33 research outputs found
Communication and coordination during transition of older persons between nursing homes and hospital still in need of improvement
Aim: To investigate registered hospital and nursing home nurses' experiences of coordination and communication within and between care settings when older persons are transferred from nursing homes to hospital and vice versa.
Background: It has previously been reported that transfers to hospital from nursing homes and discharge of patients from hospital are surrounded by communication difficulties. However, studies focusing on both hospital and nursing home registered nurses' experiences of communication and coordination within and between nursing homes and hospitals are uncommon.
Design: A descriptive study design with a qualitative approach was used.
Methods: In 2008, three focus group discussions were conducted with registered nurses from hospitals and nursing homes (n = 20). Data were analysed using content analysis.
Results: Nursing home registered nurses found it difficult to decide whether the older person should be referred to hospital from the nursing home. Hospital registered nurses reported often trying to stop premature discharges or having to carry out the discharge although it had not been fully prepared. Both hospital and nursing home registered nurses suggested increased collaboration to understand each other's work situation better.
Conclusion: Communication and coordination among hospital and nursing home registered nurses need to be furthered improved. Registered nurses' coordination and planning in the nursing home are extremely important to future elder care. We recommend that the medical care plan be regularly updated and meticulously followed, the aim being to reduce the risk of inappropriate medical treatment and nursing care and unnecessary transfer and admission to hospital.mÄsjekke
Enjoying Work or Burdened by it? How Personal Assistants Experience and Handle Stress at Work
When care situations evoke difficult emotions in nursing staff members: an ethnographic study in two Norwegian nursing homes
Implementing a quality improvement programme in palliative care in care homes: a qualitative study
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>An increasing number of older people reach the end of life in care homes. The aim of this study is to explore the perceived benefits of, and barriers to, implementation of the Gold Standards Framework for Care Homes (GSFCH), a quality improvement programme in palliative care.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Nine care homes involved in the GSFCH took part. We conducted semi-structured interviews with nine care home managers, eight nurses, nine care assistants, eleven residents and seven of their family members. We used the Framework approach to qualitative analysis. The analysis was deductive based on the key tasks of the GSFCH, the 7Cs: communication, coordination, control of symptoms, continuity, continued learning, carer support, and care of the dying. This enabled us to consider benefits of, and barriers to, individual components of the programme, as well as of the programme as a whole.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Perceived benefits of the GSFCH included: improved symptom control and team communication; finding helpful external support and expertise; increasing staff confidence; fostering residents' choice; and boosting the reputation of the home. Perceived barriers included: increased paperwork; lack of knowledge and understanding of end of life care; costs; and gaining the cooperation of GPs. Many of the tools and tasks in the GSFCH focus on improving communication. Participants described effective communication within the homes, and with external providers such as general practitioners and specialists in palliative care. However, many had experienced problems with general practitioners. Although staff described the benefits of supportive care registers, coding predicted stage of illness and advance care planning, which included improved communication, some felt the need for more experience of using these, and there were concerns about discussing death.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Most of the barriers described by participants are relevant to other interventions to improve end of life care in care homes. There is a need to investigate the impact of quality improvement programmes in care homes, such as the GSFCH, on a wider range of outcomes for residents and their families, and to monitor the sustainability of any resulting improvements. It is also important to explore the impact of the different components of these complex interventions.</p
Setting-related influences on physical inactivity of older adults in residential care settings: a review
Encounters in close care relations from the perspective of personal assistants working with persons with severe disability.
Neurotoxin-Induced Neuropeptide Perturbations in Striatum of Neonatal Rats
The
cyanobacterial toxin ÎČ-<i>N</i>-methylamino-l-alanine (BMAA) is suggested to play a role in neurodegenerative
disease. We have previously shown that although the selective uptake
of BMAA in the rodent neonatal striatum does not cause neuronal cell
death, exposure during the neonatal development leads to cognitive
impairments in adult rats. The aim of the present study was to characterize
the changes in the striatal neuropeptide systems of male and female
rat pups treated neonatally (postnatal days 9â10) with BMAA
(40â460 mg/kg). The label-free quantification of the relative
levels of endogenous neuropeptides using mass spectrometry revealed
that 25 peptides from 13 neuropeptide precursors were significantly
changed in the rat neonatal striatum. The exposure to noncytotoxic
doses of BMAA induced a dose-dependent increase of neurosecretory
protein VGF-derived peptides, and changes in the relative levels of
cholecystokinin, chromogranin, secretogranin, MCH, somatostatin and
cortistatin-derived peptides were observed at the highest dose. In
addition, the results revealed a sex-dependent increase in the relative
level of peptides derived from the proenkephalin-A and protachykinin-1
precursors, including substance P and neurokinin A, in female pups.
Because several of these peptides play a critical role in the development
and survival of neurons, the observed neuropeptide changes might be
possible mediators of BMAA-induced behavioral changes. Moreover, some
neuropeptide changes suggest potential sex-related differences in
susceptibility toward this neurotoxin. The present study also suggests
that neuropeptide profiling might provide a sensitive characterization
of the BMAA-induced noncytotoxic effects on the developing brain
Early and late signs that precede dying among older persons in nursing homes: the multidisciplinary teamâs perspective
Neurotoxin-Induced Neuropeptide Perturbations in Striatum of Neonatal Rats
The
cyanobacterial toxin ÎČ-<i>N</i>-methylamino-l-alanine (BMAA) is suggested to play a role in neurodegenerative
disease. We have previously shown that although the selective uptake
of BMAA in the rodent neonatal striatum does not cause neuronal cell
death, exposure during the neonatal development leads to cognitive
impairments in adult rats. The aim of the present study was to characterize
the changes in the striatal neuropeptide systems of male and female
rat pups treated neonatally (postnatal days 9â10) with BMAA
(40â460 mg/kg). The label-free quantification of the relative
levels of endogenous neuropeptides using mass spectrometry revealed
that 25 peptides from 13 neuropeptide precursors were significantly
changed in the rat neonatal striatum. The exposure to noncytotoxic
doses of BMAA induced a dose-dependent increase of neurosecretory
protein VGF-derived peptides, and changes in the relative levels of
cholecystokinin, chromogranin, secretogranin, MCH, somatostatin and
cortistatin-derived peptides were observed at the highest dose. In
addition, the results revealed a sex-dependent increase in the relative
level of peptides derived from the proenkephalin-A and protachykinin-1
precursors, including substance P and neurokinin A, in female pups.
Because several of these peptides play a critical role in the development
and survival of neurons, the observed neuropeptide changes might be
possible mediators of BMAA-induced behavioral changes. Moreover, some
neuropeptide changes suggest potential sex-related differences in
susceptibility toward this neurotoxin. The present study also suggests
that neuropeptide profiling might provide a sensitive characterization
of the BMAA-induced noncytotoxic effects on the developing brain