Effect of an Educational Intervention on Nurses’ Knowledge of Foot Care and on the Foot Health of Older Residents

2011 ◽  
Vol 101 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minna Stolt ◽  
Pirkko Routasalo ◽  
Riitta Suhonen ◽  
Helena Leino-Kilpi
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Older People ◽  
Nursing Staff ◽  
Educational Program ◽  
Foot Care ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Foot Health ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Further Development

Background: Older people have multiple foot health problems; therefore, nursing staff need to pay attention to the foot care of older people, especially in long-term care and nursing homes. The aim of this study was to investigate the knowledge of nursing staff (n = 16) regarding foot care, their foot-care activities, and the health of residents’ (n = 43) feet in a nursing home before and after an intervention (educational program). Methods: Nursing staff in a nursing home received a foot-care educational program that consisted of lectures and demonstrations. Results: After the intervention, nursing staff knowledge of foot care and foot-care activities had partially improved, which was mainly seen in residents’ skin health. Conclusions: The results of this study indicate that an educational program can change nursing staff knowledge of foot care and their foot-care activities. However, the educational program tested in this study needs further development. (J Am Podiatr Med Assoc 101(2): 159–166, 2011)

scholarly journals Effects of Nurse and Care Worker-led Foot-Care Program on Older People’s Foot Conditions: Before and After Intervention Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 237796082110584
Author(s):  
Kashiko Fujii ◽  
Minna Stolt ◽  
Takuyuki Komoda ◽  
Mariko Nishikawa
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Intervention Study ◽  
Care Program ◽  
Skin Lesions ◽  
Foot Care ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Foot Health ◽  
Day Care Centers ◽  
Before And After

Introduction An increasing number of older people with frailty in Japan use geriatric day care centers. Older people who have been certified as requiring long-term care attend centers during the day and receive nursing care help with bathing, excretion, meals, and functional training services. Many older people have foot problems with need foot care by nurses and care workers (NCWs) at geriatric day care centers. Objective This study explored the effects of NCWs’ foot-care programs on the foot conditions of older people attending daytime services. Methods A before-after intervention study was conducted at geriatric day care centers for older people, where the foot-care program was presented by NCWs for two months. The foot conditions of 23 clients (8 men, 15 women, mean age = 78.6 years, standard deviation = 9.2) were assessed before and after the program. Changes in foot condition and clients’ perceptions after the study were analyzed through descriptive statistics, McNemar, and paired t-tests. Results Although dramatic changes in foot conditions were not observed, some conditions were improved or maintained. Changes were observed in mean dry skin scores ( p < .01; right foot: 1.6→1.1, left foot: 1.6→1.1), skin lesions and long nails (skin lesions R: 0.2→0.1; long nail R: 1.4→1.0, L: 1.1→0.8), and edema (R: 43.5%→39.1%, L: 52.2%→47.8%). Further, clients started perceiving that foot health is important and discussed their feet with staff more often. Conclusion The NCWs’ foot-care program was effective in maintaining and improving foot health in older people and positively affected their perception of foot care.

scholarly journals Communication Technology Preferences of Hospitalized and Institutionalized Frail Older Adults During COVID-19 Confinement: Cross-Sectional Survey Study (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillaume Sacco ◽  
Sébastien Lléonart ◽  
Romain Simon ◽  
Frédéric Noublanche ◽  
Cédric Annweiler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Nursing Home ◽  
Older People ◽  
Acute Care ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Nursing Home Residents ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Telephone Calls ◽  
Acute Care Unit

BACKGROUND Technological communication methods such as telephone calls and video calls can help prevent social isolation and loneliness in frail older adults during confinement. OBJECTIVE Our objectives were to determine which virtual communication method (ie, telephone call or video call) was preferred by confined older hospital patients and nursing home residents and the variables influencing this preference. METHODS The TOVID (Telephony Or Videophony for Isolated elDerly) study was a cross-sectional study that was designed to examine the preference between telephone calls and video calls among frail older adults who were either hospitalized in a geriatric acute care unit or institutionalized in a long-term care and nursing home during the COVID-19 confinement period. RESULTS A total of 132 older people were surveyed between March 25 and May 11, 2020 (mean age 88.2 years, SD 6.2); 79 (59.8%) were women. Patients hospitalized in the geriatric acute care unit were more able to establish communication independently than residents institutionalized in the long-term care and nursing home (<i>P</i>=.03) and were more satisfied with their communication experiences (<i>P</i>=.02). Overall, older people tended to favor telephone calls (73/132, 55.3%) over video calls (59/132, 44.7%); however, their satisfaction degree was similar regardless of the chosen method (<i>P</i>=.1), with no effect of age (<i>P</i>=.97) or gender (<i>P</i>=.2). In the geriatric acute care unit, the satisfaction degrees were similar for telephone calls (40/41, 98%) and video calls (33/38, 87%) in older patients (<i>P</i>=.10). Conversely, in the long-term care and nursing home, residents were more satisfied with the use of video calls to communicate with their relatives (14/15, 93%) versus the use of telephone calls (6/12, 50%; <i>P</i>=.02). CONCLUSIONS Older people confined to health care settings were able to complete telephone calls more independently than video calls, and they tended to use telephone calls more often than video calls. The satisfaction degrees were similar with both modalities and even greater with video calls among long-term care and nursing home residents when they were given assistance to establish communication. CLINICALTRIAL ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04333849: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04333849.

