Short Term Care for the Elderly in Residential Homes: A Research Note

1984 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
The Elderly ◽  
Research Note ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Residential Homes ◽  
Care For The Elderly

scholarly journals Care and management demands of long-term care facilities for the elderly in Brazil: an integrative review (2004-2014)

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 286-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fátima Ferreira Roquete ◽  
Carolina Campos Ricci Frá Batista ◽  
Rodrigo Caetano Arantes
Keyword(s):  
Long Term Care ◽  
Quality Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Integrative Review ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Care For The Elderly ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Care Demands

Abstract Objective: to analyze the care and management demands of Long-Term Care Facilities for the Elderly (LTCFs) in Brazil. Method: an integrative review of literature was carried out, organized into six stages: a) elaboration of a guiding question; b) online search of LILACS, SciELO, PubMed, the CAPES Portal and the Brazilian Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology databases; c) article selection, following the exclusion and inclusion criteria, with the sample composed of 17 articles; d) commented analysis of the selected articles; e) deliberation on the results obtained, formulated from the synthesis and interpretation of the selected studies; f) presentation of the results of the review. Results: the care demands identified are related to the process of caring and assume a working team with geriatric and gerontological knowledge, while the management demands include the means and resources needed so the care can be provided effectively. However, the LTCFs were found to rely on professionals who are unprepared to provide care or to assume an organizational management role, meaning care for the elderly is restricted to the essentials for their basic needs. Conclusion: the care demands were easily identified in the analyzed publications, however, there is a lack of research that evaluates management demands in a broader and more in-depth manner. It is suggested that studies aiming to broaden theoretical knowledge of the care and management demands of LTCFs are carried out, to stimulate effective and positive actions in the practices of these institutions, seeking to offer top quality care to elderly persons that live in these facilities, that responds to the real needs of their current stage of life.

scholarly journals Public, private or hybrid? Providing care services under austerity: the case of Italy

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (11/12) ◽  
pp. 1279-1300
Author(s):  
Lisa Dorigatti ◽  
Anna Mori ◽  
Stefano Neri
Keyword(s):  
Trade Unions ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Educational Services ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Care For The Elderly ◽  
Market Factors

PurposeThe paper examines the different trajectories of externalisation and the development of different kinds of welfare mix in three different sub-sectors of socio-educational services: long-term care for the elderly, early childhood services and kindergartens. By integrating the industrial relations and comparative public administration literatures, it analyses the different rationales underpinning contracting-out decisions of Italian local governments.Design/methodology/approachThe paper adopts a multi-method, multi-level approach: quantitative data on the provision of socio-educational services and the nature of the providers are combined with the analysis of 12 case studies of municipalities through 80 semi-structured interviews and documentary analysis.FindingsThe paper argues that differentials in labour regulation across the public/private divide and the consequent possibility to access labour markets characterised by cheaper labour and higher organisational flexibility are a key explanation in local governments' decisions to outsource. Despite labour market factors playing a prominent role, their relevance is significantly tempered by political and social factors and particularly by the strong opposition of citizens, personnel and trade unions to pure market solutions in the provision of such services. However, the centrality of these factors depends on the nature of the services: political sensibility against privatisation proved to be stronger in kindergartens, while services for the elderly were more frequently and less contentiously privatised.Originality/valueThe main contribution is the integration of the two research traditions to analyse patterns of outsourcing in the socio-educational services in Italy, showing that neither of them is able, alone, to explain the different private/public mix characterising different social and educational services.

Transfers between Levels of Care in a System of Long-term Care for the Elderly and Disabled

1996 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mårten Lagergren
Keyword(s):  
Long Term Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Personnes Âgées ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Levels Of Care ◽  
Care For The Elderly ◽  
Longue Duree ◽  
Longue Durée

RÉSUMÉLes modes de référence de patients entre différents niveaux de soins dans un système local de soins de longue durée pour personnes âgées et handicapées sont décrits et analysés à l'aide des données collectées de 1985 à 1991 dans la commune de Solna grâce au système de contrôle appelé ASIM. Ces références entre niveaux de soins avaient lieu dans les deux sens, mais la fréquence des transferts vers le bas était faible comparée au nombre de transferts vers le haut – en particulier pour les foyers-logements et les résidences-hôtels. Pour tous les niveaux de soins, on a constaté de grandes variations dans le degré d'incapacité des personnes prises en charge, suggérant le charactère non-systématique des procédés d'évaluation lors de l'admission dans les services de soins. Une analyse des changements intervenus avec le temps dans les modes de référence a illustré l'interdepéndence des différents niveaux des soins. La réduction des ressources des services de soins hospitaliers de longue durée a eu pour résultats un arrêt presque total des références à partir des résidences-hôtels et une augmentation générale de l'incapacité moyenne des patients pris en charge.

Productivity and employees' organizational justice perceptions in long-term care for the elderly

2007 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 498-507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tarja Heponiemi ◽  
Marko Elovainio ◽  
Juha Laine ◽  
Laura Pekkarinen ◽  
Martin Eccles ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Justice ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Care For The Elderly ◽  
Justice Perceptions
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