Body weight and serum albumin change after prosthodontic treatment among institutionalized elderly in a long-term care geriatric hospital

2009 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 534-538 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yayoi Kanehisa ◽  
Mitsuyoshi Yoshida ◽  
Tsuyoshi Taji ◽  
Yasumasa Akagawa ◽  
Hideo Nakamura
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Serum Albumin ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Institutionalized Elderly ◽  
Geriatric Hospital

scholarly journals 24-hour pattern of falls in hospitalized and long-term care institutionalized elderly persons: A systematic review of the published literature

2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 548-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo Jesús López-Soto ◽  
Roberto Manfredini ◽  
Michael H. Smolensky ◽  
María Aurora Rodríguez-Borrego
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Institutionalized Elderly

scholarly journals Hyponatremia Among the Institutionalized Elderly in 2 Long-Term Care Facilities in Taipei

2006 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 115-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liang-Kung Chen ◽  
Ming-Hsien Lin ◽  
Shinn-Jang Hwang ◽  
Tzen-Wen Chen
Keyword(s):  
Long Term Care ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Institutionalized Elderly ◽  
Care Facilities

scholarly journals DEMENTIA IN INSTITUTIONALIZED ELDERLY: A NURSING TEAM’S EXPERIENCES AND PERCEPTIONS

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josiane Steil Siewert ◽  
Angela Maria Alvarez ◽  
Fabiana Almeida Brito ◽  
Silvia Maria Azevedo dos Santos ◽  
Rosimere Ferreira Santana ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Care ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Care Facility ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Institutionalized Elderly ◽  
Elderly Individuals ◽  
Term Care Facility ◽  
Long Term Care Facility ◽  
Individualized Care

ABSTRACT Objective: to understand nursing workers' experiences with the nursing care provided to elderly individuals with dementia living in a long-term care facility. Method: comprehensive qualitative study conducted in a long-term care facility located in Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil, from July to September 2018. Thirteen nursing technicians and one nurse participated. Data were collected using questionnaires, field diaries, individual interviews, and participatory observation. Thematic content analysis was used to interpret content. Results: three themes emerged from data analysis: "Knowledge acquired with practice and gap existing in the care provided to institutionalized elderly individuals with dementia"; "Individualized care provided to elderly individuals and bonding"; and "Conflicts the nursing staff faces when reconciling care needs, the time available, and the facility's routines". These themes originated the central theme: Meanings assigned to the nursing care provided to institutionalized elderly individuals with dementia. By sharing information regarding care actions that obtained positive results, the staff perceived the importance of an individualized approach and of establishing bonds as a therapeutic process. Gaps were identified in the professionals' knowledge regarding how to provide hygiene care when individuals become aggressive, agitated, or resist care. Conclusion: health workers' experience is a source of evidence for evidence-based practice and is also essential to fill in existing gaps between knowledge and care delivery.

scholarly journals DEMENTIA IN INSTITUTIONALIZED ELDERLY: A NURSING TEAM’S EXPERIENCES AND PERCEPTIONS

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josiane Steil Siewert ◽  
Angela Maria Alvarez ◽  
Fabiana Almeida Brito ◽  
Silvia Maria Azevedo dos Santos ◽  
Rosimere Ferreira Santana ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Care ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Care Facility ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Institutionalized Elderly ◽  
Elderly Individuals ◽  
Term Care Facility ◽  
Long Term Care Facility ◽  
Individualized Care

ABSTRACT Objective: to understand nursing workers' experiences with the nursing care provided to elderly individuals with dementia living in a long-term care facility. Method: comprehensive qualitative study conducted in a long-term care facility located in Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil, from July to September 2018. Thirteen nursing technicians and one nurse participated. Data were collected using questionnaires, field diaries, individual interviews, and participatory observation. Thematic content analysis was used to interpret content. Results: three themes emerged from data analysis: "Knowledge acquired with practice and gap existing in the care provided to institutionalized elderly individuals with dementia"; "Individualized care provided to elderly individuals and bonding"; and "Conflicts the nursing staff faces when reconciling care needs, the time available, and the facility's routines". These themes originated the central theme: Meanings assigned to the nursing care provided to institutionalized elderly individuals with dementia. By sharing information regarding care actions that obtained positive results, the staff perceived the importance of an individualized approach and of establishing bonds as a therapeutic process. Gaps were identified in the professionals' knowledge regarding how to provide hygiene care when individuals become aggressive, agitated, or resist care. Conclusion: health workers' experience is a source of evidence for evidence-based practice and is also essential to fill in existing gaps between knowledge and care delivery.

scholarly journals Taking stock of COVID-19 policy measures to protect Europe’s elderly living in long-term care facilities

2021 ◽  
pp. 146801812110137
Author(s):  
Lorraine Frisina Doetter ◽  
Benedikt Preuß ◽  
Heinz Rothgang
Keyword(s):  
General Population ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Institutionalized Elderly ◽  
Residual Variation ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Policy Measures ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Elderly Living

