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Teaching at an Assisted Living Facility
Care Management Journals, 2008The increase in assisted living facilities (ALFs) of various types has provided a new option for the delivery of clinical services to the elderly. For all these facilities, whether large or small, profit or nonprofit, primarily residential (the “social model”) or with significant nursing care (the “new” model), their sole mission is to provide an ...
Alec, Pruchnicki +3 more
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Admissions to Skilled Nursing Facilities From Assisted Living Facilities
Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 2005Minimum Data Set data from 15,977 residents were analyzed to investigate the reasons older adults were admitted to skilled nursing facilities from assisted living facilities. Residents admitted from assisted living facilities, private homes, hospitals, and hospitals with previous assisted living facility residence were compared.
Myra A, Aud, Marilyn J, Rantz
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Medication Management and Deprescribing in Assisted Living Facilities
The Senior Care Pharmacist, 2021Medication management for seniors is a foundation for keeping them healthy and independent. A vital aspect of medication management is the selective discontinuation of medications, or deprescribing. While this is a common practice within nursing homes it seems to be less common among those who live in assisted living facilities.
Brent, Zahn +5 more
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Influenza Preparedness in Nebraska Assisted Living Facilities
Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science, 2009We conducted an electronic survey to determine the state of planning for pandemic influenza in assisted living facilities. A survey instrument was designed with input from a number of experts and sent out to 275 Nebraska assisted living facilities; responses were received from 137.
Philip W, Smith +2 more
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Grandparent education for assisted living facilities
Educational Gerontology, 2016ABSTRACTThe assisted living population is forecast to increase at a rapid rate. Quality of life for residents should be improved by giving greater attention to their cognitive, emotional, and social needs. A university lifespan development team provided a grandparent education course at a large assisted living facility with the assistance of 20 ...
Robert D. Strom, Paris S. Strom
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Environmental Cues: Their Influence within Assisted Living Facilities
HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 2014OBJECTIVE: This observational study examined the relationship between the number of environmental sensory cues within assisted living facilities (ALFs) and the number of falls by residents, using Lawton's environmental press theory as framework. BACKGROUND: A result of declining physical health is unintentional injury, for example, falling, which is ...
Jeanneane, Wood-Nartker +2 more
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Requirements for Medication Monitoring in Assisted Living Facilities
The Consultant Pharmacist, 2013To determine requirements for medication monitoring in assisted living in the United States.Comprehensive list maintained by the National Center for Assisted Living reporting individual state entities that are responsible for oversight of assisted living facilities.
William, Simonson +2 more
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Medication Challenges in the Assisted living Facility
Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association (1996), 1999To review current challenges to the provision of safe and effective pharmaceutical care in assisted living facilities.Current literature.The assisted living industry has experienced tremendous growth and offers pharmacists lucrative business opportunities.
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Medication Errors and Penalties in Assisted Living Facilities
The Consultant Pharmacist, 2011To determine the percentage of medication-related proposed penalties for licensed assisted living facilities in North Carolina.This retrospective, cross-sectional study examined all proposed penalties and related case-file narratives stemming from annual surveys of licensed assisted living facilities conducted by the state between July 2007 and ...
Aubri L, Charboneau +3 more
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Underrecognition of Cognitive Impairment in Assisted Living Facilities
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2005Objectives: To determine the prevalence of cognitive impairment (CI), dementia diagnosis and treatment, assistance with medications, and surrogate decision‐makers for residents of assisted living facilities (ALFs).
Homa, Magsi, Timothy, Malloy
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