scholarly journals Preventing Turnover among Care Workers and Nurses in Facilities Covered by Public Aid Providing Long-Term Care to the Elderly

2015 ◽  
Vol 35 (0) ◽  
pp. 90-100
Author(s):  
Akemi Ogata ◽  
Nobuko Aida ◽  
Yoko Nagaya
Keyword(s):  
Long Term Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Public Aid

scholarly journals Factors Affecting Mistreatment of the Elderly in Long-Term Care Facilities

Healthcare ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 224
Author(s):  
Jeongmi Lim
Keyword(s):  
Long Term Care ◽  
Institutional Environment ◽  
Community Support ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
And Coping

In long-term care facilities, elderly mistreatment occurs routinely and frequently. However, few studies have empirically explored the multifaceted risk factor of mistreatment. The purpose of this paper was to explore the factors affecting elderly mistreatment by care workers in Japanese long-term care facilities and to examine the relationship between these factors and mistreatment. This analysis was based on a sample of 1473 care workers from long-term care facilities and used multiple regression analyses. The results revealed that the nursing care level, work period, resilience, and attitude towards mistreatment among residents and staff were factors significantly associated with the degree of mistreatment. Facility size, an institutional environment that does not limit the behavior of residents, and family and community support for the elderly were among the institutional environment factors that had significant relationships with mistreatment. Staff gender, care-related qualifications, and workload were not associated with mistreatment. These findings suggest that strengthening the staff’s attitude and coping skills to prevent mistreatment, as well as interventions for changes in the institutional environment, are needed to prevent and reduce the prevalence of mistreatment in Japan. In addition, raising staff resilience to stress situations and building a resident-centered facility care environment is an important measure to reduce mistreatment.

scholarly journals Lessons from Mass-Testing for COVID-19 in Long Term Care Facilities for the Elderly in San Francisco

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janice K Louie ◽  
Hyman M Scott ◽  
Amie DuBois ◽  
Natalya Sturtz ◽  
Wendy Lu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
San Francisco ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Asymptomatic Infections ◽  
Significant Mortality

Abstract COVID-19 can cause significant mortality in the elderly in Long Term Care Facilities (LTCF). We describe four LTCF outbreaks where mass testing identified a high proportion of asymptomatic infections (4-41% in health care workers and 20-75% in residents), indicating that symptom-based screening alone is insufficient for monitoring for COVID-19 transmission.

Status and Degree of Dysphagia in the Elderly-A Comparison Study of Long-Term Care Elderly People in an Outpatient Clinic

2003 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 277-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masanori Komatsu ◽  
Kayoko Hirata ◽  
Idumi Mochimatsu ◽  
Kazuo Matsui ◽  
Hajime Hirose ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
Outpatient Clinic ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Comparison Study ◽  
Term Care

Predictors of Mortality in Board and Care Homes

1997 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas G. Castle
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Nursing Homes ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Board And Care

Long-term care institutions have emerged as dominant sites of death for the elderly. However, studies of this trend have primarily examined nursing homes. The purpose of this research is to determine demographic, functional, disease, and facility predictors and/or correlates of death for the elderly residing in board and care facilities. Twelve factors are found to be significant: proportion of residents older than sixty-five years of age, proportion of residents who are chair- or bed-fast, proportion of residents with HIV, bed size, ownership, chain membership, affiliation with a nursing home, number of health services provided other than by the facility, the number of social services provided other than by the facility, the number of social services provided by the facility, and visits by Ombudsmen. These are discussed and comparisons with similar studies in nursing homes are made.

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