Nursing Homes Long Term Care Management articles from July 1987

Nursing Homes Long Term Care Management archives from July 1987

Adverse drug reactions and interactions in a nursing home.
July 1, 1987... Adverse Drug Reactions and Interactions In a Nursing Home Abstract Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and interactions were the third most common drug-related problem (DRP) found in a two-year study of DRPs in a 72-bed nursing home....

Overwhelming support for regulatory reform. (campaign for quality care in nursing homes)
July 1, 1987... Overwhelming Support for Regulatory Reform A coalition of interest groups whose interests are seldom uniform coalesced, this past spring, on quality nursing home care. On April 24, 22 organizations concerned with the elderly released a set...

Nursing staff attitudes toward the work environment in a skilled nursing facility.
July 1, 1987... Nursing Staff Attitudes toward The Work Environment in a Skilled Nursing Facility Abstract This study examines the attitudes of nursing staff toward their work environment in one long-term-care facility. It was conducted in response...

Community relations and your activity program.
July 1, 1987... Community Relations and Your Activity Program Inspections and regulations cause most of an administrator's attention to be focused on the value of an activity program for residents/patients confined to a long-term-care facility most of the...

Webster's medical desk dictionary.
July 1, 1987... WEBSTER'S MEDICAL DESK DICTIONARY. Merriam-Webster. 790 pp. $18.95 "Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary' was written and edited by a permanent staff of professional lexicographers. With 55,000 entries, it provides authoritative...

Falls: can they be prevented? Are restraints the only solution?
July 1, 1987... Falls: Can They Be Prevented? Are Restraints the Only Solution? Increasingly, the problem of falls sustained in the elderly is receiving more attention, and justly so. The National Safety Council of the United States reports that people...

Therapeutic activities with the impaired elderly.
July 1, 1987... THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITIES WITH THE IMPAIRED ELDERLY. Edited by Phyllis M. Foster. Haworth Press. 28 East 22nd St., New York. NY 10160. 204 pp. $22.95 "Therapeutic Activities with the Impaired Elderly' is a very important book filled...

Group work with the elderly: an effective intervention.
July 1, 1987... Group Work with the Elderly: An Effective Intervention Picture for a moment a living room, dayroom, or activities room in your long-term-care facility-- and envision these patients: Mrs. C. is a 76-year-old widow with mild, generalized...

A bladder retraining program in a long-term-care facility.
July 1, 1987... A Bladder Retraining Program in A Long-Term-Care Facility Urinary incontinence has been described as a prevalent problem of women over 40. It can be defined as involuntary use of bladder muscles due to bladder pressure becoming greater than...

The need for psychiatric nurse clinical specialists in geriatric long-term-care facilities.
July 1, 1987... The Need for Psychiatric Nurse Clinical Specialists in Geriatric Long-Term-Care Facilities Suicidal wishes, verbal outcries, and physically striking out at others are resident behaviors manifest at one time or another in all long-term-care...

Please, try to understand us. (nursing home resident life)
July 1, 1987... Please, Try to Understand Us It's not easy to be an older person in a basically youth-oriented society. If one lives in a retirement /nursing home, as I do, there are additional psychological problems that an older individual who can still...

Medicare policy: new directions for health and long-term care.
July 1, 1987... MEDICARE POLICY: New Directions for Health and Long-Term Care. By Karen Davis and Diane Rowland. The Johns Hopkins University Press. 137 pp. $18.50 What makes this small, 137-page book so vital, relevant, and provocative is...

Excellent care-givers (nursing assistants) of the elderly: what satisfies them about their work.
July 1, 1987... Excellent Care-Givers (Nursing Assistants) of the Elderly: What Satisfies Them About Their Work As we all know, the elderly population in the U.S. is growing rapidly: By the year 2030, 17 percent of our population will be over the age of...

When a kiss is a required activity. (nursing home activity programs)
July 1, 1987... When a Kiss Is a Required Activity The life-style of many nursing home residents unfolds each day to a timeless existence without purpose, goals, or expectations. What is needed to vitalize life in a nursing home is an activity department to...

Fire: critical issues. (preventing fires in institutions)
July 1, 1987... Fire: Critical Issues Statistics suggest that 29,500 fires, over 100 deaths, and property loss exceeding $34 million could occur in facilities that provide institutional care, including care for the aged, hospitals, and clinics.1 A...