able to generally choose and make decisions for themselves has been associated with the dominant process models of the profession. As a…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Cancer, Life Satisfaction, Nursing Homes
Haas, William H., III; Haas, Marilyn L. – 1986
Cross sectional data indicate that about four percent of elderly persons reside in nursing homes. Yet many studies, some using death certificates, show actual risk of institutionalization is upwards of 25 percent. This paper presents a death registration study that examined all deaths in North Carolina and analyzed rural and urban differences. The…
Descriptors: Death, Hospitals, Institutionalized Persons, Nursing Homes
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