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| The impact of transition to nursing home on elders' cognitive status, well-being and satisfaction with nursing home | | Author(s) | Kathleen Krichbaum, Muriel Ryden, Mariah Snyder |
| Journal title | Journal of Mental Health and Aging, vol 5, no 2, Summer 1999 |
| Pages | pp 135-150 |
| Keywords | Admission [nursing homes] ; Management [care] ; Quality ; Residents [care homes] ; Depression ; Well being ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Admission to a nursing home is a time of dramatic change for older people that can negatively affect their sense of well-being and cognitive status. In a US study of quality of care in nursing homes, data were collected on 79 newly admitted residents and their experience of transition to a nursing home. Assessments were done on admission and at 6 months, in order to compare subjects' cognitive status, morale, level of depression, observed affect and satisfaction at both times. Thus, the trajectory of change was examined, revealing a decline in cognitive status and observed affect, but improvement in level of depression. These changes were observed regardless of patient's cognitive status. Satisfaction improved or remained stable in most subjects. Using satisfaction as an indicator of successful adjustment, investigators found that three resident characteristics explained variance in satisfaction scores: gender, cognitive status, and level of depression. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990729226 A |
| Classmark | LHB:QKH: QA: 59: KX: ENR: D:F:5HH: 4C: 7T |
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