Prevalence of Psychiatric Function Disorders in Psychogeriatric Patients at Referral to Nursing Home Care – the Relation to Cognition, Activities of Daily Living and General Details

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 215-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.J.E.M. Bakker ◽  
H.J. Duivenvoorden ◽  
J. van der Lee ◽  
R.W. Trijsburg
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Activities Of Daily Living ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Nursing Home Care ◽  
Psychogeriatric Patients

scholarly journals Developing composite indices of geographical access and need for nursing home care in Ireland using multiple criteria decision analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian P. Reddy ◽  
Stephen O'Neill ◽  
Ciaran O'Neill
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Activities Of Daily Living ◽  
Decision Analysis ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Multiple Criteria ◽  
Nursing Home Care ◽  
Spatial Accessibility ◽  
Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis ◽  
Composite Indices

Background: Spatial accessibility has consistently been shown to influence utilisation of care and health outcomes, compared against local population needs. We sought to identify how appropriately nursing homes (NHs) are distributed in Ireland, as its NH market lacks central planning. Methods: We used multiple criteria decision analysis (MCDA) approaches to develop composite indices of both access (incorporating measures of availability, choice, quality and affordability) and local NH need for over 65s (relating to the proportion living alone, with cognitive disabilities or with low self-rated health, estimated scores for activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living, the average number of disabilities per person and the average age of this group). Data for need were derived from census data. Results were mapped to better understand underlying geographical patterns. Results: By comparing local accessibility and need, underserved areas could be identified, which were clustered particularly in the country’s northwest. Suburbs, particularly around Dublin, were by this measure relatively overserved. Conclusions: We have developed multi-dimensional indices of both accessibility to, and need for, nursing home care. This was carried out by combining granular, open data sources and elicited expert/stakeholder opinion from practitioners. Mapping these data helped to highlight clear evidence of inequitable variation in nursing home distribution.

Activities of Daily Living in Nursing Home and Home Care Settings: A Retrospective 1-Year Cohort Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 114-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tae Wha Lee ◽  
Eunhee Cho ◽  
Eun Shil Yim ◽  
Hye Sun Lee ◽  
Yu Kyung Ko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Nursing Home ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Activities Of Daily Living ◽  
Daily Living

Nursing Home Care

1986 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 601-615 ◽  
Author(s):  
James S. Wood
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Nursing Home Care

scholarly journals Breaking Up and a New Beginning When One’s Partner Goes into a Nursing Home: An Interview Study

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 672
Author(s):  
Gerd Ahlström ◽  
Nina Stååhl Markeling ◽  
Ulrika Liljenberg ◽  
Helena Rosén
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Transition Process ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Nursing Home Care ◽  
New Beginning ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas ◽  
Home Placement

In aging societies worldwide, spouses take on great responsibility for care when their partner continues to live at home. Nursing home placement occurs when the partner becomes too frail due to multimorbidity, and this will cause a change in the spouse’s life. This study aimed to explore the spouse’s experience of their partner’s move to a nursing home. Two interviews were conducted at 9-month intervals within the project entitled “Implementation of Knowledge-Based Palliative Care in Nursing Homes”. Thirteen spouses from both urban and rural areas were included, with an age-range of 60–86 years (median 72). Qualitative content analysis was performed. The main findings were captured in two themes: Breaking up of close coexistence and Towards a new form of daily life. The first encompassed processing loneliness, separation and grief, exhaustion, increased burden, and a sense of guilt. The second encompassed a sense of freedom, relief, acceptance, support and comfort. Professionals in both home care and nursing home care need to develop and provide a support programme conveying knowledge of the transition process to prevent poor quality of life and depression among the spouses. Such a programme should be adaptable to individual needs and should ideally be drawn up in consultation with both partners.

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