scholarly journals PROSPECTIVE QUALITY ATTRIBUTES OF NURSING HOME CARE SERVICES

Author(s):  
Joanna Ejdys

One of the forms of care for the elderly are the nursing homes, long-term care homes. Still, in many countries the low level of quality of such services is still the main criterion for the perception of objects as a final option, in the absence of alternative forms of care for an older person. The aim of the article is to seek answers to the questions about the expected quality of the services offered by nursing homes. The article presents the results of research on the expectations of the society in terms of quality of services, carried out on a sample of 602 Polish citizens. The study allowed to identify the key characteristics that determine the quality of services from the perspective of the future decisions related to the choice of the resort.

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-36
Author(s):  
Rana Gholamzadeh Nikjoo ◽  
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Mitra Eyvazi Torchi ◽  
Yegane Partovi ◽  
Akbar Javan Biparva ◽  
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Background: Environmental characteristics, as well as the quality of health care services provided to older adults group, are among significant determinants of elderly quality of life. The present study was done to assess the quality of services delivered to elderly residents in nursing homes located in Tabriz, Iran in 2019. Materials & Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on the elderly living in nursing homes in Tabriz, Iran, of whom 74 residents met the inclusion criteria and were included. The researchers referred to the nursing homes and recruited the participants with regard to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Results: Out of the 74 older adults, 35 and 39 cases were respectively male and female. The largest age group (43.2%) was related to those between 60 and 69 years old. Also, 71.6% of the elderly had been residing in nursing homes for 6-20 months. The rate of service quality in terms of the medical, psychological, welfare, and social domains was 66%, 48%, 68%, and 65%, respectively. Besides, no significant relationship was observed between demographic variables and total scores of service quality (P>0.05). Conclusion: Paying attention to psychological services, including providing counseling and social work services, adapting the centers, and creating recreational departments can lead to an increase in psychological quality and ultimately, overall service quality.


Author(s):  
Lorenza Tiberio ◽  
Massimiliano Scopelliti ◽  
Maria Vittoria Giuliani

Nursing homes provide long-term care services and can help preserve the quality of life of elderly people subject to physical and cognitive impairments. In this chapter, we explore the role of intelligent technologies as a supplement to human care-giving and the potential to improve quality of life for both older adults and their caregivers in nursing homes. A study was conducted on elderly people’s and caregivers’ attitudes toward the use of intelligent technologies in nursing homes, with the aim of understanding in which domains of everyday activities the application of intelligent technologies can be more suitable. Results showed that attitude toward the application of intelligent technologies in nursing homes is positive, although multifaceted. Elderly people and caregivers considered intelligent technologies as relevant devices for the improvement of quality of life in different domains. Nonetheless, differences related to the role that technologies played in nursing homes clearly emerged.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 216
Author(s):  
Razak Abdullah ◽  
Rosyidah Arafat ◽  
Syahrul Syahrul

