1. Enhancing the Quality of Care in Long-Term Care Settings.
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Devi, Reena, Dening, Tom, Devi, Reena, and Gordon, Adam
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Biology, life sciences ,Research & information: general ,Alzheimer's ,Australia ,Implementation Science ,MARIO ,Quality Improvement ,Quality Improvement Collaborative ,activity participation ,adjustment ,advanced dementia ,affect ,aged ,aged 80 and over ,antimicrobial stewardship ,applicability ,benchmarking ,burnout ,care competence ,care home ,care homes ,care worker ,change ,companion robots ,context older people ,dementia ,depression ,depressive symptoms ,disabled elderly ,drug side effects ,dry eye syndromes ,elder abuse ,end of life care ,epidemiology ,extrinsic job satisfaction ,family caregivers ,feasibility ,frailty ,good treatment ,health care ,hospitalization ,humanization ,implementation ,implementation science ,infection ,institutions ,instrument development ,intention to stay ,intervention mapping ,interviews ,intrinsic job satisfaction ,job competency ,job maintenance ,job value ,length of stay ,life review therapy ,long term care ,long-term care ,long-term care facility ,maintenance ,medication review ,mistreatment ,n/a ,namaste care ,narrative ,nursing assistants ,nursing home ,nursing homes ,older adults ,older people ,organisational ,palliative care ,partnership practice ,person-centered treatment ,process evaluation ,psychological wellbeing ,psychosocial intervention ,qualitative research ,quality assessment ,quality improvement ,quality indicators ,quality measurement ,quality of care ,quality of health care ,quality of life ,relationship-centered care ,resident perspective ,residential aged care ,residential care ,residential facilities ,root cause analysis ,scoping review ,social robots ,social support ,staff ,staff training ,triad ,validity - Abstract
Summary: 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.