The current COVID-19 pandemic has come to impact all areas of life involving the health, psycho-social and economic wellbeing of individuals, as well as all stages of life from childhood to old age. Particularly, the frail elderly have had to face the gravest consequences of the disease; while reporting measures tend to differ between countries making direct comparisons difficult, national statistics worldwide point to a disproportionate and staggering share of COVID-19 related mortality coming from residential long-term care facilities (LTCFs). Still, the severity of the impact on the institutionalized elderly has not been uniform across countries. In an effort to better understand the disparities in impact on Europe’s elderly living in LTCFs, we review data on mortality outcomes seen during the first wave of the pandemic (months March to June 2020). We then set out to understand the role played by the following two factors: (1) the infection rate in the general population and (2) member state adherence to policy recommendations put forth by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) targeting the LTC sector. Regarding the latter, we compare the content of national policy measures in six countries – Austria, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Spain and Sweden – with those of the ECDC. Our findings establish that infection rates in the general population accounted for most of the variation in mortality among member states, however adherence to EU policy helped to explain the residual variation between cases. This suggests that in order to best protect the institutionalized elderly from infectious disease of this kind, countries need to adopt a two-pronged approach to developing measures: one that aims at reducing transmission within the general population and one that specifically targets LTCFs.

scholarly journals Impacts of social distancing triggered by COVID-19 in the elderly residents from Long-Term Care Institutions of Brazil

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. e6119108737
Author(s):  
Emília Pio da Silva ◽  
Simone Caldas Tavares Mafra ◽  
Francely de Castro e Sousa ◽  
Nicholas Joseph Mayers ◽  
Marli do Carmo Cupertino
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Technical Note ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Institutionalized Elderly ◽  
Social Distancing

Introduction: The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has a high lethality rate among the elderly people, who are more vulnerable to novel diseases, especially those kept in Long Term Care Institutions for the Elderly (LTCIs). Objective: To describe and discuss how the current social isolation imposed by the pandemic has impacted the senior citizens residing in Brazilian LTCIs. Methodology: Primary research was carried out employing the PubMed and SciELO databases, using the keywords “Coronavirus infection” and “Institutionalized elderly health” and with the keywords “COVID-19" and “Institutionalized elderly” and their respective correlatives in English to search for articles published until September 2020. Results and Discussion: Five Scientific Articles, one Research Note, one Epidemiological Bulletin, and one Technical Note were organized in a table to display their findings. Additionally, other applicable data was collated directly from the hands-on experience of one of the authors, who undertook preceptorship for Physiotherapy interns at a Brazilian LTCI. These institutions can possibly potentiate the propagation and dissemination of this viral disease, therefore, the presently enforced prophylactic strategies, (e.g. social distancing), are essential to help maintain the well-being of the population, even if this may be a detriment to their quality of life. Conclusion: The limitations imposed on social interactions by the pandemic have a negative impact on the cognitive and physical aspects of the elderly people at the LTCIs, who already experience conditions of exclusion and isolation.

scholarly journals PERCEPTION OF INSTITUTIONALIZED ELDERLY ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE: AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
pp. 152-169
Author(s):  
Cícera Alves de Luna ◽  
Allex Alves Sobral de Sousa ◽  
Iasmim Belém Silva Queiroz ◽  
Samyra Maria Lima Sampaio ◽  
Lucineide Coqueiro Gurgel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Healthy Aging ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Population Aging ◽  
Care Facility ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Institutionalized Elderly

Abstract: Aging is a physiological process that happens over time permeated by biological, psychosocial and cultural changes. Through the increase in life expectancy and, consequently, population aging worldwide, the Long Term Care Institutions for the Elderly (ILPI) stand out in caring for these elderly people, making it necessary to know what life is like for the elderly in this environment. Given the above, the study aimed to verify in the literature the perspective of institutionalized elderly about quality of life. Thus, the study is an integrative literature review with a qualitative approach, using Lilacs, Scielo and Medline databases as a means of research, taking advantage of the following Health Sciences Descriptors (DeCS): “Elderly”, “Quality of life” and “institutionalized”. The study sample consisted of 16 articles, which discussed the theme of the study, in which it was sought to verify the perception of institutionalized elderly about quality of life, it was decided to carry out two thematic categories: 01) Quality of Life for the Elderly Institutionalized, and 02) Perception of the Institutionalized Elderly. In view of the above, the study was able to show that the elderly who reside, live in a Long-Term Care Facility for the Elderly (ILPI), it is necessary to be active, dynamic, prepared to carry out their activities of daily living, in order to achieve their quality of life, harmonize health and promote healthy aging. Keywords: Elderly, Quality of Life, Institutionalized.

Influenza Vaccination Levels and Influenza-Like Illness in Long-Term-Care Facilities for Elderly People in Niigata, Japan, During an Influenza A (H3N2) Epidemic

2000 ◽  
Vol 21 (11) ◽  
pp. 728-730 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hitoshi Oshitani ◽  
Reiko Saito ◽  
Nao Seki ◽  
Naohito Tanabe ◽  
Osamu Yamazaki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Influenza Vaccination ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Influenza A ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Institutionalized Elderly ◽  
Influenza Like Illness ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Influenza Outbreaks

AbstractSurveys on influenza vaccination and illness in long-term-care facilities in Niigata Prefecture during an influenza A (H3N2) epidemic revealed that >20% of facilities had outbreaks and >10% of residents experienced influenza. Outbreaks and number of cases were significantly reduced by vaccination, which should be strongly recommended for institutionalized elderly people.

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