NURSING HOMES WITHOUT WALLS: SERVICE MODEL FOR AGING IN PLACE

The role of spiritual health and social participation on successful aging in nursing homes

Abstract Background:. Successful aging is one of the most important concepts in gerontology and is a process in which a person adjusts him/herself to adapt to the changes caused by aging and be independent. Based on a review of related literature, it seems that spiritual health and social participation can be considered as important predictors of successful aging. The present study aimed to de...

COVID-19 in Nursing Homes: The Problematic Management of Residents Without Positive COVID-19 RT-PCR

Dietary Service Staffing Impact Nutritional Quality in Nursing Homes.

OBJECTIVE To examine the relationship between dietary service staff and dietary deficiency citations in nursing homes (NHs). METHOD 2007-2011 Online Survey and Certification and Reporting data for 14,881 freestanding NHs were used to examine the relationship between dietary service staff and the probability of receiving a dietary service-related deficiency citation. An unconditional logit mod...

Facility Service Environments, Staffing, and Psychosocial Care in Nursing Homes

Using 2003 Online Survey Certification and Reporting (OSCAR) data for Medicare and Medicaid certified facilities (N = 14, 184) and multinomial logistic regression this study investigated if (1) psychosocial care quality was better in facilities where State requirements for qualified social services staffing exceeded Federal minimum regulations and (2) facility service environments are associate...

Dry Internal Partition Walls for Quality Homes