OBJECTIVES The aim of this article was to examine associations between specific dimensions of nursing home environments and the functional ability (walking and eating) of residents with dementia, and to contribute to the ongoing psychometric development of the Professional Environmental Assessment Protocol (PEAP). DESIGN One-year prospective cohort study. SETTING Fifteen nursing homes in a ...

investigation of the elderly women practice in nursing   home regarding to prevention of lower   uti infection, 1383     p. amini [1] , m. hemmati [2] , h. khalilzadeh [3] , m. nosrati [4] , m. kiani asl [5] , z. moshiri [6]     abstract:   introduction: the incidence of lower urinary tract infection in women is more than men because of anatomical differences. the research showed one of every f...

The medical director is an important member of the healthcare team in a nursing home, and is responsible for overall coordination of care and for implementation of policies related to care of the residents in a nursing home. The residents in nursing homes are frail, medically complex, and have multiple disabilities. The medical director has an important leadership role in assisting nursing home...

Wound and pressure ulcer prevention are key quality indicators of nursing care. This article describes a collaborative project between a community skin care service and a nursing home. The aim of the project was to establish whether the implementation of a wound and pressure ulcer management competency framework within a nursing home would improve patient outcomes and reduce the severity and nu...

Aim The study aims to describe the establishment of a culturally specific nursing home for Finnish-speaking older persons in Sweden. Design A descriptive qualitative study. Methods A descriptive case study based on a review of 14 public documents and individual interviews with two experts in the area, analysed with qualitative content analysis. Results This study found that shared languag...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence, characteristics, and impact of arthritis in the US nursing home population. METHODS A national cross sectional sample of US nursing homes (8138 sampled residents in 1406 nursing homes) from the 1997 National Nursing Home Survey provided demographic and functional characteristics for residents with primary arthritis, any arthritis, or no arthritis diagnos...

Background. The number of people residing in nursing homes has increased. General practitioners (GPs) receive an increased capitation fee for elderly patients in recognition of their higher consultation rate. However, there is no distinction between elderly patients residing in nursing homes and those in the community. Aim. To determine whether nursing home residents receive greater general pra...

Despite comprising nearly 10% of the nation’s nursing home population, little is known about the quality of care provided by nursing homes located in rural Appalachia. However, anecdotal evidences suggests that the economic disadvantages associated with the Appalachian region may lead to higher concentrations of certain structural and organizational attributes previously shown to affect nursing...

Nursing home administrators (n = 15) and directors of nursing (n = 15) who worked in nursing homes during the 2004-2005 Florida hurricane season participated in a series of 6 focus groups. The purpose of the focus groups was to explore issues faced by nursing home administrators, nurses, and residents during hurricane evacuations. A primary finding was that evacuating nursing home residents to ...

Marcia Stanhope, RN, DSN, FAAN, c Dr. Marcia Stanhope is currently Professor at the University of Kentucky College of Nursing, Lexington, Kentucky. She has been appointed to the Good Samaritan Foundation Chair and Professorship in Community Health Nursing. She has practiced community and home health nursing and has served as an administrator and consultant in home health, and she has been invol...