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Working at Green Care Farms and Other Innovative Small-Scale Long-Term Dementia Care Facilities Requires Different Competencies of Care Staff

Bram de Boer; Yvette Buist; Ramona Backhaus; Hilde Verbeek; Simone de Bruin

The culture change movement within long-term care in which radical changes in the physical, social and organizational care environments are being implemented provides opportunities for the development of innovative long-term care facilities. The aim of this study was to investigate which competencies …

2021-10-13Mens & Maatschappij; …Bijdrage aan periodiek

Breastfeeding facilities: FM can make a change!

van Dellen, Sjoukje; Mobach, Mark P. (Facility Management); Wisse, Barbara

Breastfeeding has important long-term health consequences, not only for infants, but also for mothers. Researchers have calculated that scaling up breastfeeding could annually prevent 823,000 child deaths and 20,000 breast cancer deaths worldwide. Because of the important effects of breastfeeding, the …

2020-10-01AlgemeenConferentiebijdrage

Environmental design for an ageing population

Joost van Hoof (Lector); Peter Boerenfijn; D.M. (Deirdre) Beneken genaamd Kolmer (Lector); Hannah R. Marston; Jan K. Kazak; H. (Hilde) Verbeek

Population ageing has been a focus of research since the 1960s (Michael et al. 2006), and it has become a domain of international discussions, debates and research throughout a myriad of disciplines including housing, urban planning and real estate (Buffel and Phillipson 2016, van Bronswijk 2015, Kort …

2020Mens & Maatschappij; …Boekdeel

Prevalence of malnutrition or risk in residents in long term care: comparison of four tools

Keller, Heather; Vucea, V.; Slaughter, S.E.; Jager-Wittenaar, Harriët (Malnutrition And Healthy Ageing); Lengyel, C.; Ottery, Faith D.; Carrier, N.

The ideal tool for determination of malnutrition risk or malnutrition in long term care (LTC) is elusive. This study compares prevalence, association with resident risk factors and sensitivity (SE) and specificity (SP) of malnutrition or risk categorization in 638 residents from 32 LTC homes in Canada …

2019-10-02AlgemeenArtikel

Increased care demand and medical costs after falls in nursing homes: a Delphi study

C.S. Sterke; M. Panneman; V. Erasmus; S. Polinder; E. van Beeck

Aims and objective To estimate the increased care demand and medical costs caused by falls in nursing homes. Background There is compelling evidence that falls in nursing homes are preventable. However, proper implementation of evidence‐based guidelines to prevent falls is often hindered by insufficient …

2018-04-21GezondheidArtikel

A structural approach for the redesign of a small-scale care facility as a guideline for decision makers

Emelieke Huisman (Lid Lectoraat); Rianne Appel-Meulenbroek; Helianthe Kort (Lector)

Long-term care facilities in the Netherlands try to implement new design approaches to enrich their environments and to cope with the changes and innovations in the Dutch healthcare sector. An enriched environment supports both quality of life of people with frail health and the well-being of the healthcare …

2018GezondheidArtikel

Trajectories of Disability Among Older Persons Before and After a Hospitalization Leading to a Skilled Nursing Facility Admission

Buurman, Bianca M.; Han, Ling; Murphy, Terrence E.; Gahbauer, Evelyne A.; Leo-Summers, Linda; Allore, Heather G.; Gill, Thomas M.

Objectives To identify distinct sets of disability trajectories in the year before and after a Medicare qualifying skilled nursing facility (Q-SNF) admission, evaluate the associations between the pre–and post–Q-SNF disability trajectories, and determine short-term outcomes (readmission, mortality). …

2016-03-01AlgemeenArtikel

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