scholarly journals An Exploratory Study on Quality of Care-Giving Service with Use of SERVQUAL -Targeting Inpatients of Long-Term Care Hospitals in Daejeon Region-

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang-Suk Kim
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Care Giving

scholarly journals Understanding contributors to quality of care in long-term care and changes under COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 960-960
Author(s):  
Sara Luck ◽  
Katie Aubrecht
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
The United States ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Qualitative Description ◽  
Care Staff ◽  
Term Care ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Nursing home facilities are responsible for providing care for some of the most vulnerable groups in society, including the elderly and those with chronic medical conditions. In times of crisis, such as COVID-19 or other pandemics, the delivery of ‘regular’ care can be significantly impacted. In relation to COVID-19, there is an insufficient supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) to care for residents, as PPE not only protects care staff but also residents. Nursing homes across the United States and Canada have also taken protective measures to maximize the safety of residents by banning visitors, stopping all group activities, and increasing infection control measures. This presentation shares a research protocol and early findings from a study investigating the impact of COVID-19 on quality of care in residential long-term care (LTC) in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. This study used a qualitative description design to explore what contributes to quality of care for residents living in long-term care, and how this could change in times of crisis from the perspective of long-term care staff. Interviews were conducted with a broad range of staff at one LTC home. A semi-structured interview guide and approach to thematic analysis was framed by a social ecological perspective, making it possible to include the individual and proximal social influences as well as community, organizations, and policy influencers. Insights gained will improve the understanding of quality of care, as well as potential barriers and facilitators to care during times of crisis.

scholarly journals Quality of Care and Mortality among Long-term Care Residents with Dementia

2008 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 49 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Colin Reid
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Mortality Data ◽  
Social Selection ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Causative Factors ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Selection Factors

Seniors with dementia who enter long-term care facilities are at greater risk of death than are similar individuals that remain in the community. Previous research has focused primarily on social selection factors such as health status to explain mortality in this population. This study seeks to determine whether resident mortality within 12 months of admission to a facility can be explained by post-admission social causative factors, that is, by institutional quality of care. Logistic regression results are based on the study of 402 residents in 73 long-term care facilities throughout British Columbia, Canada. Mortality data were obtained from Vital Statistics. Although social selection factors (e.g., physical dependency) emerge as the strongest predictors, one social causative factor – facility level restraint use – also predicts mortality. This study provides some evidence that social causative factors play a role in determining mortality among long-term care residents with dementia. Further research on the social causative factors is needed to understand the degree to which they affect mortality, and the way in which they do so.

scholarly journals Does long-term care coverage shape the impact of informal care-giving on quality of life? A difference-in-difference approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 1291-1308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thijs van den Broek ◽  
Emily Grundy
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Informal Care ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Difference In Difference ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Care Giving ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe impact that providing care to ageing parents has on adult children's lives may depend on the long-term care (LTC) context. A common approach to test this is to compare whether the impact of care-giving varies between countries with different LTC coverage. However, this approach leaves considerable room for omitted variable bias. We use individual fixed-effects analyses to reduce bias in the estimates of the effects of informal care-giving on quality of life, and combine this with a difference-in-difference approach to reduce bias in the estimated moderating impact of LTC coverage on these effects. We draw on longitudinal data for Sweden and Denmark from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) collected between 2004 and 2015. Both countries traditionally had generous LTC coverage, but cutbacks were implemented at the end of the 20th century in Sweden and more recently in Denmark. We use this country difference in the timing of the cutbacks to shed light on effects of LTC coverage on the impact care-giving has on quality of life. Our analyses show that care-giving was more detrimental for quality of life in Sweden than in Denmark, and this difference weakened significantly when LTC coverage was reduced in Denmark, but not in Sweden. This suggests that LTC coverage shapes the impact of care-giving on quality of life.

scholarly journals Factors Affecting the Competence of Nursing Assistants in Taiwan Long-Term Care Institutions

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (24) ◽  
pp. 9413
Author(s):  
Tsai-Jung Cheng ◽  
Yi-Min Hsu ◽  
Tung-Han Tsai ◽  
Ming-Yu Chen ◽  
Shwu-Feng Tsay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Nursing Assistants ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Adults With Disabilities ◽  
Study Results

With the increasing number of people with disabilities caused by an aging global population, the need for long-term care is gradually increasing. Nursing assistants (NAs) are the primary providers of direct care services to older adults with disabilities, whose knowledge, skills, and beliefs affect the quality of care provided. This study aimed to investigate the influential factors affecting NAs’ current competences. A total of 255 NAs’ valid questionnaires were collected from 20 long-term care institutions in Taiwan through convenience sampling. The questionnaire comprised dimensions of demographics and care competence. The study results indicated that NAs had the greatest care competence in the domain of recognition of patient rights (4.64 ± 0.54 points). The multiple regression indicated that age, religion, job category, disability care experience, the receiving of performance bonuses, and the receiving of year-end bonuses significantly affected the level of care competence (p < 0.05). With the aforementioned findings, the results of this study serve as references for the government in employing long-term care NAs and developing management policies. Training programs for NAs should be developed to improve the quality of care provided to older adults with disabilities.

Quality of care and long-term care administrators’ education

2015 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas G. Castle ◽  
Jessica Furnier ◽  
Jamie C. Ferguson-Rome ◽  
Douglas Olson ◽  
Jennifer Johs-Artisensi
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Term Care
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