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Experiences with advance care planning: older people and family members' perspectiveEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion. Older people and families view the end of life with broader psychosocial and spiritual meanings shaped by a lifetime of experiences. Advance care planning led to a different level of appreciation of personal entity and transcendence. However, advance care planning demands concerted action and support by everyone involved. (Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - November 11, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Sarah Yeun-Sim Jeong, Isabel Higgins, Margaret McMillan Source Type: journals

Experiences with advance care planning: nurses' perspectiveEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion. The findings of the current study provided nurses with evidence of the positive nature of experiences of older people, family members, and nurses themselves with advanced care planning in an attempt to better implement and practise advanced care planning. (Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - November 10, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Sarah Yeun-Sim Jeong, Isabel Higgins, Margaret McMillan Source Type: journals

Functional health status among rural and urban older adults in Taiwan: the effect of personal control and social controlEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions. Personal control and social control were both found to be predictors of functional health status. Major findings are supported by previous studies.Relevance to clinical practice. Nurses should create programs and plan activities to assist older adults to enhance their perceptions of social control or personal control in order to improve the health status of older adults and minimize associated health care costs. (Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - October 13, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Tzu-I. Chiu, Gale A. Spencer Source Type: journals

Getting prepared for life at home in the discharge process – from the perspective of the older persons and their relativesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions. The older persons and/or their relatives felt prepared at the time of discharge if their needs were satisfied in the three significant areas of preparation. Not only were the professionals' skills of the utmost importance in preparing the older persons/relatives, but also the latter's own approach if the professionals were unskilled.Relevance for clinical practice. A knowledge of the preparation areas and skills can be of use for improving the quality of the discharge process from the older persons' and their relatives' perspective, i.e. through policies, checklists and teaching programmes. (Source: Internatio...
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - October 11, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: IngBritt Rydeman, Lena Törnkvist Source Type: journals

Psychosocial group rehabilitation for lonely older people: favourable processes and mediating factors of the intervention leading to alleviated lonelinessEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion. Several common favourable processes and mediating factors were identified in the psychosocial group rehabilitation intervention that led to alleviation of loneliness among older people.Relevance to clinical practice. The psychosocial group rehabilitation intervention gives nurses an effective tool to support older people's psychosocial resources by activating them and alleviating their loneliness. (Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - September 30, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Niina Savikko, Pirkko Routasalo, Reijo Tilvis, Kaisu Pitkälä Source Type: journals

Relationships between nurses and older people within the home: exploring the boundaries of careEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion. As the location of care for older people continues to move closer to home it is crucial that the implicit qualities that are valued within nurse[ndash]patient relationships within this context of care, and which contribute to the quality of care, are recognized and made more explicit at the organizational and policy level.Practice implications. For nurses working within the home there is a clear impetus to clearly define and articulate the full breadth of their role, the nature of relationships and issues surrounding professional boundary construction within this environment. There is also a need for the core q...
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - September 30, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Julie McGarry Source Type: journals

Personal and social determinants of health services utilization by Mexican older peopleEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions. Predisposing, enabling and need factors are strong predictors of health services utilization among Mexican older persons. In addition, gender differences exist among this population in relation to health status, but not to health services demands. (Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - September 30, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Maria Isabel Peñarrieta de Córdova, Nelda Mier, Ethel Jannet Mercado Curi, Tranquilina Gutiérrez Gómez, Nora Hilda Gonzales Quirarte, Florabel Flores Barrios Source Type: journals

'Alone with my pain – it can't be explained, it has to be experienced'. A Norwegian in-depth interview study of pain in nursing home residentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions. Physical pain may be relieved by various means of pain management. The residents experienced pain as suffering because pain management was not timely, inappropriate, or insufficient and also because of the nature of their social situation in nursing homes.Relevance to clinical practice. Caregivers in nursing homes need to understand how it feels for residents to live with pain, to be interested in and aware of their needs and finally to know how to respond to their pain and suffering. (Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - September 30, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Siv Venke Gran, Line S. Festvåg, Bjørg Th Landmark Source Type: journals

