BACKGROUND The behaviour of individuals is affected by the social networks in which they are embedded. Networks are also important for the diffusion of information and the influence of employees in organisations. Yet, at the moment little is known about the social networks of nursing staff in healthcare settings. This is the first study that investigates informal communication and advice networ...

OBJECTIVE To identify prognostic characteristics for the probability of discharge of psychogeriatric patients with functional-psychiatric pathology, in order to optimize patient selection for the reactivation programme. METHODS AND MATERIALS A retrospective, clinical, empirical study in a Dutch psychiatric nursing home. A group of 102 patients, consecutively enrolled in a psychogeriatric reac...

This study aimed to investigate the long-term effects of group music therapy on agitation manifested by nursing home residents with Alzheimer's disease. A non-randomised experimental design was employed with one group receiving weekly music therapy (n = 26) and another group receiving standard nursing home care (n = 19). Agitation levels were measured five times over one year using the Cohen-Ma...

BACKGROUND This study aims to describe the development, testing and optimization of a new standard instrument, the Consumer Quality Index (CQ-index) Long-term Care, for measuring client experiences with long-term care in the Netherlands. METHODS Three versions of the CQ-index questionnaires and protocols for study sampling and data collection were developed, designed for interviews with resid...

Background: Geriatric patients are typically un derrep resen ted in studies on th e functional o u tc o m e of rehabili tation after stroke. Moreover, m os t geriatric stroke patients d o probably no t participate in intensive rehabili tation program s as offered by rehabili tation centers. As a result, very few studies have described the successfulness of geriatric stroke rehabili tation in nu...

BACKGROUND With our aging population and limited number of geriatric psychiatrists, innovations must be made in order to meet the growing demands for geriatric psychiatry services. Emerging technologies could greatly improve access to care and systematic data collection. METHODS This randomized study compared completion rates and time to completion (primary outcomes) when using iPad technolog...

Background: Geriatric patients are typically un derrep resen ted in studies on th e functional o u tc o m e of rehabili tation after stroke. Moreover, m os t geriatric stroke patients d o probably no t participate in intensive rehabili tation program s as offered by rehabili tation centers. As a result, very few studies have described the successfulness of geriatric stroke rehabili tation in nu...

Hisashi Yoshimura, Yoko Matsuda, Masami Yamamoto, Tomohiko Endo, Hiroshi Kajigaya, Toshihiro Tokiwa, Toshiyuki Ishiwata and Shinji Kamiya Division of Physiological Pathology, Department of Applied Science, School of Veterinary Nursing and Technology, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University Department of Pathology, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital and Institute of Gerontology Division...