The structure of social engagement among nursing home residents

Article Abstract:

Investigations of three groups of resident nurses, classified according to their cognitive function and activities of daily living, suggest that social engagements reflect on the quality of the nursing home. A positive response to social engagements helps overcome psychological distress in the case of competent residents, as there is a negative correlation between engagement and conflict. These factors imply the possibility of the measure of social engagement to serve as a marker for the quality of the nursing home.

Analysis, Evaluation, Nurses, Cognitive styles, Interpersonal relations

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Environmental correlates of resident agitation in Alzheimer's Disease special care units

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Agitation in Alzheimer's Disease patients can be reduced by modifying the physical environment of the patient and staff activities. Agitative behaviors include: repetitive mannerism, verbal excess and wandering. Low rates of physical restraint use, a reduction in activities such as a high proportion of residents in bed during the day, small unit size, low levels of resident functional dependency and fewer numbers of comorbid conditions tend to reduce agitative behaviors.

Alzheimer's disease

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Fungus among us: making a mountain out of a "mold" hill

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Clinicians should only treat residents in long-term care facilities for fungal infections such as Candida spp. if there is associated clinical evidence of the infection. Chronic and extensive use of antifungal agents increases risk and prevalence of drug-resistant yeasts or other pathogens.

Risk factors, Candidiasis, Candida

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