An exploratory study of nurse aides' communication behaviours: giving 'positive regard' as a strategyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study used an exploratory qualitative design involving personal interviews with geriatric nurse aides.Methods. Interviewers carried out 90-minute interviews with 16 nurse aides who worked at an assisted living facility or a nursing home. Of interest was the extent to which established systems for coding interactions could be used to code nurse aide/resident interactions, or whether new categories would emerge.Results. The novel finding that all of the aides used a communication strategy that could be characterized as 'giving positive regard', defined as acknowledging the resident, treating the resident with respect.Re...
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - September 24, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Louis J. Medvene, Hannah Lann-Wolcott Source Type: journals

'I love nursing, but..'– qualitative findings from Australian aged-care nurses about their intrinsic, extrinsic and social work valuesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion. Qualitative insights into aged-care nurses' intrinsic and extrinsic work values suggest that work satisfaction is low. Workforce policy makers and employers of nurses in aged-care need to comprehend the relationship between job satisfaction, retention and work values.Relevance to clinical practice. These findings have implications for recruitment, retention and workforce planning within the aged-care environment. (Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - September 24, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Anthony Tuckett, Deborah Parker, Robert M. Eley, Desley Hegney Source Type: journals

Hope: a construct central to living with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion. Despite the limitations imposed by living with COPD participants revealed a determination to live as normal a life as possible. The pulmonary maintenance program was pivotal in assisting participants to improve exercise capacity, hope and wellbeing. Nurses may have a role to play in helping people with COPD maintain or regain hope. (Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - September 24, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Linda Milne, Wendy Moyle, Marie Cooke Source Type: journals

Attitudes of Egyptian nursing home residents towards staying in a nursing home: a qualitative studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion. Nursing homes in Egypt fulfil different functions for different types of older persons. Charitable institutions are a last resort for those with no income and a disrupted social network. For better-off older persons, nursing homes may provide the benefits of socialising with peers and receiving medical treatment. (Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - September 24, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Thomas Boggatz, Tamer Farid, Ahmed Mohammedin, Theo Dassen Source Type: journals

Barriers to and facilitators of self-management adherence in Korean older adults with type 2 diabetesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions. This study identified the major barriers to and facilitators of self-management adherence specific to Korean older adults with diabetes, which can be used to develop better diabetes self-management education programmes for this population.Relevance to clinical practice. Korean nurses working with Korean older adults with diabetes can utilize the findings of this study to structure better tailored and culturally appropriate self-management programmes specific to older adults. (Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - September 24, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Misoon Song, Mira Lee, Bomin Shim Source Type: journals

Effects of clear visual input and change in standing sequence on standing sway related to falls during night toilet useEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
sada k., uchiyama j., ohnishi t., ninomiya i. & masino y. (2009) Effects of clear visual input and change in standing sequence on standing sway related to falls during night toilet use. International Journal of Older People Nursingdoi: 10.1111/j.1748-3743.2009.00187.xAim. The aim of this study is to provide objective evidence that clear visual input and change in standing sequence can reduce fall risk related to night toilet use among hospitalized older patients.Background. In hospitalized older patients, falls are likely to occur during night toileting needs.Method. Using a stabilometer, we measured and compared maximal s...
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - September 23, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Kouji Sada, Junko Uchiyama, Toshihiko Ohnishi, Ishio Ninomiya, Yachiyo Masino Source Type: journals

A comparative study of nursing staff, care recipients' and their relatives' perceptions of quality of older people careEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions. Concurrent measurements of staff, care recipients and relatives' care quality perceptions can provide a broad evaluation of an organization's strength and limitations.Relevance to clinical practice. Staff, care recipients' and relatives' perceptions can be useful for older people care organizations and decision makers in developing care processes and outcomes of care. (Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - September 22, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Henna Hasson, Judith E. Arnetz Source Type: journals

Social support and networks in health promotion of older people: a case study in BrazilEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions. The older people's families depend on institutional networks for their health maintenance. Spirituality and religion are mixed and are very expressive sources of support.Relevance to clinical practice. Assessing social support and networks can favour nursing interventions in order to intensify social interactions, promote leisure and help the families of older people to cope with life changes. (Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - September 7, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Semiramis Melani Melo Rocha, Maria Lúcia Nogueira, Manuel Cesario Source Type: journals

