Light care residents in nursing homes: why they come, why they stay.
Nurs Adm Q
; 24(3): 53-63, 2000.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10986932
ABSTRACT
With the increasing numbers of frail elderly, why light-care nursing home (NH) residents enter and remain in NHs is important to understand. Light-care residents (n = 98) from 11 NHs and their nurses were interviewed using open-ended questionnaires. Residents' care requirements were estimated using Resource Use Groups, Version III (RUG-III). We found that residents entered and remain in NHs because of the inability to perform instrumental activities of daily living, the fear of injury, ambulation problems, health problems, the lack of daily assistance, and a recent hospitalization. Most residents and nurses did not know of other options. These problems could be managed in the community if appropriate systems were in place.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Activities of Daily Living
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Patient Acceptance of Health Care
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Frail Elderly
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Needs Assessment
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Nursing Homes
Type of study:
Qualitative_research
Limits:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
/
Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Nurs Adm Q
Year:
2000
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Estados Unidos