Quality of residential care for older people: Does education for healthcare assistants make a difference?

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 1214, 2005, Pages

  Smith, Barbara M S ^a   Kerse, Ngaire ^b   Parsons, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CHI SQUARE TEST; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MENTAL TEST; NEW ZEALAND; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SAMPLING; SCORING SYSTEM; TEACHING; COGNITION; DISABLED PERSON; EDUCATION; ELDERLY CARE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN RELATION; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; COGNITION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; NURSING HOMES; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 23844510919     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Norman IJ, Redfern SJ, Oliver S, Tomalin DA. Evaluation of Kitson's therapeutic function matrix in the assessment of quality of nursing care in hospital. Int J Nurs Stud. 1994; 31(4): 337-48.
2. Khawaja M. Population ageing: myth or reality. Wellington: Statistics New Zealand; 2000.
3. Statistics New Zealand. 2001 Census of Population and Dwellings. Special report on selected characteristics of caregivers in aged care. Wellington: New Zealand Department of Statistics; 2001 17/3/01. Report No.: C10603WG.
4. Foner N. The caregiving dilemma. Work in an American nursing home. 1st ed. Berkeley: University of California Press; 1994.
5. Kane RA, Kaplan AL, editors. Everyday ethics. resolving dilemmas in nursing home life. 1st ed. New York: Springer Publishing Company; 1990.
6. Ministry of Health. Agreement between Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Her Government in New Zealand (acting by and through the Ministry of Health). Contract. Wellington: Ministry of Health; 2001.
7. Campbell AJ, Buchner DM. Unstable disability and the fluctuations of frailty. Age Ageing. 1997;26:315-8.
8. Drinkwater C. Quality in nursing home care: whose responsibility? Qual Health Care. 1997;6:118-9.
9. Nolan MR, Keady J. Training in long term care: the road to better quality. Rev Clin Gerontol. 1996;6:333-42.
10. Sheridan JE, White J, Fairchild TJ. Ineffective staff, ineffective supervision, or ineffective administration? Why some nursing homes fail to provide adequate care. Gerontologist. 1992;32:334-41.
11. Wade DT, Collin C. The Barthel ADL Index: a standard measure of physical disability? Int Disabil Stud. 1988;10:64-7.
12. Royal College of Physicians of London (Research Unit), British Geriatrics Society. Standardised Assessment Scales for Elderly People. Report. London: Research Unit of the Royal College of Physicians and the British Geriatrics Society; 1992 June.
13. Graffam SR. Nurse response to the patient in distress - development of an instrument. Nurs Res. 1970;19:331-6.
14. Roper N, Logan WW, Tierney AJ. The elements of nursing. 4th edition. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone; 1996.
15. Carpio BA, Majumdar B. Experiential learning: an approach to transcultural education for nursing. J Transcult Nurs 1994;4:4-11.
16. Wikstrom B. Aging perceived through visual art observations. Geriatr Nurs. 2000;21:300-2.
17. Kirkpatrick MK, Ford S, Castelloe BP. Storytelling. An approach to client-centered care. Nurse Educ. 1997;22:38-40.
18. Armstrong-Esther CA, Sandilands ML, Miller D. Attitudes and behaviours of nurses towards the elderly in an acute care setting. J Adv Nurs. 1989;14:34-41.
19. Ovreteveit J. Health service quality. An introduction to quality methods for health services. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications; 1992.
20. Ray WA, Taylor J, Meador KG, et al. Reducing antipsychotic drug use in nursing homes. A controlled trial of provider education. Arch Intern Med. 1993;156:713-21.
21. Proctor R, Burns A, Powell HS, et al. Behavioural management in nursing and residential homes: a randomised control trial. Lancet. 1999;354:26-9.
22. Redfern SJ, Norman IJ. Mental health care for elderly people. 1st ed. London: Churchill Livingstone; 1997.
23. Bliesmer M, Earle P. Research considerations: nursing home quality perceptions. J Gerontol Nurs. 1993;19:27-34.