Using gaming workshops to prepare nursing students for caring for older people in clinical practiceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
mclafferty e., dingwall l. & halkett a. (2009) Using gaming workshops to prepare nursing students for caring for older people in clinical practice. International Journal of Older People Nursingdoi: 10.1111/j.1748-3743.2009.00176.xBackground. Older people are the least satisfied with the care they receive when they are acutely ill. Furthermore, within nurse education, nursing older people has been submerged rather than embedded in the acute focus of nursing curricula. Lecturers designed a 1-day gaming workshop to stimulate interest in nursing older people.Aim. To explore the influence of gaming workshops on undergraduate nu...
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - July 30, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Ella McLafferty, Lindsay Dingwall, Ann Halkett Source Type: journals

Validity and reliability testing of the Oulu patient classification: instrument within primary health care for the older peopleEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion. The results show that the OPC instrument provides a good overview of the patient's care needs and is a reliable instrument within primary health care for older people. (Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - July 19, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Marianne Frilund, Lisbeth Fagerström Source Type: journals

Decrepit death as a discourse of death in older age: implications for policyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions. Dying in residential aged care has been hidden and unacknowledged by the community. The challenge of providing more equitable care has recently received significant government policy attention.Relevance to clinical practice. Policy influences practice; both aged care and palliative care nurses, could benefit from understanding the place of policy in implementing changes on behalf of those in their care. (Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - July 9, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Margaret O'Connor Source Type: journals

Staying in 'the stream of life': rehabilitation of older people in their own homes following total hip replacementEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion. Staying in the stream of life is about being the author of one's own meaningful life. It takes into account life phenomena embodied in the maintenance aspect of health care; dignity in relation to identity and integrity; and an understanding of the dialectical relation between frailty and strength.Relevance to clinical practice. Rather than focusing exclusively on patient participation and goal-directed activity, nursing actions should integrate life phenomena as key aspects of rehabilitation with older people in their own right. (Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - July 5, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Charlotte Delmar, Birgitte Rasmussen, Ilone Dolmer Source Type: journals

Differences in health status of older people aged 65 and above after total hip replacement compared with the normal population: a cross-sectional studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion. Our results indicate that health status is scored lower for patients after total hip replacement. This implies that there might be a need for further postoperative rehabilitation based on the identification of problems experienced by patients in the postoperative period.Relevance to clinical practice. Patients health status is a predictor for well-being, quality of life and survival. Older people need rehabilitation after surgery to reduce dysfunction and improve perception of health. Our results demonstrate a need for further studies examining problems experienced by patients in the postoperative period. Inter...
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - July 4, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Britta Hørdam, Kjeld Søballe, Preben U. Pedersen Source Type: journals

Need for uniqueness in older women: an exploratory lookEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
armstrong m.l., saunders j.c., owen d.c., roberts a.e. & koch j.r. (2009) Need for uniqueness in older women: an exploratory look. International Journal of Older People Nursingdoi: 10.1111/j.1748-3743.2009.00171.xProblem. Information about older women dwells on age-related illness and disabilities yet, other empowering traits could be promoting positive forces.Aim. While everyone desires some distinctiveness, this study explores higher levels of the motivational construct need for uniqueness (NU) in older women. NU concepts are: 1) perceived feelings of being or thinking different, 2) outspoken social behaviour, and 3) cre...
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - June 30, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Myrna L. Armstrong, Jana C. Saunders, Donna C. Owen, Alden E. Roberts, Jerome R. Koch Source Type: journals

Nursing staff's description of a good encounter in nursing homesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions. The nursing staff had theoretical knowledge of what constitutes a good caring encounter, but they seemed to need more supervision and training to develop their ways of encountering older people as well as to become stronger in their professional role. When performing such training with staff, the methodology of appreciative inquiry could be a powerful tool.Relevance to clinical practice. It is important to help staff become empowered and to help them develop and improve their encounters with older care recipients. (Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - June 24, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Barbro Wadensten, Rosa Engholm, Gunilla Fahlström, Doris Hägglund Source Type: journals

Facilitating best practice in aged care: exploring influential factors through critical incident techniqueEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions. Primary factors influencing the facilitation of best aged care in LTC homes appear to be largely relational in nature and intimately connected to the emotionality of those who work within these settings. Enhancing the interactional patterns amongst staff and leaders as well as promoting a positive emotional climate may be particularly effective in promoting better aged care nursing practice. (Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - June 16, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Nadine Janes, Mary Fox, Mandy Lowe, Kathy McGilton, Lori Schindel-Martin Source Type: journals

