The health and coping strategies of nursing home residents and their relatives during the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Ortoleva Bucher
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Nursing Home Residents ◽  
And Coping

scholarly journals The vision of bedfast nursing home residents of their quality of life and the contribution of technological innovations in and around the bed

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-44
Author(s):  
I. Martens ◽  
H. Verbeek ◽  
J. Aarts ◽  
W.P.H. Bosems ◽  
E. Felix ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Nursing Home ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Nursing Home Residents ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Nursing Home Population ◽  
Social Contacts ◽  
Content Type ◽  
And Coping

Purpose Over 8 per cent of the Dutch nursing home population is bedfast, and this number is slowly increasing. The quality of life (QoL) of this population is lower than that of residents who are still mobile. Little research has been conducted on how to improve the QoL of this bedfast population, particularly through making technological adjustments to the bed and the direct surroundings. The purpose of this paper is to gain insight into the QoL of bedfast residents and how to improve this through technology. Design/methodology/approach A mixed-method multi-case study with thematic analysis was conducted in two nursing homes with seven participants based on semi-structured interviews and Short Form-12 questionnaire. Findings The major causes of the experienced low QoL were the limited opportunities for engaging in social contacts with others, and coping with the dependency on other people and having limited control. Participants suggested improvements of QoL through the application of modern communication technologies to engage in social contacts and to control the bed itself and environment around the bed. Practical implications The results may help improve the design of the bed and the direct environment in order to improve the QoL of bedfast nursing home residents. Originality/value The QoL of bedfast nursing home residents has not been studied before in relation to the bed itself and technological solutions that may help improve the QoL and level of control.

Nursing home caregivers’ explanations for and coping strategies with residents’ aggression: a qualitative study

2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (17-18) ◽  
pp. 2469-2478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adelheid Zeller ◽  
Theo Dassen ◽  
Gerjo Kok ◽  
Ian Needham ◽  
Ruud JG Halfens
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Nursing Home Caregivers

scholarly journals Work Does Not End When You Leave: Concerns and Coping Strategies Among Nursing Home Social Workers During COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 382-382
Author(s):  
Vivian Miller ◽  
Keith Anderson ◽  
Nancy Kusmaul ◽  
Noelle Fields
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Administrative Support ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychosocial Needs ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Professional Networks ◽  
And Coping

Abstract Nursing home social workers (NH SW) at the frontline during COVID-19 are faced with many challenges in meeting the psychosocial needs of residents while balancing their own well-being needs. In order to explore the experiences of NH SW during COVID-19, the study utilized a cross-sectional survey distributed to social media sites (e.g., Reddit, Facebook) and professional networks. The survey asked participants (N = 63) open-ended questions which were analyzed using the rigorous and accelerated data reduction (RADaR) method. Themes suggested that fear for self, lack of administrative support, and overall stress were notable concerns among NH SW. Findings also suggested that support from family/friends and self-care were most personally helpful to NH SW. Lastly, themes related to coping strategies included talking with co-workers, mindfulness, and boundary setting. Findings suggest the need for increased supports for NH SW. Implications related to stress and coping during COVID-19 are offered.

scholarly journals The Factors Influencing the Sense of Home in Nursing Homes: A Systematic Review from the Perspective of Residents

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. D. Rijnaard ◽  
J. van Hoof ◽  
B. M. Janssen ◽  
H. Verbeek ◽  
W. Pocornie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Nursing Home ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Nursing Home Residents ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
The Social ◽  
And Coping ◽  
And Control ◽  
Sense Of Home

Purpose. To provide an overview of factors influencing the sense of home of older adults residing in the nursing home.Methods. A systematic review was conducted. Inclusion criteria were (1) original and peer-reviewed research, (2) qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods research, (3) research about nursing home residents (or similar type of housing), and (4) research on the sense of home, meaning of home, at-homeness, or homelikeness.Results. Seventeen mainly qualitative articles were included. The sense of home of nursing home residents is influenced by 15 factors, divided into three themes: (1) psychological factors (sense of acknowledgement, preservation of one’s habits and values, autonomy and control, and coping); (2) social factors (interaction and relationship with staff, residents, family and friends, and pets) and activities; and (3) the built environment (private space and (quasi-)public space, personal belongings, technology, look and feel, and the outdoors and location).Conclusions. The sense of home is influenced by numerous factors related to the psychology of the residents and the social and built environmental contexts. Further research is needed to determine if and how the identified factors are interrelated, if perspectives of various stakeholders involved differ, and how the factors can be improved in practice.

Coming to Terms: African-Americans' Complex Ways of Coping with Life in a Nursing Home

2002 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 183-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Groger
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Nursing Home Residents ◽  
Need For Care ◽  
Ways Of Coping ◽  
Emotional Coping ◽  
To Come ◽  
Home Placement

Based on qualitative interviews with 14 nursing home residents and 13 caregivers, this article explores how elders adapted to life in a nursing home, and how their caregivers came to embrace nursing home placement as the optimal way to meet their elders' need for care. These processes were mediated by two mechanisms: the function the institution fulfilled for residents and their caregivers, and the coping strategies residents used to adapt to institutional living. The wide variety of elders' psycho-emotional coping strategies can best be summarized as accommodation, resignation, and resistance which translate into a number of behaviors. However, there was no typical or neat movement from resistance to resignation followed by accommodation. Instead, residents pulled from their repertoire of coping strategies the ones that served them best in a given situation and in a way that allowed them to express simultaneously satisfaction and discontent, compromise and adjustment. Clark and Anderson's (1967) model of adaptation proved useful for understanding participants' struggle to come to terms with life in the nursing home.

Erratum: Hearing Levels among Elderly Nursing Home Residents

1980 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald L. Schow ◽  
Michael A. Nerbonne
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Nursing Home Residents ◽  
Male And Female

In the February 1980 issue of this journal, the report by Ronald L. Schow and Michael A. Nerbonne ("Hearing Levels Among Elderly Nursing Home Residents") contains an error. On page 128, the labels "Male" and "Female" in Table 2 should be reversed.

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