{"title":"Staff development: an interdisciplinary approach.","authors":"J Needham","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80102,"journal":{"name":"Nursing homes and senior citizen care","volume":"37 5","pages":"34-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21161452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Alternative staffing patterns.","authors":"S W Haley","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80102,"journal":{"name":"Nursing homes and senior citizen care","volume":"37 5","pages":"27-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21161454","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Study shows inappropriate drug scheduling.","authors":"J W Cooper","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The study indicated that in one nursing home, problems of inappropriate drug scheduling and administration can commonly occur. If a consultant pharmacist or a provider pharmacist with hospital training schedules the drugs as they should be given, there still is cause for concern--when those orders and schedules are not adhered to in the facility. In the reported study, the consultant, who visited the nursing home monthly, discovered that most problems were due to poor follow-up with the scheduling and intended administration schedule. The PAC survey for medication errors and the federal standards, otherwise known as the indicators for drug monitoring and regimen review, must be followed and monitored by the consultant and provider pharmacists, administrator, director of nursing, and charge nurses-to ensure the safest and most efficacious use of medications. While the study cannot be assumed to be representative of all nursing homes, scheduling and administration of meds are a problem for consideration by nursing home administrators, medical directors, attending physicians, directors of nursing, and pharmacists working in long-term care facilities.</p>","PeriodicalId":80102,"journal":{"name":"Nursing homes and senior citizen care","volume":"37 5","pages":"13-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21161450","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Improving the life-style of long-term-care employees.","authors":"L R Shoaf","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The list of possibilities for helping employees alter their life-styles can be endless. Employees may contribute ideas. Improving employee life-style can result in better health care for nursing home residents and senior citizens. Residents may be more inclined to improve life-styles when they observe employees making effort to stop smoking and by exercising, applying good dietary habits, and participating in stress control. Everyone wins when health providers attain optimal physical, mental, and emotional well-being. The dividends will be worth the investment.</p>","PeriodicalId":80102,"journal":{"name":"Nursing homes and senior citizen care","volume":"37 4","pages":"20-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21156509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The hospice concept: dying as a part of living.","authors":"V Cox","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80102,"journal":{"name":"Nursing homes and senior citizen care","volume":"37 4","pages":"29-33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21156510","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The quality care pyramid.","authors":"S W Haley","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80102,"journal":{"name":"Nursing homes and senior citizen care","volume":"37 4","pages":"16-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21184123","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nursing homes; responsibility for injuries caused by patients and intruders.","authors":"K May","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80102,"journal":{"name":"Nursing homes and senior citizen care","volume":"37 4","pages":"5-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21156511","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of family care on the placement of the elderly in nursing homes.","authors":"P Mosher-Ashley","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80102,"journal":{"name":"Nursing homes and senior citizen care","volume":"37 4","pages":"35-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21156504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The frail elderly: the challenge to long-term-care management.","authors":"L C Grassi","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80102,"journal":{"name":"Nursing homes and senior citizen care","volume":"37 4","pages":"11-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21184122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Strategies for promoting positive behaviors of staff in nursing homes.","authors":"M T Ross","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80102,"journal":{"name":"Nursing homes and senior citizen care","volume":"37 3","pages":"23-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21157713","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}