Prevention, detection and intervention with delirium in an acute care hospital: a feasibility studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion. This pilot study was not powered to detect an effect of the intervention, however, feasibility for a fully powered trial was established.Relevance to clinical practice. Completion of the NEECHAM screen every shift was not considered burdensome for either nurses or patients and may help identify acute delirium. (Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - February 17, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Lynn Benedict, Susan Hazelett, Eileen Fleming, Ruth Ludwick, Mary Anthony, Sue Fosnight, Carolyn Holder, Rich Zeller, Kyle Allen, William Zafirau Source Type: journals

Improving the oral health of older people in long-term residential care: a review of the literatureEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions. Multiple barriers were found to negatively impact on daily oral healthcare provision, including lack of care provider education, oral health values, availability of resources, implementation of supportive policies, documentation and oral health assessment tools.Relevance to clinical practice. The nursing profession, at all levels, must become pro-active in removing financial, political and workforce barriers that impact negatively on oral health outcomes. A multi-faceted approach is required to address these barriers, including development and implementation of oral health education programmes, assessment scre...
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - February 5, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Karen Miegel, Tracey Wachtel Source Type: journals

Risk management dilemmas in dementia care: an organizational survey in three UK countriesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions. Very wide understandings of risk are identifiable, ranging from avoidance of physical harm through to managed risk taking to improve quality of life, and to an appreciation of the impact of organizational and professional patterns of behaviour resulting in harm to the person with dementia.Relevance to clinical practice. Obtaining information about the perspectives of others may help to illuminate some of the dilemmas experienced by staff in this study, and the development of risk assessment frameworks may assist staff to resolve some of these. (Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - January 30, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Charlotte L. Clarke, Catherine E. Gibb, John Keady, Anna Luce, Heather Wilkinson, Linda Williams, Ailsa Cook Source Type: journals

Incontinence: prevalence, management, staff knowledge and professional practice environment in rehabilitation unitsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
mccarthy g., mccormack b., coffey a., wright j. & slater p. (2009) International Journal of Older People NursingIncontinence: prevalence, management, staff knowledge and professional practice environment in rehabilitation unitsBackground. Bladder and bowel incontinence is a major health care problem, which adversely affects the lives of many individuals living at home or in health service facilities. Current approaches to continence care emphasize comfort, safety and reduction of risk, rather than detailed individualized assessment and management. The literature illustrates a gap between evidence and actual practice and em...
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - January 22, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Geraldine McCarthy, Brendan McCormack, Alice Coffey, Jayne Wright, Paul Slater Source Type: journals

Impact of community care in enabling older people with complex needs to remain at homeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions. The provision of high-quality community care for older people is a globally significant challenge and one that requires creative solutions, both at a local and strategic level.Relevance to clinical practice. Nurses and other health and social care professionals need to understand the significance of 'home' for older people and take steps to ensure that additional and appropriate resources are targeted towards community care. (Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - January 22, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Assumpta Ann Ryan, Siobhan McCann, Hugh McKenna Source Type: journals

Coaching patients to self-care: a primary responsibility of nursingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion. Coaching patients to self-care is a primary activity and technology of rehabilitation nursing.Relevance to clinical practice. Patients in a variety of settings would benefit from nurses incorporating coaching skills into their nurse[ndash]patient interactions. (Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - January 19, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Julie Pryor Source Type: journals

Implementation of the abilities-focused approach to morning care of people with dementia by nursing staffEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions. Future research is recommended to examine the long-term effects of alternative designs of educational sessions. (Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - January 12, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Souraya Sidani, Chantale LeClerc, David Streiner Source Type: journals

From alert commander to passive spectator: older male carers' experience of receiving formal supportEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions. Professional caregivers attempt to relieve the men of their care obligations entirely. A reciprocal arrangement involving the men as partners, instead, may help them to regard their caring experience as valuable, which is important to their self-image.Relevance to clinical practice. These men's socially based networks need to be recognized by professional caregivers as important, to reframe the men's identity and notion of masculinity. (Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - January 12, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Jonas Sandberg, Henrik Eriksson Source Type: journals