scholarly journals Berbagi dengan Panti Wreda: Pemeriksaan Kesehatan untuk Menilik Kondisi Kesehatan Lansia

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 269-277
Author(s):  
Theresia Pratiwi Elingsetyo Sanubari ◽  
Rosiana Evarayanti Saragih
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Older People ◽  
Nutrition Education ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Community Services ◽  
Integrative Care ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Nutrition Management ◽  
Food Management

The shifting of population demography to older people groups encourage Indonesia government create integrative care’s policy. Unfortunately, the nursing home as long term care failed to bring integrative care. This aim of community services is to build integrative care for older people groups in nursing home. The first step to establish integrative care is older people’s mapping regarding their health condition and food management through medical check-up. The activities consist of two steps, which are medical check-up and nutrition education. The result shows older peoples have hypertension, normal blood sugar, mild cognitive condition, and average physical activity. The condition motivate nursing home to organize integrative care with other institutions. In addition, the community services also bring opportunity to regular services, especially to nutrition management and medical check-up.

scholarly journals Hospitalisation of older people before and after long-term care entry in Auckland, New Zealand

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 558-563 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michal Boyd ◽  
Joanna B. Broad ◽  
Tony Xian Zhang ◽  
Ngaire Kerse ◽  
Merryn Gott ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Older People ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Before And After

scholarly journals Distribution of lifetime nursing home use and of out‐of‐pocket spending

2017 ◽  
Vol 114 (37) ◽  
pp. 9838-9842 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael D. Hurd ◽  
Pierre‐Carl Michaud ◽  
Susann Rohwedder
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Average Lifetime ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Long Term Care Insurance ◽  
Saving Decisions ◽  
Out Of Pocket Costs

Reliable estimates of the lifetime risk of using a nursing home and the associated out-of-pocket costs are important for the saving decisions by individuals and families, and for the purchase of long-term care insurance. We used data on up to 18 y of nursing home use and out-of-pocket costs drawn from the Health and Retirement Study, a longitudinal household survey representative of the older US population. We accumulated the use and spending by individuals over many years, and we developed and used an individual-level matching method to account for use before and after the observation period. In addition, for forecasting, we estimated a dynamic parametric model of nursing home use and spending. We found that 56% of persons aged 57–61 will stay at least one night in a nursing home during their lifetimes, but only 32% of the cohort will pay anything out of pocket. Averaged over all persons, total out‐of‐pocket expenditures looking forward from age 57 were approximately $7,300, discounted at 3% per year. However, the 95th percentile of spending was almost $47,000. We conclude that the percentage of people ever staying in nursing homes is substantially higher than previous estimates, at least partly due to an increase in nursing home episodes of short duration. Average lifetime out‐of‐pocket costs may be affordable, but some people will incur much higher costs.

scholarly journals Communication Technology Preferences of Hospitalized and Institutionalized Frail Older Adults During COVID-19 Confinement: Cross-Sectional Survey Study

10.2196/21845 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. e21845 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillaume Sacco ◽  
Sébastien Lléonart ◽  
Romain Simon ◽  
Frédéric Noublanche ◽  
Cédric Annweiler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Nursing Home ◽  
Older People ◽  
Acute Care ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Nursing Home Residents ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Telephone Calls ◽  
Acute Care Unit

Background Technological communication methods such as telephone calls and video calls can help prevent social isolation and loneliness in frail older adults during confinement. Objective Our objectives were to determine which virtual communication method (ie, telephone call or video call) was preferred by confined older hospital patients and nursing home residents and the variables influencing this preference. Methods The TOVID (Telephony Or Videophony for Isolated elDerly) study was a cross-sectional study that was designed to examine the preference between telephone calls and video calls among frail older adults who were either hospitalized in a geriatric acute care unit or institutionalized in a long-term care and nursing home during the COVID-19 confinement period. Results A total of 132 older people were surveyed between March 25 and May 11, 2020 (mean age 88.2 years, SD 6.2); 79 (59.8%) were women. Patients hospitalized in the geriatric acute care unit were more able to establish communication independently than residents institutionalized in the long-term care and nursing home (P=.03) and were more satisfied with their communication experiences (P=.02). Overall, older people tended to favor telephone calls (73/132, 55.3%) over video calls (59/132, 44.7%); however, their satisfaction degree was similar regardless of the chosen method (P=.1), with no effect of age (P=.97) or gender (P=.2). In the geriatric acute care unit, the satisfaction degrees were similar for telephone calls (40/41, 98%) and video calls (33/38, 87%) in older patients (P=.10). Conversely, in the long-term care and nursing home, residents were more satisfied with the use of video calls to communicate with their relatives (14/15, 93%) versus the use of telephone calls (6/12, 50%; P=.02). Conclusions Older people confined to health care settings were able to complete telephone calls more independently than video calls, and they tended to use telephone calls more often than video calls. The satisfaction degrees were similar with both modalities and even greater with video calls among long-term care and nursing home residents when they were given assistance to establish communication. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04333849: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04333849.

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