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Quality, Cost, and Access Issues in Nursing Home Care
… explanation of the observed pattern in the nursing home industry that non-profit institutions serve a lower percentage of Medicaid patients than do for-profit facilities. This paper shows that information disparities regarding quality between providers and consumers fosters an environment in …
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Promoting the quality of life of elderly people in nursing home care : a hermeneutical approach
… quality of the lives of older people who live in nursing homes. However, before this professional issue is addressed, it is necessary to explore the meaning of the underlying concept the quality of life, and this constitutes the second issue.The purpose of this research is therefore to develop a …
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Economic Determinants Of Quality Of Care In Nursing Homes
<p>ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF QUALITY OF CARE IN NURSING HOMES</p> <p>This dissertation examines the factors that will affect nursing home quality of care using several national data sources on market regulation, county demographic characteristics, market structural and the characteristics of …
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Exploring the Ethical Dimensions of Hospice Care in Nursing Homes
… a third of the deaths of older adults occur in nursing homes (US Census Bureau, 2010). These statistics indicate that nursing homes are vitally important in providing end-of-life care to our oldest frail adults in their final days. Hospice care is seen as the gold standard of end-of-life care in …
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Enhancing Weight Gain in Long-Term Care Residents at Risk for Weight Loss through Protein and Calorie Fortification.
… James H. Quillen Veterans Affair Medical Center Nursing Home Care Unit. Experimental group received foods fortified with increased calories and protein at mealtimes. Control group received nutrition supplements between meals. Fifteen subjects began the study. Analysis of weight change revealed …
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Enhancing The Self-Efficacy Of Nurses In The Reduction Of Potentially Avoidable Nursing Home To Hospital Transfers
<p>Nursing home hospitalizations are classified as potentially avoidable when they do not improve quality of life or change the course of illness. These hospitalizations are costly, disruptive and detrimental to the quality of nursing home care. Nurses maintain the interconnection amongst the key …
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The Application of a Falls Risk Index
… sample of 26 male patients in a midwest nursing home care unit with a rehabilitation focus. Patients were then assigned to one of three risk groups: yes-fall, 30% chance of fall, no-fall. Reports of patient falls were reviewed during the following four months. Data were analyzed by …
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Three Essays on Public Economics and Policy
… the civilian labor market. The program provides career counseling, employment workshops, and information briefing on educational and medical benefits through the Department of Veterans Affairs. The goal of this study is to measure the long-run effects of TAP on the labor market outcomes of …
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The Application of a Predictive Fall Risk Index Among the Elderly
… of 25 elderly male residents in a midwest nursing home care unit with a rehabilitative focus. Using the Tinetti et al. (1986) fall risk index as a tool, data was collected by direct observation and chart review. The nine risk factors included in the fall risk index were mobility, morale, …
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Factors Contributing To Registered Nurse Job Satisfaction In the Nursing Home
… aging population, coupled with changes in healthcare reimbursement will require nursing homes to admit sicker patients for shorter lengths of stays. To meet the needs of the increased number of chronic patients and those patients with higher acuities, nursing homes will require more skilled, …
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The Long-Term Costs of Caring: How Caring for an Aging Parent Impacts Wealth Trajectories of Caregivers
<p>Long-term care in the U.S. is a growing concern as our aging population exerts pressure on formal and informal care systems. Public expenditures on formal care are increasing rapidly, even as reliance on informal caregivers expands. Recent policy innovations are shifting Medicaid and Medicare …
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A Community Survey to Identify Rehabilitative Needs in the Home
… and living with his spouse. He owned his own home which could very well be in any part of the Area. He was more apt to be retired before the illness which caused the hospitalization at the time of the survey and his diagnosis was more apt to be some form of heart disease. He stayed in the …
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A national estimate of the cost of illness in Parkinson's disease using retrospective data analysis
… medical expenditures, with the exception of nursing home costs, were estimated using data from the 1999-2003 Medical Expenditures Panel Survey Household Component (MEPS-HC). Nursing home costs were estimated using the Medical Expenditures Panel Survey Nursing Home Component (MEPS-NHC). …
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A comparative analysis between skilled nursing facilities experiencing high versus low resident transfer injury rates
The health care industry is under siege with muscular skeletal disorders (MSD), the vast majority of which are directly related to the manual repetitive transfer or repositioning of residents/patients from one position to another. Two purposive sample groups were selected from over 200 nursing home …
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Ischemic Stroke Damage Is Reduced By Inhibition of Il-6 Signaling With to cilizumab
… women {2}. Women are 33% more likely to require nursing home care then men, have a higher lifetime risk of stroke and are 13% less likely to receive thrombolytic (clot busting) treatment than men {2}. <strong>I</strong>nterleukin 6 (IL-6) is a pro-inflammatory cytokine involved in the regulation …
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A Descriptive Study of Farmers and Ranchers Entering South Dakota Nursing Homes
… population in South Dakota that entered a nursing home during 1990-1995. Data collection included the use of the South Dakota Minimum Data Set Plus nursing home resident assessment and care screening tool. The sample consisted of 1.446 farmers and 157 ranchers. Descriptive analysis was …
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Attitudes of nurses to palliative care in nursing homes in the Perth metropolitan region
… applies the model to the area of palliative care in nursing homes. 76 directors of nursing, 76 clinical nurse specialists, and 76 nursing assistants working in nursing homes, completed a questionnaire in which they were asked (a) to make an evaluation of their overall attitude on a 7-point …
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