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Translated Evidence-Based Mental Health Toolkit for Skilled Nursing Facilities
… illness (SMI) receive long term care (LTC) in a skilled nursing facility (SNF) (Grabowski, Aschbrenner, Feng, & Mor, 2009). Residents who live in SNFs may experience limited access to meaningful occupations. The SNFs’ institutionalized structure may perpetuate a lack of autonomy and stigma for …
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Supporting Dining Occupations for Dementia Residents in Skilled Nursing Facilities
<p>Dementia Friendly Dining provides skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) with a practice guideline and training resources for caregivers. The program is informed by existing research on environmental modifications, both physical and social, to enhance the occupations of feeding, eating, and dining …
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Holistic Occupational Therapy Dining Interventions Supporting Individuals with Dementia in Skilled Nursing Facilities
… Dementia is a prevalent condition seen in skilled nursing facilities (SNF) that is expected to continue to rise; in 2016, 47.8 percent of individuals living in a SNF had a diagnosis of dementia (Center of Disease Control, 2020). Dining experiences for individuals with dementia (IwD) are …
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Training Program for Occupational Therapists Working with Skilled Caregivers in Skilled Nursing Facilities
… with dementia (IwD) are often referred to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) for around-the-clock care to receive support for their everyday challenges brought on by dementia symptoms. Although certified nursing assistants (CNAs) help IwD with everyday self-care tasks, they frequently lack …
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Creating Focused Occupational Therapy Interventions for Clients with Heart Failure in Skilled Nursing Facilities
<p>The ultimate goal of the SNF is to help clients stabilize their medical conditions and attain their therapy goals so that they can return home (Orr, Boxer, Dolansky, Allen, & Forman, 2016). However, approximately 27% of heart failure (HF) clients are readmitted to the hospital after being …
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A comparative analysis between skilled nursing facilities experiencing high versus low resident transfer injury rates
… sample groups were selected from over 200 nursing home facilities and identified as the “high” injury rate sample group and the “low” injury rate sample group. The research study used a mixed method analysis with a causal-comparative methodology for examining the differences between the …
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Occupation-Based Volunteer Training Program to Increase Social Engagement for Residents with Dementia in Skilled Nursing Facilities
… is increasing, and IwD are often admitted into skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) due to greater need for care (Alzheimer’s Association, 2020b). Admittance leads to social isolation as a result of decreased engagement in co-occupations. Co-occupations are occupations, or meaningful activities …
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Examining Readiness for Patients and Their Companions to Transfer From Hospitals to Skilled Nursing Facilities in Saudi Arabia
… in Saudi Arabia for transfer from hospitals to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). It aimed to identify factors that influence this readiness and provide suggestions for making transitions easier.</p> <p><strong>Background:</strong> Maintaining chronic patients' ability to transition from …
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Assessment of the Measurement Properties of the NHCAHPS Family Survey: A Rasch Scaling Approach
… as a consistent dimension of quality that skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) are required to assess and report. The SNF setting has not yet been mandated to implement CAHPS for Nursing Homes (NHCAHPS). Given the critical implications (e.g., comparisons of SNFs on NHCAHPS scores) and …
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Implementing Augmentative Communication for Aphasic Patients in Convalescent Facilities
… developed for presentation to staff members of a skilled nursing facility. The purpose was to determine whether the program would produce significant learning to justify its use in similar facilities to bridge the communication gap between nonspeaking/nonwriting aphasic patients who communicate …
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The Design, implementation and Evaluation of a Technology Solution to Improve Discharge Planning Communication in a Complex Patient Population
… planning breakdown when discharging patients to skilled nursing facilities. Review of these events demonstrated the need for concurrent communication strategies between multidisciplinary care team members in planning for complex discharges.</p> <p>Following a complete assessment of the current …
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Formal Dementia Care Training Program: Abilities Care Experts™
… (ACE™) is an educational training program for nursing staff who care for individuals with dementia in skilled nursing facilities (SNF). The objective of the program is to provide the nursing staff with knowledge, and methods to engage residents’ remaining abilities in order to maximize …
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Validation Of An Emr Prioritization Tool For Diabetes Population Health
… physician offices, home health programs, skilled nursing facilities, retailers, payers and new entrants. The information captured along the information trace can be mined from a data repository to analyze cohort specific evidence based care models. A newly formed, large academic employee …
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Preserving the Health & Well-being of Elderly Adults: Encouraging Standards of Care within Residential Care Facilities
… San Mateo Health Plan patients. Residential care facilities for the elderly (RCFE) play a large role in keeping the elderly population out of being institutionalized, and many of CCSP’s clients move into RCFEs from skilled nursing facilities. The goal at that point is to prevent further …
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A Novel Psychotropic Risk Assessment To Enhance Medical Management Of Patients With Behavioral And Psychological Symptoms Of Dementia
… checklist was initially used in four separate skilled nursing facilities over a period of eight weeks. The adoption of the checklist to change practice patterns, and influence the prescribing culture in the nursing homes, was founded on Roger’s Diffusion of Innovation theory (Rogers, 2003). …
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The Impact of Oral Health on Quality of Life in the Aging Population
… community of the need for regular dental care in skilled nursing facilities (SNF) by proving access to oral care has an effect on oral health and may have an impact on the SNF residents’ daily performance and Quality of Life (QoL). Methods: This study was conducted at a private SNF in a southern …
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Virtual Visitation: Promoting Social Occupations in Dementia Care
<p>Approximately two thirds of skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) residents in the United States have some form of cognitive impairment such as dementia (Gaugler, et.al, 2014). Care practices in SNFs highlighting safety and therapeutic exercises may further isolate and decrease social opportunities, …
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Examination of discharge settings and readmission rates following hospitalization for total knee arthroplasty
… TKA discharged to inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs). The other two common post-acute settings include skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and home- and community-based rehabilitation. We used Medicare data from beneficiaries who received TKA to examine 1) time trends in hospital …
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