Nursing Homes in 10 Nations: A Comparison Between Countries and Settings

Abstract

no relation appears to exist between the ageing status of a country and the number of nursing home beds. Institutionalization rates among the nations studied differ even more, due at least in part to differences in the organization and financing of long-term care services, in the amount of responsibility assumed in the care for disabled elderly people by each sector and the availability of long-term care beds. Facing a rapid ageing of their population, many countries are in the process of health and social care reforms.

“Behind Closed Doors with open minds?”: A qualitative study exploring nursing home staff’s narratives towards their roles and duties within the context of sexuality in dementia

“…The availability of services varies from facility to facility and from country to country. Nursing homes mainly serve frail elders with chronic diseases, disabilities, either physical or mental (mainly dementia) or both (Ribbe et al, 1997). Nursing homes are complex bureaucratic, adaptive systems with a number of diverse agents with various cognitive schemas, skill sets and agendas interacting with each other to deliver care (Anderson, Issel, & McDaniel, 2003).…”

Depression in older people living in residential homes

“…Nursing homes can be defined as residential facilities offering 24-hour nursing care, while hostels can be considered as facilities that offer personal care and social involvement for people who can no longer manage at home, but need no more nursing care than could be provided by visiting nurses (Ribbe et al, 1997). Using these definitions, 3.63% of Americans aged over 65 years were in nursing homes in (National Nursing Homes Survey, 2004, while the UK provision of all residential home beds was 450,000 in 2000, but is expected to rise to 1.1 million by 2051 (Wittenberg et al, 2004).…”

Nursing home care in the USA

“…There appears to be no correlation between the aging status of a country and its rates of nursing home placement. 8 However, rates of nursing home utilization vary among industrialized countries, with the USA near the lower end of the range (Table 1). 7 There are two major types of patients in American nursing homes: the ones who reside in the facilities and receive long-term care, and those who are admitted for subacute care, most commonly following hospitalization.…”