Latar Belakang : Proses menua merupakan proses alami yang diikuti dengan terjadinya peurunan kondisi fisik, psikologis dan sosial yang saling berkaitan satu sama lain .Kondisi penurunan tersebut mempengaruhi kemampuan lanjut usia dalam melakukan aktifitas sehari – hari/ Activity daily livings yang memerlukan perhatian dan bantuan keluarga sehingga mengakibatkan permintaan untuk perawatan di rumah meningkat dengan cepat. Perawatan Home care menjadi arena perawtaan professional dan informal. Review ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bagaimana pelayanan home care pada lanjut usia.Metode : Dalam mengumpulkan artikel menggunakan beberapa database Pubmed, Science Direct, Wiley, dan Google Scholar dengan strategi pencarian menggunakan metode PICO (population, intervention, comparison and outcome dengan batasan publikasi artikel dari tahun 2009-2019.Hasil : Hasil temuan diperoleh beberapa point yaitu perlunya perawat melakukan Analisis kehidupan lansia sebelum memberikan pelayanan home care, pelayanan tepat waktu, Ukuran pengalaman aspek interpersonal perawatan karena itu dapat menjadi indikator yang berguna dari hasil kualitas hidup, pentingnya partisipasi lanjut usia, berbagi sejarah dengan perawat dan lansia, terjaminnya privasi lansia, pemenuhan standar kebutuhan lansia, selanjutnya ada factor komunikasi, pembangunan hubungan perawat dan lanjut usia, kepercayaan, keamanan, perawat harus pandai dalam menilai kekahawatiran rasa depresi yang disembunyikan oleh lansia, dan siap dalam menerima perbadaan pandangan dalam hal perawatan home care dengan lansia. Kata kunci :  Home care, Lanjut Usia Abstract Background: The aging process is a natural process that is followed by a decline in physical, psychological and social conditions that are interrelated with each other. The condition of the decline affects the ability of the elderly in carrying out daily activities / Activity daily livings that require attention and assistance from family so resulting in a rapidly increasing demand for home care. Care Home care is an arena for professional and informal care. This review aims to determine the experience of nurses in providing home care services for the elderly.Method: Data was obtained from google scholar website database, Since direct and Proquest, and obtained 5 articles. The five articles were then carried out by the journal research critics using the appropriate CASP tools namely 5 articles with the Critical Appraisal of Qualitative Study.Results: The findings obtained by several points, namely Analysis of the lives of the elderly before giving home care services, timely services, measures of experience of interpersonal aspects of care because it can be a useful indicator of quality of life outcomes, the importance of elderly participation, sharing history with nurses and the elderly, ensuring privacy, fulfilling the standards of elderly needs, then there are factors of communication, building relationships between nurses and the elderly, trustworthiness, security, nurses must be clever in assessing the concerns of depression that are hidden by the elderly, and ready to accept improvements in terms of nursing home care with the elderly . Keywords: Experience, Nurse, Home care, Elderly


2012 ◽  
pp. 970-991
Author(s):  
Lorenza Tiberio ◽  
Massimiliano Scopelliti ◽  
Maria Vittoria Giuliani

Nursing homes provide long-term care services and can help preserve the quality of life of elderly people subject to physical and cognitive impairments. In this chapter, we explore the role of intelligent technologies as a supplement to human care-giving and the potential to improve quality of life for both older adults and their caregivers in nursing homes. A study was conducted on elderly people’s and caregivers’ attitudes toward the use of intelligent technologies in nursing homes, with the aim of understanding in which domains of everyday activities the application of intelligent technologies can be more suitable. Results showed that attitude toward the application of intelligent technologies in nursing homes is positive, although multifaceted. Elderly people and caregivers considered intelligent technologies as relevant devices for the improvement of quality of life in different domains. Nonetheless, differences related to the role that technologies played in nursing homes clearly emerged.


2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S11-S12
Author(s):  
D.A. Castelli Dransart ◽  
S. Voélin ◽  
S. Elena

IntroductionIn some Swiss states, right-to-die associations are allowed to assist older people in nursing homes provided that certain requirements are fulfilled.ObjectivesTo investigate how health and social care providers and their institutions reacted to and dealt with requests of assisted suicide.MethodAn exploratory qualitative study was carried out in the States of Fribourg and Vaud among 40 professionals working in nursing homes, home care services or social welfare agencies.ResultsThe requests of assisted suicide questioned the professional mission, the quality of accompaniment provided to the older people and both professional and personal values. Health and social care providers were required to ponder over ethical dilemmas or decisions. Several challenges were reported, such as: taking into account and articulating personal freedom or needs with collective functioning or organizational constraints before, during and after the assisted suicide; reconciliating self-determination with protection towards vulnerable people (beneficere, non maleficere).ConclusionsAssisted suicide challenges and changes professional end-of-life practices. Education and support should be provided to health and social care providers faced with it.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.


1996 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 691-708 ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard Litwin ◽  
Ernie Lightman

A comparison of the development of community care for the elderly in the province of Ontario, Canada, and in the State of Israel is presented in the light of the economic constraints currently challenging the expansion of welfare state services. The inquiry identified several common issues regarding the nature of the policy mandate for long-term care delivered in the home, the structure of the service delivery system, and matters concerning funding arrangements for community care. Issues that emerged in both settings include the relationship between health and social services in the delivery of care at the local level; the separation of purchaser and provider functions; the question of needs-driven versus service-driven social care provisions; accessibility concerns and the aspiration for one-stop entry to the delivery system; the growing involvement of the private sector in the delivery of domiciliary-based personal care services; and the relative paucity of current efforts to address the needs of family caregivers.


2004 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 245-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juha Laine ◽  
Miika Linna ◽  
Unto Häkkinen ◽  
Anja Noro

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