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D L Speake

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PubMed1989

Health perceptions and lifestyles of the elderly.

Adoption of a healthy lifestyle can slow physical decline and improve well being of the elderly. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of six aspects of a healthy lifestyle (nutrition, exercise, stress management, self actualization, health responsibility, and interpersonal support) with selected demographic variables, perceived health status, and health locus of control in the well elderly. The sample consisted of 297 volunteers. Person product-moment correlations and stepwise multiple regression procedures revealed that perceived health status and health locus of control were significant predictors of healthy lifestyles. Demographic variables, posited as modifying factors, were found to be associated with perceived health and locus of control but were not predictive of lifestyle practices.

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Health care corporatization and the employment conditions of nurses.

There has been little study of the impact of the recent transition of ownership of hospitals and nursing homes, from voluntary and public to corporate, on the employment of nursing staffs. Non-state or non-federally owned hospitals and nursing homes in Florida were examined with regard to salaries, benefits, career advancement opportunities, and vacancy and turnover rates of the nursing staff. While salary levels were influenced primarily by local wage markets, significant differences were found in the benefit packages, career opportunities, staffing ratios, and vacancy and turnover rates among for-profit, not-for-profit, and publicly-owned facilities. Nurse administrators of corporate hospitals and nursing homes can lower the costs of high turnover rates in their nursing staffs by exploring improvements in benefit plans and career opportunities offered to their employees.

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