Continuing Care Retirement Communities: Prospects for Reducing Institutional Long-Term Care

1995 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank A. Sloan ◽  
May W. Shayne ◽  
Christopher J. Conover
Keyword(s):  
Long Term Care ◽  
Retirement Communities ◽  
Continuing Care ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Continuing Care Retirement Communities

Long-Term Care for the Elderly

1999 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 279-295
Keyword(s):  
Long Term Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Retirement Communities ◽  
Continuing Care ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Care For The Elderly ◽  
Continuing Care Retirement Communities ◽  
The University ◽  
Care Conference

Four papers were available for discussion at the meeting:(1) ‘Continuing Care Retirement Communities — Attractive to Members, but what about Sponsors?’ by R. A. Humble and D. G. Ryan, was previously presented to the Institute of Actuaries on 26 January 1998, and the paper and the discussion of it appear in British Actuarial Journal, 4, 547-614.(2) ‘A Model for Projecting the Number of People who will Require Long-Term Care’, by R. R. Ainslie, C. O. Daly, S. P. Laurie, B. D. Rickhayzen, M. A. E. Thraves and D. E. P. Walsh; and(3) ‘The Actuarial Modelling of NHS Data’, by C. G. Orros, M. Iqbal, I. W. Lane, I. P. McKeever and M. R. Moliver, were both presented at the 1998 Health Care Conference, held at the University of Warwick. These papers are available in the Faculty and the Institute Libraries.(4) ‘The Elderly and Continuing Care’, by Dr R. G. Smith, Chairman of the Geriatricians Committee of the Royal College of Physicians, commences on the next page.

Creating the Strategic Future of Long-Term-Care Organizations

2000 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 116-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia M. Mara ◽  
James T. Ziegenfuss
Keyword(s):  
Assisted Living ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Retirement Communities ◽  
Continuing Care ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Adult Day Services ◽  
Continuing Care Retirement Communities ◽  
Day Services

The operating environment in the health care industry is turbulent—organizations are expected to adapt or die. This paper addresses the structure of a strategic planning process for long-term-care organizations. Nursing homes, assisted living (personal care) facilities, continuing care retirement communities, adult day services centers, hospice programs and home-and community-based agencies face both opportunities and threats. The authors recommend an eight-step process for strategy making: plan to plan; external analysis; internal analysis; vision; matching current and future strategies; strategy choice; action and linkage to operations and budget. A case example illustrates the concepts. Long-term-care leaders are encouraged to plan for their future or face a future planned by competitors and regulators.

Occupational Therapy and Dietetic Therapy with a Group of Female Psychiatric Patients: An Evaluation of Outcome

1993 ◽  
Vol 56 (12) ◽  
pp. 437-440 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheila H Merriman ◽  
Kay Kench
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Medical Staff ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Video Feedback ◽  
Continuing Care ◽  
Significant Weight Loss ◽  
Term Care

Eight female patients attended up to eight group sessions run conjointly by an occupational therapist and a dietitian. Video feedback was used during the course of sessions. The patients were all residents in long-term care in the Continuing Care Division of St Andrew's Hospital and had been identified by medical staff as wishing to lose weight and having scope for improvement in posture and/or appearance. Seven of the eight subjects lost weight [mean loss (n=8) 1.18 kg: range −3.1 kg to +2.4 kg]. There was a significant weight loss in these seven subjects (t=3.669, df=6, significant at 0.01 level). The authors judged that there had been improvement in one or more areas of posture and/or appearance in seven of the eight patients.

scholarly journals Management challenges faced by managers of New Zealand long-term care facilities

2000 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eshwar Madas ◽  
Nicola North
Keyword(s):  
Long Term Care ◽  
Postal Survey ◽  
Single Type ◽  
Continuing Care ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Health Care Environment ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Care Environment ◽  
Care Managers

This article reports on a postal survey of 78 long-term care managers in one region ofNew- Zealand, of whom 45 (58%) responded. Most long-term care managers (73.2%) weremiddle-aged females holding nursing but not management qualifications. Most long-termcare facilities (69%) tended to be stand-alone facilities providing a single type of care (resthome or continuing care hospital). The most prominent issues facing managers wereconsidered to be inadequate funding to match the growing costs of providing long-term careand occupancy levels. Managers believed that political/regulatory, economic and social factorsinfluenced these issues. Despite a turbulent health care environment and the challenges facingmanagers, long-term care managers reported they were coping well and valued networking.

scholarly journals Maintaining Resident Social Connections During COVID-19: Considerations for Long-Term Care

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 233372142096266
Author(s):  
Carla Ickert ◽  
Heather Rozak ◽  
Jennifer Masek ◽  
Keeley Eigner ◽  
Sherry Schaefer
Keyword(s):  
Long Term Care ◽  
Significant Risk ◽  
Physical Space ◽  
Infection Prevention And Control ◽  
Social Connections ◽  
Continuing Care ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Resource Requirements ◽  
And Control

Worldwide, long-term care (LTC) homes have been heavily impacted by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The significant risk of COVID-19 to LTC residents has resulted in major public health restrictions placed on LTC visitation. This article describes the important considerations for the facilitation of social connections between LTC residents and their loved ones during the COVID-19 pandemic, based on the experiences of 10 continuing care homes in Alberta, Canada. Important considerations include: technology, physical space, human resource requirements, scheduling and organization, and infection prevention and control. We describe some of the challenges encountered when implementing alternative visit approaches such as video and phone visits, window visits and outdoor in-person visits, and share several strategies and approaches to managing this new process within LTC.

Staff Perceptions of a Mealtime Management Educational Video for Training in Long-Term Care Homes

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Roseann Nasser ◽  
Allison Cammer ◽  
Thilina Bandara ◽  
Sabrina Bovee
Keyword(s):  
Long Term Care ◽  
Food Service ◽  
Continuing Care ◽  
Staff Perceptions ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Service Workers ◽  
Training Tool ◽  
Food Service Workers ◽  
Email Invitation

The purpose of this study was to determine if staff perceive a mealtime management video to be a beneficial and useful training tool in long-term care (LTC) homes. An email invitation was sent to the Dietitians of Canada Gerontology Network inviting dietitians working in LTC homes to participate. A previously used and reliable 25-item questionnaire was used to assess sustained attention/mental effort, learner satisfaction, clinical experience/relevance, and information processing of the video. Dietitians were asked to show the video to LTC staff and distribute the questionnaire to staff after viewing the video. A total of 769 surveys were completed at 28 LTC homes across Canada. Eighty-seven percent (n = 637/736) of participants felt more knowledgeable after viewing the video and 91% (n = 669/738) found the video format easy for learning. Managers had a higher Likert scores (mean = 6.2 out of 7) than continuing care assistant (mean = 5.7, P = 0.02) and food service workers (mean = 5.5, P = 0.001) for the clinical relevance scales. No differences were found for age (χ2 = 5.52, P = 0.60), gender (χ2 = 2.65, P = 0.10), and size of home (χ2 = 3.34, P = 0.34). Staff perceived the video to be useful for their work with residents living in LTC homes and it raised awareness of the importance of their roles at mealtimes.

scholarly journals The Changing Landscape of Continuing Care in Alberta: Staff and Resident Characteristics in Supportive Living and Long-Term Care

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-56
Author(s):  
Susan Slaughter ◽  
C. Jones ◽  
Misha Eliasziw ◽  
Carla Ickert ◽  
Carole Estabrooks ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Long Term Care ◽  
Continuing Care ◽  
Term Care
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