Background The overall impact of social connectedness on health outcomes in older adults
living in nursing homes and assisted living settings is unknown. Given the unclear health …

Background: The culture change from task-centered care to person-and relationship-
centered care has resulted in the resident's voice gaining importance when assessing …

This study aims to assess changes in long-term care (LTC) residents' quality of life (QoL)
before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. A pre-test post-test study of 49 QoL measures …

Currently, residents living in nursing homes and their caring relationships are being placed
more centrally in the care experience. Experienced quality of care is influenced by the …

Background People living in care homes often have problems with pain, anxiety and
depression. Whether being on analgesia, anxiolytics or antidepressants has any bearing on …

Abstract Background and Objectives Globally, a culture change in long-term residential care
(LTRC) moving toward person-centered care (PCC) has occurred in an attempt to improve …

Dealing with an aging society is a global challenge, and more countries than ever before are
now mobilizing their healthcare systems to provide high-quality long-term care (LTC) to …

It is important to assess experienced quality of care in nursing homes, as this portrays what
is important to residents and helps identify what quality improvements should focus on …

Introduction One of the current challenges in long-term care homes (LTCH) is to identify the
optimal model of care, which may include specialty physicians, nursing staff, person support …

There has been an impressive development of nursing knowledge around the ethics,
principles, frameworks, models and practices of person-centred care over the last 15 years …