scholarly journals Nurses' Recognition about Successful Aging of Hospitalized Elderly in long-Term care Hospital: A Focus Group Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (10) ◽  
pp. 458-470
Author(s):  
Moon-Hee Kang ◽  
Jeong-Sook Park
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Successful Aging ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Hospitalized Elderly

Nurses' Views on Infection Control in Long-Term Care Facilities in South Korea: A Focus Group Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 634 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chi-Young Lee ◽  
Min-Hye Lee ◽  
Seong-Hyeon Lee ◽  
Yeon-Hwan Park
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Infection Control ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Care Facilities

scholarly journals Molecular investigation of a RSV outbreak in a geriatric hospital

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yohan Hababou ◽  
Assia Taleb ◽  
Amélie Recoing ◽  
Frédérique Moreau ◽  
Isabelle Simon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Epidemiology ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Nucleotide Sequencing ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Hospitalized Elderly ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Molecular Investigation ◽  
Epidemiology Data

Abstract Background Acquired infections in hospitalized elderly people are a growing concern. In long-term care facilities with multiple staff and visitor contacts, virus outbreaks are a common challenge for infection prevention teams. Although several studies have reported nosocomial RSV outbreaks in long term care facilities, molecular epidemiology data are scarce. Methods RSV RNA was detected in respiratory samples from 19 patients in a long-term care hospital for elderly in Paris in March 2019 over a 3 weeks period. Genotyping was performed using nucleotide sequencing. Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of cases part of a unique cluster, were retrospectively reviewed. Results Molecular investigation of theses RSV cases, revealed a unique cluster of 12 nosocomial cases in 2 adjacent wards. Mean age of these outbreak’s cases was 89. All patients had underlying medical conditions. Seven exhibited lower respiratory symptoms and three experienced decompensation of underlying chronic heart condition. Two patients died. Conclusions This case report highlights the importance of RSV in causing substantial disease in elderly in case of nosocomial outbreak and the contributions of molecular epidemiology in investigation and management of such outbreak.

Usability of a Detector of Behavioural Disturbances to Monitor Patients with Dementia Living in Long-Term Care Homes: A Focus Group Study (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Amine Choukou ◽  
Sophia Mbabaali ◽  
Ryan East
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Current Practice ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Care Homes ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
The People ◽  
High Level

BACKGROUND The number of Canadians with dementia is expected to rise to nearly 1 million individuals in the next decade. It is more than urgent to find a solution to monitor any unsafe behaviour that could be harmful to patients with dementia and the people around them such as other patients, professionals, or visitors. Current practice does not utilize systems to monitor behaviours of the patients with dementia (PwD) and send alerts when potential dangerous events occur. Events are reported randomly by non-professionals or when a professional notices an absence to a scheduled event. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the potential of implementing a detector of behavioural disturbances (DBD) in long-term care homes through a mapping of the perceptions of clinicians and staff members towards this technology. METHODS A focus group was conducted with 8 clinicians and staff members and 1 partner of a PwD. RESULTS Three themes emerged from a thematic analysis of the perspectives of the stakeholders: (A) capability of the DBD to detect relevant dementia-related behavioural disturbances, (B) characteristics of the DBD and clinical needs and (C) DBD modalities of use. CONCLUSIONS The results confirmed the adequacy of the DBD for their daily needs in terms of detecting hazardous behaviours or personal and interpersonal behavioural disturbances. The DBD has been considered useful and easy to use by the focus group participants, meaning that the DBD has a high level of usability. CLINICALTRIAL NA

A Study of Patterns of Dying in a Multilevel Geriatric Setting

1983 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-85
Author(s):  
Isabel Brown
Keyword(s):  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Death And Dying ◽  
Chronically Ill ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Apartment Complex ◽  
General Community

ABSTRACTA retrospective study was conducted in a large multilevel geriatric centre to analyse the deaths reported in the year 1981. This centre provides accommodation for 750 elderly and/or chronically ill persons in three agencies—an apartment complex, a home for the aged, and a long-term care hospital The study revealed that the hospital is the place of death for a high proportion of the elderly residents of the centre. In particular, residents of the home for the aged are unlikely to remain in the “home” to die. It was found that patterns of death and dying for individuals admitted to the hospital from the general community differ in several ways from the patterns of those who are already living in the centre in terms of age and probable cause of death.

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