Accuracy of Nurse Aides' Functional Health Assessments of Nursing Home Residents

Functional levels and nurse workload of elderly awaiting nursing home placement and nursing home residents: a comparative study.

The aim of this study was twofold: to compare the functional levels of elderly awaiting nursing home placement and nursing home residents, and to compare their nurses' physical and psychological workloads. In Norway, the demand for nursing home placement has increased greatly. Elderly awaiting placement can receive care from home health care services and/or from their families. Documenting elde...

Factors Influencing Psychological Empowerment of Nurse Aides in Nursing Homes

Nursing Home Residents

Communication skills training in a nursing home: effects of a brief intervention on residents and nursing aides

Effective communication by nursing home staff is related to a higher quality of life and a decrease in verbal and physical aggression and depression in nursing home residents. Several communication intervention studies have been conducted to improve communication between nursing home staff and nursing home residents with dementia. These studies have shown that communication skills training can ...

Functional decline in nursing home residents: A prognostic study

AIM To verify the probability of maintaining functional capacity in basic activities of daily living and identify the prognostic factors of functional decline in institutionalized older adults. METHODS A longitudinal study is presented herein, with 5 waves every 6 months, throughout 2 years (2013-2015), conducted with individuals ≥60 years old in 10 nursing homes in the city of Natal-RN (Braz...