Nursing Home Care for the Elderly

2003 ◽  
Vol 103 (9) ◽  
pp. 97
Author(s):  
Peri Rosenfeld ◽  
Charlene Harrington
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Home Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Nursing Home Care ◽  
Care For The Elderly

scholarly journals Does Informal Care from Adult Children Reduce Nursing Home Admissions for the Elderly?

2002 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 279-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony T. Lo Sasso ◽  
Richard W. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Informal Care ◽  
Adult Children ◽  
Oldest Old ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Nursing Home Care ◽  
Health Dynamics ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Impact

Despite the policy importance, particularly as society ages, little is known about the impact of informal care on nursing home admissions. This paper jointly models the receipt of regular help from adult children and subsequent nursing home care, using data from the Study of Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old (AHEAD). Results indicate that frequent help from children with basic personal care reduces the likelihood of nursing home use over a subsequent two-year period by about 60% for disabled Americans age 70 and older. However, we found no significant reduction in nursing home admissions when help was measured more broadly to include assistance with chores and errands.

Trends in Care and Services for Elderly Individuals in Denmark and Sweden

1993 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 271-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norman Cates
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Independent Living ◽  
Institutional Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Nursing Home Care ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Elderly Individuals ◽  
Care Community

Both Denmark and Sweden have achieved a reduction in institutionalization of elderly individuals; 23 percent nursing home care in Denmark from 1980–89 and 34 percent overall institutionalization in Sweden from 1970–1985. This was accomplished by increasing home care and housing with services and adaptations. Further increases in growth of the elderly population combined with modest economic expansion will be the forces responsible for finding additional alternatives to costly institutional care. Community-based services and care have not been demonstrated at this time to be less costly than institutional care. An illustration of an innovative model of nursing home care in Denmark is described. The medical model of care was abandoned in favor of a self-care model for the purpose of fostering independent living and decision-making as long as possible. In Sweden, a reduction in demand for beds in a long-term care hospital has been achieved through a tightly coordinated system of care and services among the various health and social service professionals.

scholarly journals Assumptions of good practices in home care for the elderly: a systematic review

2019 ◽  
Vol 72 (suppl 2) ◽  
pp. 302-310
Author(s):  
Rosalina Aparecida Partezani Rodrigues ◽  
Alexandre de Assis Bueno ◽  
Francine Golghetto Casemiro ◽  
Alan Nogueira da Cunha ◽  
Lucas Pelegrini Nogueira de Carvalho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Healthy Aging ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Nursing Home Care ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Good Practices ◽  
Care For The Elderly

ABSTRACT Objective: To synthesize the knowledge produced on best nursing practices in long-term care for elderly at home, in order to promote healthy aging. Method: A systematic review, based on the Joanna Briggs Institute’s proposal: without restriction of dates; in the English, Portuguese and Spanish languages; conducted in PubMed, CINAHL, LILACS, Embase and Scopus databases. Results: Among 453 articles identified, 16 were included in the review: seven qualitative and nine quantitative, published between 1996 and 2015. The synthesis of the data identified as best practices identifies a premise of care centered on the elderly and the inclusion of the elderly, family and nurses as agents of this care. Conclusion: According to evidence, good practices in gerontological and nursing home care fundamentally depend on constant planning and reorganization, so that they are indeed comprehensive and contextualized. Thus, providing care will be reasoned by and driven to the elderly, based on their specific and global needs, favoring a process of healthy and active aging.

scholarly journals Place of Residence and Marital Status as Variables Differentiating a Sense of Self-Efficacy in the Elderly—A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Survey

Healthcare ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 300
Author(s):  
Klaudia Jakubowska ◽  
Mariusz Wysokiński ◽  
Paweł Chruściel
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Marital Status ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
The Self ◽  
Nursing Home Care ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Place Of Residence

Background: Studies on the self-efficacy of the elderly are still being conducted to a very limited extent. Nevertheless, they can provide relevant information for specialists to use in many disciplines of science, as well as for practitioners, especially gerontologists, geriatricians, psychologists and other people associated with prophylaxis and health promotion. The aim of the study is to assess the impact of the place of residence and marital status on the self-efficacy in the elderly. Methods: A diagnostic survey method was used for the study and within the method, the authors’ sociodemographic data questionnaire and the generalized self-efficacy scale (GSES) were applied. The study was carried out in a group of 171 females and 130 males under nursing care in the home environment or in nursing-home care in Poland. Results: The average level of generalized sense of self-efficacy in the research cohort was M = 26.69, SD = 8.49. A relatively high percentage of the group (48.9%) showed a sense of self-efficacy at a high level. The level of a sense of self-efficacy was low in 38.2% of the cohort, while its average intensity in the remaining ones constituted 12.9% of the total. A statistically significant impact of a place of residence (Z = −2.940; p = 0.003) and marital status (H = 12.000; p = 0.007) on the sense of efficacy in the research cohort was proven in favor of those from the rural environment and the respondents having spouses. Conclusions: On the scale of the studied group, the results of a sense of self-efficacy are optimistic, as older people with high levels predominated. However, the results of the cohort whose self-efficacy is insufficient to cope with their old age should be considered carefully, especially in the case of lonely people living in the urban environment and NHC (nursing-home care) residents.

Care for the Elderly: The Role of the Nursing Home in the Dutch Health Care System

1993 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. W. Ribbe
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Nursing Home ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Nursing Home Care ◽  
Care For The Elderly ◽  
System A ◽  
Nursing Home Patients ◽  
Dutch Health ◽  
Care System

Nursing homes, or verpleeghuizen, play an important role in the health care system in the Netherlands. These multifunctional institutions provide clinical and ambulatory (day hospital) care for somatic and psychogeriatric elderly with multiple pathology, disabilities, and handicaps. Quantitative data on morbidity, admission, and discharge of (psychogeriatric) nursing home patients are presented. The data on the nursing home institutions—number of residents, costs, and staff ratios—are placed in the context of the whole health care system. A new trend is to organize nursing home care in homes for the aged via substitution projects and dependences.

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