A comparative study of nursing staff, care recipients’ and their relatives’ perceptions of quality of older people care

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henna Hasson ◽  
Judith E. Arnetz
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Nursing Staff ◽  
Care Recipients

Exploring caregivers' perspectives on improving care for older people at the end of life in Thailand

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (7) ◽  
pp. 326-332
Author(s):  
Kanyanat Supaporn ◽  
Sang-arun Isaramalai ◽  
Wandee Suttharangsee
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Older People ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
Home Setting ◽  
Experience Of Care ◽  
Care Recipients ◽  
Care For Older People

Background: Older people in Thailand receive general medical and social care at the end of life, and many rarely access palliative services. In light of this, improving the quality of care for the ageing population relies on addressing the needs of family caregivers, who provide the majority of care in a home setting. Understanding caregivers' perspectives when caring for a friend or relative will help to improve the quality of care that they provide. Aim: To explore caregivers' perspectives on improving care for older people in Thailand in the palliative stage. Methods: A qualitative study using in-depth interviews and observation of 10 older people in the palliative stage and their caregivers was undertaken. Data were analysed using content analysis. Findings: Data analysis revealed three themes: caregivers cared to repay the older person's previous kindness, caregivers cared and changed their caregiving behaviour to minimise the older person's perception of being abandoned or being a burden, and to follow Thai ancestral traditions, so that the older person could die peacefully. Conclusion: This study provides specific instructions for those who provide care for older Thai people in the palliative stage. Finding ways to address caregivers' perspectives on improving care quality could enhance the experience of care recipients.

scholarly journals Good in Providing Oral Care, but we Could be Better—Nursing Staff Identification of Improvement Areas in Oral Care

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 237796082110452
Author(s):  
Maria Andersson ◽  
Mona Persenius
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Older People ◽  
Nursing Staff ◽  
Oral Care ◽  
Nursing Intervention ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Main Category ◽  
Working Together

Introduction Oral care to older people in short-term care units is a complex and challenging everyday practice for nursing staff. Oral care research and knowledge about prerequisites and obstacles is extensive. However, there is a lack of knowledge about how nursing staff in short-term care units describe their satisfaction about provided oral care in order to maintain older people's oral health. Objective The purpose of this study was to describe how nursing staff perceive their satisfaction of oral care provided for older people in short-term care units and to identify oral care improvements. Methods This study reports on the results of two open-ended questions that were part of a larger study. Informants ( n = 54) were nursing staff working in the involved short-term care units in municipalities from both densely and sparsely populated regions in central and northern Sweden. The answers to the open-ended questions were analyzed using content analysis. Results The analysis yielded one main category; “ Working together to improve satisfaction with older people's oral care” and four subcategories: “ Older people's oral health,” “ Consideration and respect for the older person's autonomy,” “ Having access to adequate products,” and “ Working together in the same direction.” Conclusion Identification of older people's oral health problems together with adequate nursing intervention will increase older people's health outcomes and quality of life. However, regardless of work role, the nursing staff might have difficulty changing their behavior or transforming intentions into actions. Oral care is a complicated and proactive practice that requires nursing staff's attention as well as both educational and organizational initiatives. Working in a supportive and collaborative relationship provides prerequisites for optimal oral care in short-term care units.

Home Help Service Staffs’ Descriptions of Their Role in Promoting Everyday Activities Among Older People in Sweden Who Are Dependent on Formal Care

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (8) ◽  
pp. 971-992 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Cederbom ◽  
Charlotta Thunborg ◽  
Eva Denison ◽  
Anne Söderlund ◽  
Petra von Heideken Wågert
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Older People ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Formal Care ◽  
Everyday Activities ◽  
Age In Place ◽  
Care Recipients ◽  
Home Help ◽  
Service Staff

The study aimed to explore how home help service staff described their role in improving the abilities of older people, in particular, older women with chronic pain who are dependent on formal care, to perform everyday activities. Three focus group interviews were conducted, and a qualitative inductive thematic content analysis was used. The analysis resulted in one theme: struggling to improve the care recipients’ opportunities for independence but being inhibited by complex environmental factors. By encouraging the care recipients to perform everyday activities, the staff perceived themselves to both maintain and improve their care recipients’ independence and quality of life. An important goal for society and health care professionals is to improve older people’s abilities to “age in place” and to enable them to age independently while maintaining their quality of life. A key resource is home help service staff, and this resource should be utilized in the best possible way.

Quality of institutional care of older people as evaluated by nursing staff

2008 ◽  
Vol 17 (18) ◽  
pp. 2480-2489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arja Isola ◽  
Kaisa Backman ◽  
Päivi Voutilainen ◽  
Tarja Rautsiala
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Nursing Staff ◽  
Institutional Care

Nursing Older People—Competence Evaluation Tool: Development and Psychometric Evaluation

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pia Cecilie Bing-Jonsson ◽  
Dag Hofoss ◽  
Marit Kirkevold ◽  
Ida Torunn Bjørk ◽  
Christina Foss
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Nursing Staff ◽  
Psychometric Evaluation ◽  
Tool Development ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Evaluation Tool ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Competence Evaluation ◽  
New Instrument

Background and Purpose: To evaluate the quality of care provided to older people, the competence of the nursing staff must be measured. This study evaluates a new instrument called Nursing Older People—Competence Evaluation Tool (NOP-CET). Methods: A 65-item questionnaire was completed by 1,016 community-based nursing staff and evaluated for validity, reliability, precision, interpretability, acceptability, and feasibility. Results: The survey demonstrated good content validity; conceptually coherent factor structure explaining 54.98% (knowledge items), 65.03% (skills items), and 52.83% (personal attribute items) of the total variance; and internal consistency (.77–.93). Conclusions: The NOP-CET showed good validity and reliability as a measure of community-based nursing staff competence and may be used in further investigations of competence in older people nursing.

The Quality of Life of Older People With a Disability in Ireland

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathy Murphy ◽  
Eamon O'Shea ◽  
Adeline Cooney ◽  
Dympna Casey
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Older People
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