Dignity as experienced by nursing home staffEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions. The results reveal that nursing home staff members deal with a moral conflict between what they are able to deliver and what they would like to provide in the care of older people.Relevance to clinical practice. To promote older people's dignity, there is a need to take account of staff members' work situation. Supervision and continuous education could be one way of achieving this. (Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - January 12, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Lise-Lotte Dwyer, Birgitta Andershed, Lennart Nordenfelt, Britt-Marie Ternestedt Source Type: journals

The meaning of good and bad care in the community care: older people's lived experiencesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study was therefore carried out aiming to explore older people's lived experiences of what good and bad care meant to them, when it was offered by community care services. Nineteen older persons in three Swedish communities participated in the study, which used a phenomenological[ndash]hermeneutic approach. Data were collected through unstructured interviews and Colaizzi's framework was utilized in the analysis of the data. The key theme arising from the analysis was that of being encountered as a human being by caregivers who, through the provision of safe and secure care, provide opportunities for living life as usu...
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - January 12, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Ingrid From, Inger Johansson, Elsy Athlin Source Type: journals

Overcoming the barriers to optimum continence care: the need for an expanded approach to implementationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
cheater f.m. (2009) International Journal of Older People NursingOvercoming the barriers to optimum continence care: the need for an expanded approach to implementation In spite of a growing body of evidence to show that urinary incontinence is treatable or symptoms can be significantly improved in the majority of older people significant shortfalls in the quality of continence care are highlighted consistently in the international literature. The key barriers to providing optimal continence care for older people points to a need to address change not only from an individual practitioner perspective but also at the levels ...
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - January 12, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Francine M. Cheater Source Type: journals

Nurses' opinions about a web-based distance course in a specialist education programme for the care of older people: a questionnaire studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions. One way for RNs in Sweden to get a university specialist education in the care of older people is to have a distance web-based course, as it allows flexibility and improves the students' theoretical and professional knowledge and communication skills.Relevance for clinical practice. Managers working in care for older people settings and educators will be interested in this study's finding that distance learning is a useful strategy for providing education for RNs who work with older people. (Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - January 12, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Elisabeth Häggström, Anna Hofsten, Barbro Wadensten Source Type: journals

Predicting needs for nursing home admission – does sense of coherence delay nursing home admission in care dependent older people? A longitudinal studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions. It is concluded that the patients' subjective evaluations of both their health and perceived social support were important predictors of future NHA needs, and should be seriously taken into consideration, along with the more commonly used objective measures of ADL and CDR. (Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - December 3, 2008 Category: Nursing Authors: Elin Thygesen, Hans Inge Saevareid, Torill Christine Lindstrom, Harald A Nygaard, Knut Engedal Source Type: journals

EditorialEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - November 12, 2008 Category: Nursing Authors: Brendan McCormack Tags: Guest Editorial Source Type: journals

Calling for an international dialogue on quality of life in care homesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
meyer j. & owen t. (2008) International Journal of Older People Nursing 3, 291[ndash]294Calling for an international dialogue on quality of life in care homes (Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - November 11, 2008 Category: Nursing Authors: Julienne Meyer, Tom Owen Tags: PRACTICE DEVELOPMENT & #x2013; CARE HOMES Source Type: journals

Current situation of German care homesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion. This contribution looks at the socio-demographic changes in care, the statutory developments and the structures of care homes as well as current discussions on future developments. (Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - November 11, 2008 Category: Nursing Authors: Barbara Klein Tags: PRACTICE DEVELOPMENT & #x2013; CARE HOMES Source Type: journals

The Norwegian teaching home program: developing a model for systematic practice development in the nursing home sectorEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions. The NTNH program led to permanent establishment of a series of TNHs responsible for contributing to competence development, practice development and research on a continuous basis in order to secure high levels of care to the Norwegian nursing home population. The program has created substantial enthusiasm within the nursing home sector and has increased the prestige of these institutions. (Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - November 11, 2008 Category: Nursing Authors: Marit Kirkevold Tags: PRACTICE DEVELOPMENT & #x2013; CARE HOMES Source Type: journals

