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Accessing Intimacy: The Experience of Younger Long-Term Care Residents
… to examine the experience of staff within long term care related to the sex and intimacy needs or behaviours of long-term care residents. However, there is limited research examining the experience of sex and intimacy from the viewpoint of residents, particularly younger residents of …
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Mortality Prognostication in Long-Term Care Residents: The MDS-CHESS Scale
Quality end of life (EOL) care for the elderly continues to be a challenge, in part due to late referral for palliative and/or hospice services. The purpose of this study was to determine the accuracy of the MDS-CHESS scale (Hirdes, Frijters & Teare, 2003) in predicting 6-month mortality in a …
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Caries Management by Risk Assessment: Best Practice for Long-Term Care Residents
… initiative was to cultivate a comprehensive oral care program that placed current best practices into the organizational policy of the facility’s palliative and end-of-life care unit. After preliminary unit assessments and root cause analysis, improvement opportunities affecting the consistency …
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The Association of Nutritional Intake and Functional Ability Among Long-Term Care Residents
… nutritional status among the elderly residing in long-term care facilities have shown a wide range of results. Estimates of the extent of malnutrition range from 23% to 85%. Although nutrition in the elderly residing in long-term care facilities has been studied by many authors, few have focused …
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Physical Activity, Disablement, and Quality of Life in Long-Term Care Residents: A Feasibility Study
… for more research on older adults in residential care facilities this study proposes to examine the feasibility of recruiting, encouraging compliance, and obtaining reliable data among this population. Secondly, to address the ambiguity surrounding disablement and QOL in older adults, this …
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Comparison of long-term care residents' food intake, body weight, and food costs between two meal service styles
<p>The purpose of this study was to determine if residents (n = 26) living in an Iowa long-term care facility had differences in food intake at their noon meal and body weight when served traditional tray meal service for 10 weeks compared to being served restaurant-style meal service for 10 weeks. …
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A culture of change: Taking a person-centered approach to understanding sexual expression among long-term care residents
… options when planning retirement or choosing a care facility than in generations past, as a society, we must prepare for the healthcare and housing needs of this sizable population, and the challenges that accompany them. As the need for long-term care increases, long-term care facilities …
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Enhancing Weight Gain in Long-Term Care Residents at Risk for Weight Loss through Protein and Calorie Fortification.
… 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 that those in …
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Low Fluid Intake in Long-Term Care Residents with Dysphagia: Understanding and Exploring Solutions to a Persistent Care Challenge
… common in older adults living with dementia in long-term care (LTC). Thickened liquids (TL) are widely prescribed to improve dysphagia symptoms. Growing evidence, however, suggests TL are not universally beneficial and may contribute to reduced fluid intake and dehydration, which has many …
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Registered Dietitians' Perspectives on Healthcare Regulations Shaping Menu Planning and Mealtime Environment for Long-Term Care Residents with Dementia
In the United States, long-term care (LTC) facilities regulated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) must meet federal regulations. However, there is a lack of research on the first-hand experiences of Registered Dietitians (RDs) in LTCs and their perceptions on the degree to …
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Identifying the support needs of the informal caregivers of long-term care residents: The potential benefits of a mobile application
Informal caregivers of older adults who reside in long-term care facilities play a crucial role in ensuring the needs of the resident are being met. Such institutional informal caregivers (IICs), however, are at a greater risk of experiencing subjective burden and loneliness. They also tend to …
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An Investigation into the Educational Needs of Licensed Vocational Nurses Working in Long-Term Care
<p>Current research has shown that long-term care residents have a higher level of desired outcomes when the majority of their care is provided by a registered nurse. However, licensed vocational nurses (LVNs) make-up a major percentage of the staff employed in long-term care facilities throughout …
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An Empirical Study of Health Professionals' Beliefs about Personhood in Dementia and Their Influence on Intended Patient Care
… providers' beliefs about the personhood of long-term care residents with dementia, and the influence of these beliefs on health providers' intended actions toward patients in the long-term care contexts. In Study I, a Likert-format measure of health providers' beliefs about the personhood of …
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CNAS' Ratings of Nursing Home Residents' Pain: The Role of Empathy
Long-term care residents with and without cognitive impairment may experience undertreatment of persistent pain (Fain et al., 2017). Certified nursing assistants (CNAs) are important sources of information about resident pain as provide the majority of residents' hands-on care. Therefore, assessing …
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A Descriptive Study of the Introduction of Personal Computers to Frail Elderly in the Long-term Care Setting: Advantages, Impediments and Feasibility
Will or can long-term care residents learn to use personal computers? Will this experience improve their communication opportunities and provide an enjoyable individual activity for their daily lives? This thesis is a combination of two elements; Project Certain, which is an ongoing program by the …
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Pain assessment and management for people with dementia in long-term care in Ontario
Providing nursing care for people with dementia and pain has many challenges. The studies completed for this thesis explore the depths of these challenges by analyzing the concept of nurses’ clinical judgment in caring for this population, as well as through the analysis of resident assessments …
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Application Of The Green House Model To The U.s. Geriatric Veteran Population
… to serve the nation and deserve excellence in care. The Green House concept is a culture change model, with a goal to change not only the physical setting for residents, but to also create an environment to improve holistic outcomes. There are only three states in the Veterans Affairs (VA) …
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The Effect of Caregiver Question Types On Disruptive Behavior in Dementia Patients
<p>The purpose of this study was to determine if individuals in the later stages of dementia could benefit from their caregivers' use of language components that would assist them in gaining access to their emotional memories that had been developed throughout a lifetime of experiences. …
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A Novel Psychotropic Risk Assessment To Enhance Medical Management Of Patients With Behavioral And Psychological Symptoms Of Dementia
… of dementia (BPSD). Yet nearly 25 percent of all long term care residents take antipsychotics for behavioral disturbances associated with dementia as “off-label” use, despite their modest efficacy and FDA black box warnings (CMS, 2013). Expert consensus calls for non-pharmacological strategies as …
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Transitional Care to Reduce 30-day Heart Failure Readmissions Among the Long-Term Care Elderly Population
… with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) (CMS, 2014), which sets forth certain provisions for Medicare spending. Hospitals with higher than usual readmission rates, especially in terms of preventable readmissions, are receiving reductions in Medicare reimbursements (Stone …