...Maud Hevink; Meriam Janssen; Katrien G. Luijkx Purpose This paper aims to examine the role of technology in the transition towards appropriate care in long-term care settings for older adults. Design/methodology/approach A rapid review was conducted based on the Cochrane guidelines on Rapid...

... accounts for just over two thirds of support provided, and will normally include (but may not be limited to) personal care (e.g. help with washing, dressing, using the toilet) (LaingBuisson, 2021). Home care supports almost one million people with long-term care needs in the UK, approximately twice...

... and reconstruction. Music therapy can assist older adults’ movement through these stages. This paper aims to engage theoretical perspectives on ritual to consider the social and cultural transformation of these residents of a long-term care nursing home. Design/methodology/approach Ethnographic theory...

... Quality Model (Wood, Fields, Rose and McLure, 2017 ; Wood, Lampe, Logan, Metcalfe and Hoesly, 2017), Fields et al. (2018) investigated the influence of this EAAP on the QoL of six older adults with dementia who lived in a long-term care (LTC) facility and were interested in animals and nature...

...Lyn M. Holley; Christopher M. Kelly; Jerome Deichert; Silvester Juanes; Loretta Wolf Purpose The purpose of this paper is to disseminate a new model that addresses the urgent social challenge of providing adequate long-term care in rural circumstances through innovative use of existing resources...

.... This research was designed to address this significant gap. There is growing recognition that nursing staff in long-term care (LTC) residential facilities experience moral distress, a phenomenon in which one knows the ethically right action to take, but is systemically constrained from taking it. To date...

...Lisette Schipper; Katrien G. Luijkx; Bert R. Meijboom; René Schalk; Jos M.G.A. Schols Purpose – Despite the current focus on demand-based care, little is known about what clients consider important when they have a request for formal long-term care services. The paper aims to discuss this issue...

... homes in countries throughout Europe have many similarities yet differ in how they regulate the care provided. There has traditionally been considerable diversity throughout Europe in terms of how long-term care (both residential and home-based) services are funded and organised. Broadly speaking...

...Lee Hooper; Diane K Bunn Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consider whether dehydration in older people should be used as a marker of lack of quality in long-term care provision. Design/methodology/approach – The piece examines the assumed relationship between dehydration...

... Anne Killett can be contacted at: A.Killett@uea.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Organisation Residential care Care home Older people Elder abuse Institutional abuse Long-term care Mistreatment Neglect Nursing home This paper identifies five organisational...

.... This paper aims to draw upon existing research being undertaken in long-term care (LTC) in Metro Vancouver, Canada, with a particular focus on identifying contextual factors contributing to fall events. Design/methodology/approach – This paper presents the results of a qualitative observational...

...James Lloyd Debate on long‐term care funding reform has evolved steadily over the last five years. New thinking has explored the role of ‘matching contributions’ and ‘cohort insurance’. However, despite the emergence of a government green paper and a white paper, and significant resources expended...

...’ choice. Policies for family carers are usually integral to overall long‐term care arrangements. Finally, even in federal systems like Germany, Austria, Spain and Australia, central governments play a crucial role in ensuring universal, equitable and sustainable social care. Central government leadership...

... the changing nature of trade-offs between costs, affordability and simplicity. Key words Long-term care; social care funding; partnership model; free personal care; insurance; means testing. Background Recognition of the need for fundamental reform of social care funding has never been greater...

... for frail older people, especially in long‐term care settings. This paper considers some recent policy development in Ireland, with a particular focus on long‐term care. It describes the response to a series of inquiries about the quality of care in such environments and the subsequent formation...

... are considered, and the need for a more widespread and sustained approach to culture change is promoted. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Respite care Culture change Quality care Long‐term care Workplace culture Ireland Re-visioning respite: a culture change initiative in a long-term...

...Lori Weeks This research examined how moving to a residential care home, a specific form of long‐term care facility, influences the quality of the relationship between seniors and their family members and how policies in these homes can facilitate relationships between residents and their family...

... the needs of older people, it is likely that nurses in long‐term care are going to be increasingly affected by moral distress in their work. This paper briefly reviews the literature pertaining to the concept of moral distress, explores the causes and effects of moral distress within the nursing profession...

... and administration of neuroleptic (antipsychotic) drugs. No such legislation exists in Canada or the United Kingdom. In the case of the latter jurisdiction, the recent Royal Commission on Long‐Term Care for older people (The Stationery Office, 1999) has recommended a national care commission to monitor care, and set...