A telephone-delivered psychosocial intervention improves dementia caregiver adjustment following nursing home placement

2010 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 380-387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Duncan Davis ◽  
Geoffrey Tremont ◽  
Duane S. Bishop ◽  
Richard H. Fortinsky
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Psychosocial Intervention ◽  
Nursing Home Placement ◽  
Dementia Caregiver ◽  
Home Placement ◽  
Caregiver Adjustment

Psychosocial Intervention for Dementia Caregivers: What Can It Accomplish?

2003 ◽  
Vol 15 (S1) ◽  
pp. 247-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary S. Mittelman
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Nursing Home ◽  
Randomized Controlled Trials ◽  
Psychosocial Intervention ◽  
Nursing Home Placement ◽  
Controlled Trials ◽  
Dementia Caregivers ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Spouse Caregivers ◽  
Home Placement

Research has shown that psychosocial intervention can have a significant benefit for patients and caregivers. Randomized controlled trials of psychosocial intervention for spouse-caregivers can improve social support and reduce depression among the caregivers and help prevent or postpone nursing home placement of their spouses with Alzheimer's disease.

scholarly journals Self-rated health as a predictor of hospital admission and nursing home placement in elderly public housing tenants.

1986 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 457-459 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Weinberger ◽  
J C Darnell ◽  
W M Tierney ◽  
B L Martz ◽  
S L Hiner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Hospital Admission ◽  
Public Housing ◽  
Nursing Home Placement ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
Home Placement

scholarly journals Building the Evidence for Hospital Mobility

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 867-867
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Health System ◽  
Functional Decline ◽  
Bed Rest ◽  
Illness Severity ◽  
Adverse Outcomes ◽  
Nursing Home Placement ◽  
System Level ◽  
Home Placement

Abstract Low mobility in the hospital, defined as mobility limited to bed rest or bed to chair transfers, is associated with high rates of functional decline, nursing home placement, and death even after adjusting for illness severity and comorbidity. This lecture will describe the gradual of building of evidence for both the adverse outcomes and potential solutions at both an individual and a health system level to address the challenge of low mobility.

The Risk of Nursing Home Placement and Subsequent Death Among Older Adults

1992 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. S173-S182 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. D. Wolinsky ◽  
C. M. Callahan ◽  
J. F. Fitzgerald ◽  
R. J. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Nursing Home ◽  
Nursing Home Placement ◽  
Home Placement

scholarly journals Do Trajectories of At-Home Dementia Caregiving Account for Burden After Nursing Home Placement? A Growth Curve Analysis

2010 ◽  
Vol 49 (8) ◽  
pp. 734-752 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherina A. Nikzad-Terhune ◽  
Keith A. Anderson ◽  
Robert Newcomer ◽  
Joseph E. Gaugler
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Growth Curve ◽  
Curve Analysis ◽  
Nursing Home Placement ◽  
Growth Curve Analysis ◽  
Dementia Caregiving ◽  
Home Placement ◽  
At Home

The Effect of Early Nursing Home Placement on Student Attitudes Toward the Elderly

1995 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 128-130
Author(s):  
Celia L Hartley ◽  
Patricia M Bentz ◽  
Janice R Ellis
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Student Attitudes ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Nursing Home Placement ◽  
Home Placement
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