Quality of life in nursing homes: results of a qualitative resident survey

Schenk, Liane; Meyer, Ronald M.; Behr, Anja; Kuhlmey, Adelheid; Holzhausen, Martin

doi:10.1007/s11136-013-0400-2

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“…Results pointed to caring relationships correlated with decreased depression scores and higher life satisfaction scores. Schenk, Meyer, Behr, Kuhlmey, and Holzhausen (2013) examined QoL in nursing home residents through qualitative methods. Forty-two residents from eight nursing homes completed semi-structured narrative interviews.…”

Section: Literature Review: Qolmentioning

confidence: 99%

Plotting the Course of Well-Being

Wilby

Stryker²,

Hyde³

et al. 2016

Sage Open

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Persons above age 80 comprise the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population, and it is estimated that one in four will need long-term care due to increased disabilities and illness. A major concern for residents, families, and providers is to ensure care that "allows the resident to maintain or attain their highest practicable physical, mental and psychosocial wellbeing." The challenge is measuring a subjective concept such as well-being. The Eden Alternative is a current initiative aimed at improving the quality of life and well-being of long-term care residents. The initiative consists of providing long-term care environments that emphasize person-directed decision making and well-being. The purpose of this study was to explore the psychometric properties of the Eden Alternative Well-Being Assessment Tool (EAWBAT). There are three assessment tools designed to measure the well-being of elders (residents), family members of residents, and employees working in the longterm care environments. The sample consisted of 237 residents, 430 employees, and 134 family members from seven Eden Alternative organizations throughout the United States. Factor analysis was completed to identify the underlying structure in these data for elders, employees, and families. Reliability statistics were computed for each scale. Reliability statistics ranged from .876 (employee assessment tool) to .949 (family assessment tool), indicating the potential of the EAWBAT to measure the well-being of residents residing in long-term care environments, employees supporting them, and their family members.

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Section: Literature Review: Qolmentioning

confidence: 99%

Plotting the Course of Well-Being

Wilby

Stryker²,

Hyde³

et al. 2016

Sage Open

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“…This result cannot show the degree or extent of the burden on caregivers, but on the one hand, it underscores the extent of the objective and thus, the presumably subjectively perceived dependency of the residents on caregivers affecting their self-determination. [3,48] On the other hand, the demands placed on the professional caregivers can be deduced by this result, which are demands that the professional caregivers probably cannot fulfill because they seem overloaded [49] and because a global nursing shortage [50] could restrict the resources to mobilize nursing home residents.…”

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“…Physical mobility is often described as a basic prerequisite for independence [1,2] and self-determination, [3] social participation, [4,5] quality of life [6] and subjective well-being. [7] People of all ages in need of health care professionals mostly have mobility disabilities of varying degrees (ibid.).…”

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Prevalence of mobility disabilities in nursing home residents and the association with age, BMI, fall risk and social participation

Fehling¹,

Dassen²

2017

JNEP

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Background and aim: Physical mobility is often described as a basic prerequisite for independence, self-determination, and social participation. Older people, particularly those in long-term care facilities, are more often affected by the loss of their mobility. However, the prevalence of the mobility disabilities of nursing home residents and their association with demographic and care-specific/medical factors have so far been studied less. This prevalence study should investigate a possible association of mobility disability with age, BMI, multimorbidity, fall risk, and social participation. Methods: The prevalence study covered the data of residents in 30 German residential care facilities (RCFs). Trained staff nurses used a standardised instrument to collect data about the age, obesity, medical diagnoses, the fall risk, the level of mobility disability, and the need for supporting the social participation of the residents. Results: The representative sample included 2,066 nursing home residents, of whom 81.5% required support in their mobility. The level of a mobility disability or the need for a support in matters of mobility by others was not associated either with age, with the BMI, or with the fall risk of the participants. The groups with higher mobility disability included the more multimorbid participants with more difficult medical diagnoses, and these had a higher need for support in their social participation. Conclusions: It may be that professional care must reflect the premature link between older and obese patients with mobility disability. In addition to nursing diagnoses, medical diagnoses should necessarily be integrated into the nursing assessment. The association between the level of mobility disability and the fall risk, which is often mentioned in the literature, should be critically reflected. Nursing home residents should be informed that there is a possible association between their mobility disability and their social participation.

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“…Mittnacht 2010;Kämmer 2008Kämmer , 2015. Kämmer (2015) Geraedts et al 2012;Bolz 2016;Schenk et al 2013;Josat et al 2006;Rantz et al 1999). So bezeichnen Geraedts et al (2012) …”

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