Older Adults' Needs for Home Health Care and the Potential for Human Factors Interventions

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tracy L. Mitzner ◽  
Jenay M. Beer ◽  
Sara E. McBride ◽  
Wendy A. Rogers ◽  
Arthur D. Fisk
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Human Factors ◽  
Home Health Care ◽  
Home Health

scholarly journals Older Adults' Needs for Home Health Care and the Potential for Human Factors Interventions

2009 ◽  
Vol 53 (11) ◽  
pp. 718-722 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tracy L. Mitzner ◽  
Jenay M. Beer ◽  
Sara E. McBride ◽  
Wendy A. Rogers ◽  
Arthur D. Fisk
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Human Factors ◽  
Home Health Care ◽  
Home Health

scholarly journals Caregivers’ Experiences Regarding Training and Support in the Post-Acute Home Health-Care Setting

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 561-569
Author(s):  
Jo-Ana D Chase ◽  
David Russell ◽  
Meridith Rice ◽  
Carmen Abbott ◽  
Kathryn H Bowles ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Home Health Care ◽  
Home Health ◽  
Barriers To Learning ◽  
Telephone Interviews ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Training And Support

Background: Post-acute home health-care (HHC) services provide a unique opportunity to train and support family caregivers of older adults returning home after a hospitalization. To enhance family-focused training and support strategies, we must first understand caregivers’ experiences. Objective: To explore caregivers’ experiences regarding training and support for managing older adults’ physical functioning (PF) needs in the post-acute HHC setting. Method: We conducted a qualitative descriptive study using semi-structured telephone interviews of 20 family caregivers. Interviews were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed using conventional content analysis. Results: We identified the following primary categories: facilitators to learning (eg, past experience, learning methods), barriers to learning (eg, learning on their own, communication, timing/logistics, preferred information and timing of information delivery), and interactions with HHC providers (eg, positive/negative interactions, provider training and knowledge). Conclusion: Caregivers were responsive to learning strategies to manage older adults’ PF needs and, importantly, voiced ideas to improve family-focused training and support. HHC providers can use these findings to tailor training and support of family caregivers in the post-acute HHC setting.

Depression Screening and Interventions for Older Home Health Care Patients

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 435-445 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colleen Delaney ◽  
Richard Fortinsky ◽  
Lorraine Doonan ◽  
Rita L. W. Grimes ◽  
Pearson Terra-Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Home Health Care ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Home Health ◽  
Depression Screening ◽  
Program Outcomes ◽  
The Impact

The increasing prevalence of depression in elderly home health care patients led to a statewide initiative in Connecticut to enhance evidence-based depression treatment for older adults. A training curriculum on depression screening and interventions was developed and disseminated to 25 home care professionals representing 14 agencies in Connecticut using a train-the-trainer model. Home care trainers included nurses and social workers. This article describes Phase I curriculum design and initial evaluation of the impact of the training on the preparation of trainers to provide depression care education at their home care agencies. Several evaluation measures, including an appraisal of the self-reported attitudes and self-efficacy of home care professionals towards depressed older adults, a pre/post-test to assess the trainers’ knowledge, and willingness of trainers to implement the education program at their agencies were used to assess program outcomes. Participants’ self-efficacy levels in screening and caring for depressed older adults was significantly increased following the education program compared to immediately before the education program (t, (24) = -4.204; p < .001).

scholarly journals Home Health Registered Nurses’ Experiences With Financial Exploitation of Older Women With Cognitive Impairment

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 701-701
Author(s):  
Carol Rogers ◽  
Lisa DeSpain ◽  
Janet Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Home Health Care ◽  
Elder Abuse ◽  
Home Health ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Financial Exploitation ◽  
Data Saturation

Abstract Older adults diagnosed with cognitive impairment (CI) who live at home are at high risk for FE due to dependence on caregivers and diminishing cognitive and financial capacities. Health care providers are mandated reporters for elder abuse, that includes financial exploitation (FE), one of the seven types of older adult maltreatments. Twenty Home Health Care Nurses (HHRN) of older adults in Oklahoma were interviewed to discover their understanding and experiences with FE. Transcripts were analyzed by conventional content analysis. Line-by-line codes were generated inductively and codes were grouped into categories and themes until data saturation was reached. Five themes emerged: Red Flags, Familiar Offenders, Dire Consequences, Barriers/Facilitators, Doing Better. Conclusions: HHRNs are an untapped resource to provide suggestions for improvements of FE detection/reporting of older adults with CI and to help formulate policies, procedures, strategies to improve coordination and communication among healthcare, law enforcement, and social service systems.

scholarly journals PATIENT AND FAMILY PERSPECTIVES ON MEDICATION MANAGEMENT FOR OLDER ADULTS RECEIVING HOME HEALTH CARE

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (suppl_1) ◽  
pp. 1368-1368
Author(s):  
O. Sheehan ◽  
J. Gabbard ◽  
K.J. Carl ◽  
J.L. Wolff ◽  
H.H. Kharazzi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Home Health Care ◽  
Medication Management ◽  
Home Health ◽  
Family Perspectives
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