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W B Bonnel

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PubMed1999

Giving up the car: older women's losses and experiences.

Numerous activities, often life-long patterns, are based on driving and access to a car. When driving ceases, the challenge to change and develop new behavior patterns occurs. Women in this study had many losses and challenges to usual ways of doing things. Various coping strategies were described, including types, benefits, and potential challenges of both informal and formal helpers. Implications for health care providers include empathic awareness of the nature and extent of loss initiated by giving up driving and determining how best to support older adults in coping. More work needs to be done to develop strategies that support optimal function and ease this difficult transition for older adults.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1996

Not gone and not forgotten: a spouse's experience of late-stage Alzheimer's disease.

1. Late-stage caregiving is different from earlier stages, is difficult, and requires an empathic response from staff. 2. Ethical decision-making, supportive care, and the inevitability of death are important late-stage caregiver topics. Staff should understand the concept of palliative care. 3. Current educational programs and family support groups should be assessed for attention to late-stage caregiver issues. Further research is needed on helping families prepare for and cope with late stage caregiving.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1995

Staff perceptions of the nursing home group dining activity: interdisciplinary issues.

The purpose of this qualitative study was to describe nursing home staffs' perceptions of issues within the group dining room. Data were collected from a convenience sample of nursing home staff attending presentations of a multi-site workshop. Participants (N = 103) from various disciplines wrote responses to open-ended questions pertaining to their facilities, strengths and weaknesses within the dining activity. Content analysis generated five major categories including: Resident Issues, Physical Environment, Psychosocial Environment, Food and Serving Process, and Staffing Issues. These categories summarize both challenges and successes providing direction for an interdisciplinary approach to the group dining room.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗
PubMed1994

Sharing your research project: a continuing education approach.

CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS as a practical approach for the CNS to share research results are described in this article. Strategies for planning and implementing this approach are shared, a case example is provided, and benefits to the program are described.

Diffusion of Innovation↗
PubMed1993

The nursing home group dining room: managing the work of eating.

The purpose of this study was to describe the observed experiences and resident perceptions of a nursing home group dining room. Data collection for the qualitative study was done using participant observation in a large group dining activity and in-depth interviews with 10 residents. Using the constant comparative method of data analysis, a model was generated from the data called Managing the Work of Eating. This model included the specific tasks or challenges of eating in the group dining room. Major categories of the model included: Negotiating the Environment, Coping with Frailty, Dealing with Colleagues, and Responding to the System. Implications for practice include development of strategies designed to promote resident independence and avoid excess disability.

Activities of Daily Living↗
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Patient teaching for older adults and families in the long-term care setting.

Patient education can play a key role in quality long-term care, but is often an under-developed resource. Potential challenges related to the older adult population, staffing patterns, and setting are described. Topics, strategies, and resources are provided to promote patient education for older adults and their families.

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Advanced practice geriatric nursing education. New options in Kansas.

Knowledgeable practitioners with the skills needed to serve in a variety of clinical settings are the primary objective of the Adult-Geriatric Advanced Nursing Program and the FNP elective, Advanced Practice Nursing Care of the Frail Elderly. The continued blending of long term and acute care settings will further cloud and challenge the school responsible for educating APNs in the care of older adults, particularly the frail elderly. Education needs to provide flexibility for students through new service designs such as interactive computer courses. Nurses with an orientation to the future should consider geriatric nursing education.

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