malnutrition is a common problem among nursing home residents and encompasses adverse outcomes. this study was conducted to determine malnutrition and urinary tract infections as well as antibiotic resistance of isolated bacteria at kahrisak nursing home in tehran city, capital of iran. nutritional status was determined by direct detection of kitchen, checking the menue of weekly foods, quality...

background the use of long-term care services has risen and this trend is expected to continue as the population reaches old age. objectives this study was performed to assess the caring conditions in nursing homes. patients and methods this study was conducted with a qualitative approach using conventional qualitative content analysis. the study was conducted on 23 iranian participants includi...

introduction: this study carried out to investigate the causes and motivations of older people residing in nursing home. methods: a qualitative description study was designed by choosing a sample of the elderly residing in a nursing home in tabriz, iran. based on purposive sampling, fifteen residents in the age range of 65-85 participated in the study. data was collected through unstructured in...

this study was initiated to assess the effectiveness of designating smoking rooms to control environmental tobacco smoke in nursing homes. of the 39 nursing homes located in toledo (a city in ohio, usa) included in the preliminary survey, 33 facilities (85%) allowed smoking, 14 facilities (36%) allowed indoor smoking, and 13 facilities (33%) provided a designated smoking area. three of these 13...

conclusions the results showed that the elderlies living in daycare centers had better qualities of lives physically and mentally. therefore, to improve their qualities of lives in two general physical and mental domains, items such as providing family communications inside or outside the nursing homes as well as planning to fulfill mental and psychological needs besides physical issues like mo...

objectives: the aim of this study was to determine the effect of reminiscence abstract therapy on elderly mental health. methods & materials: this was a quasi-experimental study .the sample was consisted of 57 elderly men and women who were residing in the hashemi nejad institution, were selected by stratified random sampling. inclusion criteria were: 1) 65 years of age or more 2) mental health...

background: as insomnia is common, especially among the elderly in the nursing homes, we aimed to estimate insomnia prevalence among the elderly residing in nursing homes as well as to determine factors associated with insomnia in the elderly. methods: this cross-sectional study was carried out in 2009 on 772 elderly residents at kahrizak nursing home, tehran iran. the information was gathered ...

background: increasing hospital costs and its social and cultural problems has led to the idea of providing healthcare services at home. because of infrastructural and implementation problems, providing healthcare at home in iran has not been initiated yet. therefore, this study set out to elaborate the need for a comprehensive system in order to provide this service in iran. methods: all artic...

BACKGROUND To explore the perspectives of nursing home (NH) residents with diabetes and their doctors regarding the burdens of living with diabetes and diabetes treatments. METHODS Qualitative study of nursing home residents aged 65 and older with diabetes (n = 14) and nursing home physicians (n = 9) at a Department of Veterans Affairs nursing home (known as the Community Living Center). A se...