Enhancing the Quality of Care in Long-Term Care Settings

• Other Authors: Devi, Reena (Editor), Dening, Tom (Editor), Gordon, Adam (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Biology, life sciences; depression; nursing home; psychosocial intervention; applicability; implementation; life review therapy; intervention mapping; process evaluation; maintenance; long-term care; organisational; context older people; care homes; instrument development; partnership practice; family caregivers; nursing homes; older adults; dementia; adjustment; residential care; psychological wellbeing; staff training; quality of life; long-term care facility; care home; length of stay; palliative care; end of life care; epidemiology; infection; residential aged care; hospitalization; root cause analysis; antimicrobial stewardship; medication review; Australia; narrative; quality assessment; validity; interviews; relationship-centered care; quality of care; triad; resident perspective; feasibility; dry eye syndromes; drug side effects; aged; frailty; long term care; advanced dementia; namaste care; change; Quality Improvement Collaborative; Quality Improvement; Implementation Science; residential facilities; older people; Alzheimer's; social robots; companion robots; MARIO; qualitative research; benchmarking; quality indicators; health care; quality of health care; care competence; nursing assistants; disabled elderly; affect; depressive symptoms; activity participation; aged 80 and over; burnout; job value; job maintenance; social support; care worker; elder abuse; good treatment; humanization; institutions; mistreatment; staff; person-centered treatment; quality measurement; scoping review; quality improvement; implementation science; job competency; intention to stay; intrinsic job satisfaction; extrinsic job satisfaction; n/a
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Quality of care in long-term care is a worldwide issue given the growing numbers of dependent older people. This book presents international research, 22 varied papers, exploring quality of care from several different angles. Important themes include: (1) workforce issues, such as staff training and support; job competencies, satisfaction, and intention to stay in work; staff burnout; effects of personal- and work-related factors on quality of care; (2) intervention studies: for depressive symptoms in nursing home residents; adjustment for new residents; social and psychological support; and loneliness and isolation; (3) methodology, including: developing and testing quality indicators; measuring residents' experience of quality; and assessing partnership between staff and families; and (4) older people's experiences, such as dry eyes and using ocular lubricants; associations between length of stay and end of life care; palliative care service use and comfort at end of of life; and causes of infection-related hospitalization. The book concludes with a systematic review of the current evidence base of care home research in Brazil.