Quality of life in nursing homes: perception of physically frail elderly residents

I Hjaltadóttir, M Gústafsdóttir - Scandinavian Journal of Caring …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
… Relationships of elderly people, as well as their social status, are bound to change when
they move to a nursing home. Elderly residents find that spending time with family members …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of pain and pharmacological pain treatment among old people in nursing homes in 2007 and 2013

ES Hemmingsson, M Gustafsson, U Isaksson… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
… In line with previous research [19, 20], this study found that pain is a common condition
among older people living in nursing homes. Almost one in five was untreated despite assessed …

Nursing home placement: perspectives of community‐dwelling older persons

M MY Tse - Journal of clinical nursing, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
… make nursing homes a better place for older people to live. … nursing home-related beliefs
of Hong Kong Chinese older … make nursing homes a better place for older persons to live. …

Are frail older people less exposed to abuse in nursing homes as compared to community-based settings? Statistical analysis of Slovenian data

A Habjanič, D Lahe - Archives of gerontology and Geriatrics, 2012 - Elsevier
… analyze whether nursing home accommodation protects frail older people from mental, …
as frail older people with the purpose of distinguishing them from the entire older population. …

Promoting nutrition in older people in nursing and residential homes

J Copeman - British Journal of Community Nursing, 2000 - magonlinelibrary.com
older people are susceptible to ‘feeling the cold’, the ambient temperature in nursing homes
… Many older people in residential and nursing homes do not receive sufficient food and fluid …

'Making it better': Self-perceived roles of family caregivers of older people living in care homes: A qualitative study

S Davies, M Nolan - International journal of nursing studies, 2006 - Elsevier
… Most relatives perceive a clear role for themselves in continuing to support an older
person following admission to a nursing home. However, relatives generally have to take the …

Dignity and the challenge of dying in nursing homes: the residents' view

S Pleschberger - Age and ageing, 2007 - academic.oup.com
… for health and social care of older people. Because nursing homes are gaining importance as
… evidence that end-of-life care in nursing homes lacks quality, there is a growing discussion …

Home visits to prevent nursing home admission and functional decline in elderly people: systematic review and meta-regression analysis

AE Stuck, M Egger, A Hammer, CE Minder, JC Beck - Jama, 2002 - jamanetwork.com
… We aimed to identify all randomized trials of the effects of preventive in-home visits in older
people (mean age >70 years) living in the community. Published studies were identified …

Overcoming challenges of conducting research in nursing homes

C Jenkins, A Smythe… - Nursing older …, 2016 - journals.rcni.com
people with dementia live in care homes. This article explores the process of carrying out
research in nursing homes, … and embed person-centred care, designed for nurses caring for the …

Falls in nursing homes: challenges from a nursing perspective

DKY Chan, LKM Chan - British journal of community nursing, 2019 - magonlinelibrary.com
nursing homes has reported a similar fall rate (1.6 per person-year… The higher fall rate among
older people in nursing homes … a major reason for admission into nursing homes. One non-…