Living bereavement: an exploration of healthcare workers' responses to loss and grief in an NHS continuing care ward for older peopleEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article reports on research rooted in a work based education project and the theme of loss was chosen by the participating care staff who felt it was central to their work with dependent older people. They coined the phrase 'living bereavement' meaning the complex responses and grief reactions of those experiencing and bearing witness to the multiple losses endured in continuing care environments.Aim. The research was to identify the emotional demand of living bereavement and to explore and develop care staff's capacity to work with it.Methods. Qualitative methods including participant observation and Reflective Work ...
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - November 11, 2008 Category: Nursing Authors: Cheryl Holman Tags: PRACTICE DEVELOPMENT & #x2013; CARE HOMES Source Type: journals

Using relationships to develop practice that values the contribution of older people, families and staffEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
wilson c.b. (2008) International Journal of Older People Nursing 3, 274[ndash]277Using relationships to develop practice that values the contribution of older people, families and staff Relationships between staff, residents and their families have emerged within the literature as fundamental to the experiences of life within the community of a care home. While there is consensus in the literature that such relationships are central to caring processes, there is a dearth of studies that have explained how different factors contribute to the formation of relationships. The research reported here aims to describe the nature ...
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - November 11, 2008 Category: Nursing Authors: Christine Brown Wilson Tags: PRACTICE DEVELOPMENT & #x2013; CARE HOMES Source Type: journals

Older people actively reconstruct their life in a care homeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
cook g.a. (2008) International Journal of Older People Nursing 3, 270[ndash]273Older people actively reconstruct their life in a care home The research reported here aimed to present the stories of care home residents through an interpretative study that was informed by a biographical approach and narrative method. Eight older people who lived in four different care homes in England participated in a sequence of up to eight narrative interviews over a six month period. The findings revealed how the older people tried to live as active biographical agents who were instrumental in shaping their own life in a care home. They ...
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - November 11, 2008 Category: Nursing Authors: Glenda Anne Cook Tags: PRACTICE DEVELOPMENT & #x2013; CARE HOMES Source Type: journals

Editorial: Care HomesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - November 11, 2008 Category: Nursing Authors: Jan Reed Tags: PRACTICE DEVELOPMENT & #x2013; CARE HOMES Source Type: journals

A study of nurses' knowledge of a palliative approach in residential aged care facilitiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion. This research has highlighted the need for ongoing palliative care education for both the groups of primary carers.Relevance to clinical practice. The findings of this research highlight the existing palliative care knowledge of residential aged care nurses and provides evidence for education programmes. (Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - November 11, 2008 Category: Nursing Authors: Susan Ronaldson, Lillian Hayes, Michele Carey, Christina Aggar Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: journals

The reliability of the Hendrich Fall Risk Model in a geriatric hospitalEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions. Whereas some pairs of raters obtained considerable interobserver agreement and internal consistency, the others did not. Therefore, it is concluded that the Hendrich Fall Risk Model is not a reliable instrument. The use of more unambiguous operationalized items is preferred.Relevance to clinical practice. In practice, well operationalized fall risk assessment tools are necessary. Observer agreement should always be investigated after introducing a standardized measurement tool. (Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - November 11, 2008 Category: Nursing Authors: Cornelia Heinze, Ruud Halfens, Theo Dassen Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: journals

Relatives' experiences of encountering the older person with acute confusional state: experiencing unfamiliarity in a familiar personEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion. Relatives' difficulties in dealing with strong emotions evoked within the encounter, experiencing limitation and lack of trust is essential knowledge for professional carers in all care settings. (Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - November 11, 2008 Category: Nursing Authors: Ewa Stenwall, Jonas Sandberg, Maria Eriksdotter Jönhagen, Ingegerd Fagerberg Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: journals

Support networks of older people living in the communityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion. Through the identification of people in vulnerable networks, nurses working both in the hospital and community setting can ensure that formal support is aimed at providing care to older people who do not have access to informal care networks. Furthermore, the predictive utility of the Practitioner Assessment Network Type (PANT) can enable nurses to identify people at risk of poor social support. (Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - November 11, 2008 Category: Nursing Authors: Jonathan Drennan, Margaret P. Treacy, Michelle Butler, Anne Byrne, Gerard Fealy, Kate Frazer, Kate Irving Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: journals

Innovative approach to health promotion for the over 45s: using a health check logEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions. The majority who maintained the HCL benefited by achieving improved health and knowledge of health monitoring, which was, however, moderated by age, income source, employment status and living arrangements. (Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing)
Source: International Journal of Older People Nursing - November 11, 2008 Category: Nursing Authors: June N. Sheriff, Lynn Chenoweth Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: journals