Download or read book The Effect of Environment on the Behavior Patterns of Nursing Home Residents written by Daniel Robert Krause and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Families Caring for an Aging America written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family caregiving affects millions of Americans every day, in all walks of life. At least 17.7 million individuals in the United States are caregivers of an older adult with a health or functional limitation. The nation's family caregivers provide the lion's share of long-term care for our older adult population. They are also central to older adults' access to and receipt of health care and community-based social services. Yet the need to recognize and support caregivers is among the least appreciated challenges facing the aging U.S. population. Families Caring for an Aging America examines the prevalence and nature of family caregiving of older adults and the available evidence on the effectiveness of programs, supports, and other interventions designed to support family caregivers. This report also assesses and recommends policies to address the needs of family caregivers and to minimize the barriers that they encounter in trying to meet the needs of older adults.
Download or read book Environments for People with Dementia written by Mylinda Barisas and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Effect of Green House Nursing Home Model on the Health Outcome Trajectories written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of a small-scale nursing home model from the longitudinal health outcome trajectories. This study used GH homes in the U.S as a representative small-scale nursing home model, and compared the change patterns of health outcomes over time in GH homes and traditional nursing homes (Main homes) controlling for age and gender. This study is a retrospective longitudinal analysis using minimum dataset (MDS). The total sample size included in this study was 242 residents: 93 GH home residents and 145 Main home residents. The main health outcome measures were ADL function, cognitive function, aggressive behavior symptoms, and negative mood symptoms. Latent growth curve modeling including quadratic term was utilized to examine the effect of the facility type on the residents' health outcome trajectories. After controlling for age and gender, there were several significant conclusions: 1) the ADL function of both groups' of nursing home residents were reported to become worse over time with no statistically significant differences of intercept, slope, and quadratic term; 2) Cognitive function was quite stable over time in both GH home and Main home residents; 3) GH home residents were reported to have a higher linear rate of aggressive behavior symptoms with more significant deceleration over time compared to the Main home residents who showed a stable pattern; and 4) GH home residents were reported to have a higher baseline and slope of negative mood compared to the stable change pattern of Main home residents' mood trajectory. The increasing patterns of behavioral symptoms and negative mood in GH homes are not necessarily negative findings because it may suggest that small-scale nursing homes provide more environmental freedom to express behavioral symptoms and more proactive care to identify and handle residents' negative mood. Furthermore, this study was based on MDS assessed by RNs in nursing homes, in which nursing staff might be more sensitive to recognize residents' changes in behaviors and mood and more likely to report these changes due to the close relationships between staff and residents in small-scale units.
Download or read book U S Health in International Perspective written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2013-04-12 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States is among the wealthiest nations in the world, but it is far from the healthiest. Although life expectancy and survival rates in the United States have improved dramatically over the past century, Americans live shorter lives and experience more injuries and illnesses than people in other high-income countries. The U.S. health disadvantage cannot be attributed solely to the adverse health status of racial or ethnic minorities or poor people: even highly advantaged Americans are in worse health than their counterparts in other, "peer" countries. In light of the new and growing evidence about the U.S. health disadvantage, the National Institutes of Health asked the National Research Council (NRC) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to convene a panel of experts to study the issue. The Panel on Understanding Cross-National Health Differences Among High-Income Countries examined whether the U.S. health disadvantage exists across the life span, considered potential explanations, and assessed the larger implications of the findings. U.S. Health in International Perspective presents detailed evidence on the issue, explores the possible explanations for the shorter and less healthy lives of Americans than those of people in comparable countries, and recommends actions by both government and nongovernment agencies and organizations to address the U.S. health disadvantage.
Download or read book DHEW Publication written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Nurse as Executive written by Barbara Stevens Barnum and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 1995 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition of Aspen's bestselling book, The Nurse as Executive, has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the significant cha nges in nursing management. The nurse executive's role as a member of the executive team is examined, as well as the nurse executive's role in health care issues, such as quality, outcomes, team building, and c ost containment. Organizing the book around the new resource-driven ma nagement model rather than the goal-driven management model makes this book unique and distinguishes it from other management texts.
Download or read book Impact of High Versus Low Density Special Care Units on the Behavior of Elderly Residents with Dementia written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of environmental density on the behavior (Disruptive and Nondisruptive) of elderly residents with dementia living on a special care unit. A building project that led to relocation of residents from high density units to units that varied in density (low vs. high) provided a natural context for this study. Disruptive and Nondisruptive behavior are composite variables that together include the full range of behavioral responses. Both are composed of several subvariables. Data were collected using direct behavioral observation using the Environment-Behavior Interaction Code (Stewart & Hiscock, 1992b) and a hand-held computer. The first objective of the study was to examine behavior patterns in relation to density and privacy. This objective was addressed with a quasi-experimental design (Study 1), in which three hypotheses were tested. It was predicted that residents who moved from a high density unit to a low density unit would exhibit a greater reduction in rate of Disruptive behavior (Hypothesis 1) and a greater increase in rate of Nondisruptive behavior (Hypothesis 2), compared to residents in a constant high density condition. It was also predicted that use of Private Time (time spent alone in one's bedroom) would be greater on the low density unit, where residents had private rooms (Hypothesis 3). Results of Study 1 provided support for Hypotheses 1 and 2, in relation to comparisons with the External Comparison Group only. Within subjects analyses provided additional support for Hypothesis 1 (Disruptive behavior). Hypothesis 3 (Private Time) was also supported. The second objective of the study was to explore the perceptions of family and staff caregivers with regard to the effect of the environment on resident behavior. This study was addressed with a qualitative design (Study 2) using the grounded theory method. Participants in Study 2 described the needs of residents with dementia in relation to the ph.
Download or read book Long term Care Facility Improvement Study written by United States. Public Health Service. Office of Nursing Home Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Long term Facility Improvement Study written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Aging written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Journal of Human Services Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Environment and Aging written by Mortimer Powell Lawton and published by Study of Aging. This book was released on 1986 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Catalog of Copyright Entries Third Series written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and published by Copyright Office, Library of Congress. This book was released on 1973 with total page 1642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gerontological Nursing written by Mary Ann Matteson and published by W.B. Saunders Company. This book was released on 1988 with total page 890 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Impact of the Interactive Relationship of Individual Competence and Environmental Press on the Well being Outcomes of Nursing Home Residents written by Fouad Berrahou and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book For Profit Enterprise in Health Care written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[This book is] the most authoritative assessment of the advantages and disadvantages of recent trends toward the commercialization of health care," says Robert Pear of The New York Times. This major study by the Institute of Medicine examines virtually all aspects of for-profit health care in the United States, including the quality and availability of health care, the cost of medical care, access to financial capital, implications for education and research, and the fiduciary role of the physician. In addition to the report, the book contains 15 papers by experts in the field of for-profit health care covering a broad range of topicsâ€"from trends in the growth of major investor-owned hospital companies to the ethical issues in for-profit health care. "The report makes a lasting contribution to the health policy literature." â€"Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law.
