Robots in Assisted Living Facilities: Scoping Review [PDF]
JMIR Aging, 2023 BackgroundVarious technological interventions have been proposed and studied to address the growing demand for care of residents in assisted living facilities, in which a preexisting shortage of professional caregivers has been ...
Katie Trainum +3 more
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Do assisted living facilities that offer a dementia care program differ from those that do not? A population-level cross-sectional study in Ontario, Canada [PDF]
BMC Geriatrics, 2021 Background Many residents of assisted living facilities live with dementia, but little is known about the characteristics of assisted living facilities that provide specialized care for older adults who live with dementia.
Derek R. Manis +7 more
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Preventing COVID-19 in assisted living facilities: An impossible task pending vaccination roll out [PDF]
Preventive Medicine Reports, 2021 Here, we aimed to describe the clinical outcomes of the residents of a long-term care facility during its closure to visitors and suppliers in response to the first COVID-19 pandemic from February 23 to June 22, 2020, and the results of the facility-wide
Mario Tagliabue +8 more
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Choosing an Assisted Living Facility
EDIS, 2012 “Assisted living facilities are a type of housing for frail elders and people with physical and mental disabilities who don’t need nursing care but cannot live independently. These residences offer personal care, health care, around-the-clock supervision,
Suzanna Smith
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Quality of Life and Functioning of People With Mental Disorders Who Underwent Deinstitutionalization Using Assisted Living Facilities: A Cross-Sectional Study [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 ContextPeople with mental disorders can acquire long-term disabilities, which could impair their functioning and quality of life (QoL), requiring permanent care and social support.
Rejane Coan Ferretti Mayer +4 more
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Understanding and mapping the antibiotic prescribing and administration process in assisted living facilities [PDF]
Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social PharmacyObjective: Inappropriate prescribing practices significantly contribute to antibiotic resistance which poses a significant public health challenge.
Deepthi Jacob +2 more
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Nursing Staff’s Perspectives of Care Robots for Assisted Living Facilities: Systematic Literature Review [PDF]
JMIR AgingBackgroundCare robots have been proposed in response to nursing shortages in assisted living facilities (ALFs) and the growing population of older adults.
Katie Trainum +3 more
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Providing Tech Support as Care Work Among Care Workers in Assisted Living Facilities: Qualitative Interview Study [PDF]
JMIR AgingBackgroundTechnology can enhance the quality of life and social engagement for older adults; yet, many require assistance to use it effectively.
Yiyi Wu, Nicole Ross, Sunyoung Kim
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Quality of life in assisted living facilities for seniors: A descriptive exploratory study [PDF]
Nursing OpenIntroduction Promoting individuals' health across different life spans has always been key to a holistic nursing practice. Seniors are a diverse population who go through many physical and mental changes as they age.
Elham Alomari, Claudia Steinke
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The efficacy of a mobile-based multidomain program on cognitive functioning of residents in assisted living facilities [PDF]
Public Health in PracticeObjectives: The purpose of this study is to test the efficacy of a mobile-based multidomain application, Silvia Program, on cognitive functioning of residents in assisted living facilities (ALFs).
Yongseop Kim +4 more
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