The Small House Model of Long-Term Care: Association With Older Adult Functioning

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 222-223.e1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joann P. Reinhardt ◽  
Verena R. Cimarolli ◽  
Orah R. Burack ◽  
Jillian Minahan ◽  
Tammy L. Marshall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adult ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Care Association ◽  
Small House ◽  
Adult Functioning

scholarly journals Housing, Affordability, and Community-Based Aging

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 690-691
Author(s):  
Samara Scheckler
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Older Adult ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Housing Tenure ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Housing Cost ◽  
Home Equity ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Term Care

Abstract The house acts as both an environment of care and a vehicle to financially potentiate long-term community-based support. While housing can empower a diverse set of options for a person-centered aging process, inadequate housing can also impede healthy aging in the community. This symposium teases out the nodes where housing acts to benefit or limit safe community-based aging. The first paper in this symposium, Homeownership Among Older Adults, describes typologies of older adult homeownership and sensitively highlights trends, disparities and important considerations of homeownership in later life. The next two papers take these older adults and explores situations where their housing acts as an asset or as a burden. Identifying Cost Burdened Older Adults acknowledges that housing cost burdens look different for older adults than younger cohorts. A more precise definition of older adult housing cost burden is proposed to help researchers and policymakers better synthesize the complex relationships between older adult housing and their long-term care decisions. The Long-Term Care Financing Challenge then explores the role of home equity in expanding the community-based long-term care choice set for older adults. This paper demonstrates benefits (both realized and unrealized) in home equity and suggests policy implications moving forward. Finally, Cardiometabolic Risk Among Older Renters and Homeowners disentangles the relationship between housing and health by demonstrating health disparities that are associated with housing tenure, conditions and affordability. Taken together, this symposium explores the complex and multidirectional relationships between housing, long-term care and older adult health.

scholarly journals Hospital to Home: Supporting the Transition From Hospital to Home for Older Adults

2021 ◽  
pp. 084456212110443
Author(s):  
Brittany Barber ◽  
Lori Weeks ◽  
Lexie Steeves-Dorey ◽  
Wendy McVeigh ◽  
Susan Stevens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Older Adult ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Home Care Services ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Hospital To Home

Background An increasing proportion of older adults experience avoidable hospitalizations, and some are potentially entering long-term care homes earlier and often unnecessarily. Older adults often lack adequate support to transition from hospital to home, without access to appropriate health services when they are needed in the community and resources to live safely at home. Purpose This study collaborated with an existing enhanced home care program called Home Again in Nova Scotia, to identify factors that contribute to older adult patients being assessed as requiring long-term care when they could potentially return home with enhanced supports. Methods Using a case study design, this study examined in-depth experiences of multiple stakeholders, from December 2019 to February 2020, through analysis of nine interviews for three focal patient cases including older adult patients, their family or friend caregivers, and healthcare professionals. Results Findings indicate home care services for older adults are being sought too late, after hospital readmission, or a rapid decline in health status when family caregivers are already experiencing caregiver burnout. Limitations in home care services led to barriers preventing family caregivers from continuing to care for older adults at home. Conclusions This study contributes knowledge about gaps within home care and transitional care services, highlighting the importance of investing in additional home care services for rehabilitation and prevention of rapidly deteriorating health.

scholarly journals TECHNOLOGY-ENHANCED PSYCHOTHERAPY IMPROVES LIFE SATISFACTION AMONG OLDER ADULT VETERANS IN LONG-TERM CARE

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S504-S504
Author(s):  
Jonathan Sills ◽  
James A Mazzone ◽  
Flora Ma ◽  
Peter Louras ◽  
Erickson Alexander
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Older Adult ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Care Facility ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Term Care Facility ◽  
Long Term Care Facility ◽  
Veteran's Affairs

Abstract To buffer the risk of declining life satisfaction among a Veteran cohort residing within a Veteran’s Affairs long term care facility, a new model of care called Individualized Non-Pharmacological Services Integrating Geriatric Health and Technology (INSIGHT) therapy was developed and evaluated. Consistent with the INSIGHT therapy model, traditional psychotherapy interventions including reminiscence, behavioral activation, and relaxation exercises were modified such that they could be delivered on a digital platform. A paired sample T-test was performed to identify the effects INSIGHT Therapy had on Veteran satisfaction with life. Findings indicated that Veteran life satisfaction ratings the month prior (M= 19.6522) to the initiation of INSIGHT intervention and the month following three months of INSIGHT intervention (M=22.4783) show that the satisfaction with life increased among residents (t(22)=-2.334, p=.028). Effect size = 0.489. These results suggest that INSIGHT therapy interventions help to contribute to an increase in life satisfaction among an older adult Veteran cohort residing within a Veteran’s Affairs long term care facility.

Older Adult Transitions into Long-Term Care: A Meta-Synthesis

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 41-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gail J. Sullivan ◽  
Christine Williams
Keyword(s):  
Older Adult ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Term Care

Long-term care personnel assess their attitudes and knowledge of the older adult

1992 ◽  
Vol 17 (9) ◽  
pp. 1114-1121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margie Huber ◽  
Beverly Reno ◽  
James McKenney
Keyword(s):  
Older Adult ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Attitudes And Knowledge
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