scholarly journals Knowledge needs and use in long‐term care homes for older people: A qualitative interview study of managers’ views

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jo Day ◽  
Sarah G Dean ◽  
Nigel Reed ◽  
Jan Hazell ◽  
Iain Lang
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Qualitative Interview ◽  
Interview Study ◽  
Care Homes ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Qualitative Interview Study

scholarly journals General practitioners’ views on the influence of long-term care reforms on integrated elderly care in the Netherlands: a qualitative interview study

Health Policy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sietske Grol ◽  
Gerard Molleman ◽  
Nanne van Heumen ◽  
Maria van den Muijsenbergh ◽  
Nynke Scherpbier- de Haan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
General Practitioners ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
Qualitative Interview ◽  
Interview Study ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Qualitative Interview Study

Characteristics and unmet care needs of unbefriended residents in long-term care: a qualitative interview study

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 659-667 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie A. Chamberlain ◽  
Wendy Duggleby ◽  
Pamela Teaster ◽  
Carole Estabrooks
Keyword(s):  
Long Term Care ◽  
Qualitative Interview ◽  
Interview Study ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Qualitative Interview Study

Preventing falls and falls-injuries in hospitals and long-term care facilities

2007 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Oliver
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Falls Prevention ◽  
Care Homes ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Long Term Conditions ◽  
Global Challenge ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Developed Nations

Falls are predominantly a problem of older people. In the UK, people over 65 currently account for around 60% of admissions and 70% of bed days in hospitals. There are approximately half a million older people in long-term care settings – many with frailty and multiple long-term conditions. The proportion of the population over 65 years is predicted to rise 25% by 2025, and that over 80 by 50%, with a similar increase in those with dependence for two or more activities of daily living. Despite policies to drive care to the community, it is likely that the proportion of older people in hospitals and care homes will therefore increase. Accidental falls are the commonest reported patient/resident safety incidents. Similar demographic trends can be seen in all developed nations, so that the growing problem of fall prevention in institutions is a global challenge. There has been far more focus in falls-prevention research on older people in ‘community’ settings, but falls are a pressing issue for hospitals and care homes, and a threat to the safety of patients and residents, even if a relatively small percentage of the population is in those settings at any one time.

scholarly journals Canadian perspective on ageism and selective lockdown: a response to Savulescu and Cameron

2021 ◽  
pp. medethics-2021-107315
Author(s):  
Hayden P Nix
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
General Public ◽  
Recent Article ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Care Homes ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Canadian Perspective

In a recent article, ‘Why lockdown of the elderly is not ageist and why levelling down equality is wrong’, Savulescu and Cameron argue that a selective lockdown of older people is not ageist because it would treat people unequally based on morally relevant differences. This response argues that a selective lockdown of older people living in long-term care homes would be unjust because it would allow the expansive liberties of the general public to undermine the basic liberties of older people, and because it would discriminate on the basis of extrinsic disadvantages.

scholarly journals COVID-19 and Ageism: Has the Pandemic Allowed Prevailing Ageist Attitudes to Go Viral?

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Rooprai ◽  
Neel Mistry
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Older People ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Care Homes ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Vaccine Administration ◽  
Human Worth

Current perceptions of older adults are often met with prejudice and misconceptions that constitute what has been characterized as ‘ageism’. Rarely are older persons considered indispensable members of the population who deserve our respect and support. While it is unclear if and when this pandemic will end, what is clear is how COVID-19 has unveiled the prevalent ageist attitudes against older people, underscoring an unsettling discourse about age and human worth that has allowed us to easily question the value of older adults. In this commentary, we highlight specific recommendations that can be made to combat ageism during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, with exploration of vaccine administration and inequities across long-term care homes.

scholarly journals Critical Contextual Elements in Facilitating and Achieving Success with a Person-Centred Care Intervention to Support Antipsychotic Deprescribing for Older People in Long-Term Care

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynn Chenoweth ◽  
Tiffany Jessop ◽  
Fleur Harrison ◽  
Monica Cations ◽  
Janet Cook ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Direct Care ◽  
Care Staff ◽  
Care Homes ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Train The Trainer ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
Contextual Elements

Antipsychotic and other tranquilising medicines are prescribed to help care staff manages behaviour in one-quarter of older people living in Australian long-term care homes. While these medicines pose significant health risks, particularly for people with dementia, reliance on their use occurs when staff are not educated to respond to resident behaviour using nonpharmacological approaches. The Halting Antipsychotic use in Long-Term care (HALT) single-arm study was undertaken to address this issue with 139 people 60 years and over with behaviours of concern for staff living in 24 care homes. A train-the-trainer approach delivered person-centred care education and support for 22 HALT (nurse) champions and 135 direct care staff, dementia management education for visiting general practitioners (GP) and pharmacists, use of an individualised deprescribing protocol for residents, and awareness-raising for the resident’s family. The HALT champions completed open-ended questionnaires and semistructured interviews to identify the contextual elements they considered most critical to facilitating, educating care staff, and achieving success with the study intervention. They reported that person-centred approaches helped care staff to respond proactively to resident behaviours in the absence of antipsychotic medicines; the champions considered that this required strong managerial support, champion empowerment to lead change, reeducation of care staff, and the cooperation of families and GPs.

The need for effective assessment and management of pain among older people in care homes

2003 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 335-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
David T Cowan ◽  
Julia D Roberts ◽  
Joanne M Fitzpatrick ◽  
Alison E While
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Financial Burden ◽  
Functional Independence ◽  
Care Homes ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
The Uk

The increasing number of older people requiring interventions for improved health and social care has been identified as a crucial challenge for the twenty-first century. The reported high prevalence of pain in older people in long-term care facilities has been described as a public health issue not only in the USA but also globally. Rather than merely extending life, the reduction of morbidity, ways of coping with disability, preventing incapacity, extending the quality of life and enhancing the functional independence of older people are identified as important components of service provision. In Britain, the number of people aged over 65 years has doubled in the last 70 years and the number of people over 90 years is expected to double in the next 25 years, which will increase the need for health care in the future. Estimates for the UK indicate that approximately 445 800 older people are currently resident in care homes. The UK government has recently pledged to provide high-quality care and treatment for this population, to treat older people with respect and dignity and to allocate fair resources for conditions that affect them, while simultaneously easing the financial burden of long-term care.

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