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Showing 1 to 20 of 59 for “"skilled nursing"”.
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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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The Experiences Of An Occupational Therapist Delivering Occupation-Based Practice At A Skilled Nursing Facility
… in delivering occupation-based practice at a skilled nursing facility in Kentucky. Over a three month period, the subject participated in one email and two face-to-face semi-structured interviews. During these interviews, the researcher and therapist discussed topics such as the therapist's …
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A Multi-Prong Fall Awareness Program to Reduce the Occurrence of Falls in a Skilled Nursing Unit
… program to reduce the occurrence of falls in a skilled nursing unit</p> <p><strong>Keywords: </strong>Fall awareness program, skilled nursing unit, fall rate</p> <p>The project goal was to reduce the patient fall rate by 20% by implementing a fall awareness program for clinical staff. 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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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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Strategies to Prevent Hospital Transfers in the SNF Environment
… to reduce acute hospital transfers in the skilled nursing facility. The CNL lead the interdisciplinary team and was resource or point of contact for this project. The CNL educated nurses to utilize (Interventions to Reduce Acute Care Transfers) INTERACT™ Early Warning Tool. Roger’s …
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