NURSING HOME RESIDENTS’ NARRATIVES OF THEIR INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS

Nursing Home Residents

Reducing unnecessary hospitalizations of nursing home residents.

n engl j med 365;13 nejm.org september 29, 2011 1165 and chronic pain from degenerative joint disease. She develops a nonproductive cough and a fever of 100.4°F. The night nurse calls an on-call physician who is unfamiliar with Ms. B. Told that she has a cough and fever, the physician says to send her to the emergency room, where she’s found to have normal vital signs except for the low-grade f...

Nursing effort and quality of care for nursing home residents.

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between nursing home staffing level, care received by individual residents, and resident quality-related care processes and functional outcomes. DESIGN AND METHODS Nurses recorded resident care time for 5,314 residents on 156 units in 105 facilities in four states (Colorado, Indiana, Minnesota, and Mississippi). We linked res...

Comparison of nursing home residents admitted from home or hospital.

A growing elderly population coupled with a reduction in hospital long term care has led to an increase in the independent nursing home sector. This is an expensive resource. Proper placement is therefore essential to ensure its efficient use. Prior to the introduction of care management there was no standard assessment procedure for admission to nursing home care from different sources. A nurs...

Urinary incontinence in nursing home residents.