AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To explore family perspectives on their involvement in the timely detection of changes in their relatives' health in UK nursing homes. BACKGROUND Increasingly, policy attention is being paid to the need to reduce hospitalisations for conditions that, if detected and treated in time, could be managed in the community. We know that family continue to be involved in the care ...

Introduction Families of patients consider timely, clear, and compassionate communication as an indicator of quality care in the ICU(1). Good communication with the family members of patients dying on the ICU can reduce the burden of bereavement, whilst better communication throughout the admission can improve the family experience of ICU in general (2). Nursing staff are major contributors to ...

BACKGROUND Nursing home residents are frequently sent to hospital for diagnostic tests or to receive acute health care services. These transfers are both costly and for some, associated with increased risks. Although improved technology allows long-term care facilities to deliver more complex health care on site, if this is to become a trend then residents and family members must see the value ...

OBJECTIVES To enhance family participation in nursing home care through a Web-based system of interactive video training and interactive communication with the facilities. DESIGN In this pilot study, focus groups guided the design and development of a prototype computer system for family members of nursing home residents. Its usability and functionality was tested with family members of diver...

The provision of care work by families plays an integral role in the quality of life of older adults living in a nursing home setting. This critical interpretive synthesis examines family members' perceptions of their roles and responsibilities in nursing home settings and interrogates the structural and relational barriers and enablers to family involvement as they relate to fostering an inclu...

The aim of this study was to describe discursively constructed interactions between parents and health care professionals (HCPs) in a pediatric oncology ward. Field notes from 70 focused participant observations and 16 informal interviews with 25 HCPs interacting with 25 parents of children with cancer were analyzed using discursive psychology. Six dominant interpretative repertoires (flexible ...

MIDWIFERY 2020 outlined several key messages around the public health (PH) role of the midwife. Their ‘unique contribution to public health is that they work with women... throughout pregnancy, birth... and into the first weeks of family life’, hence, they have a vital role to play in ‘improving health and social wellbeing for all women’ (Chief Nursing Officers of England, Northern Ireland, Sco...

Background: Nursing care models provide the infrastructure for organizing and delivering care to patients and families. Over the decades, different models have waxed and waned. Since the 1980s, the primary nursing model has gained increasing prominence. However, there is no systematic research evidence on the effects of this model for patients, their family members, nursing staff or the care or...