Nursing home social work during COVID-19
This letter highlights a few of the many challenges facing nursing home social services workers and departments during COVID-19 and highlights the ways that researchers can support practice colleag...
Colleen Galambos • Nancy Kusmaul • Amy Restorick Roberts • Jennifer Heston-Mullins (Jennifer L. Heston) • Mercedes Bern-Klug
Promising Practices in Adult Guardianship in Ohio
Contains research brief and five count reports.
Candidus C. Nwakasi • Amy Restorick Roberts • Gifty Ashirifi
An increasing number of post-acute care patients are admitted to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) with behavioral symptoms such as wandering and rejecting care, which can interfere with care and p...
Amy Restorick Roberts • John R. Bowblis • Austin C. Smith
Lucas County Adult Guardianship Assessment Report
In 2019, Scripps Gerontology Center was contracted by the Lucas County Guardianship Exploratory Committee to assess adult guardianship service needs in Lucas County, Ohio.
Elisabeth E. Fulton • Jennifer Heston-Mullins (Jennifer L. Heston) • Amy Restorick Roberts
A pilot qualitative study of dementia perceptions and experiences of Nigerian migrant caregivers
Since the workforce now comprises of a significant number of migrant healthcare workers, some of whom originate from developing countries like Nigeria, it is important to understand some sociocultu...
Catherine Hayes • Candidus C. Nwakasi • John Fulton • Amy Restorick Roberts
Social lives and cliques in senior housing communities
This study examined residents’ perceptions of life in senior housing, social stigma, and cliques.
Ehirement Azugbene • Heidi H. Ewen • Kara B. Dassel • Amy Restorick Roberts • Jasleen Chahal
Impact of social service staffing on nursing home quality and resident outcomes
Social service staff play a key role in nursing homes and are responsible for providing psychosocial services to residents and their families.
John R. Bowblis • Austin C. Smith • Amy Restorick Roberts
This study explores how older adults respond to audiovisual virtual reality (VR) and perceive its usefulness to their lives.
Amy Restorick Roberts • M. Elise Radina • Bob De Schutter • Kelley Franks
Stark County Court Angel Program: An evaluation report
The Stark County Probate Court Angel Program is the first volunteer-based monitoring program by a probate court in Ohio and is designed to confirm the well-being of persons under guardianship.
Amy Restorick Roberts • Amy J. Daily
Family satisfaction with nursing home care: Findings and implications from two state comparison
Most studies of family satisfaction are restricted to one state. This study compares the organizational and structural factors associated with higher family satisfaction in the states of Minnesota ...
John R. Bowblis • Amy Restorick Roberts • Teyana T. Shippee • Weiwen Ng
Cost-effective adjustments to nursing home staffing to improve quality
This study holistically examines which type of nursing home staffing (nursing, social service, activities) yields better quality as measured by number of deficiencies and deficiency scores.
Ohio Guardianship, Guardians, and the Courts: Findings from a Survey of Adult Guardianship in Ohio
This report highlights findings from a survey of the guardianship practices of Ohio’s probate courts.
Heather R. Reece • Amy Restorick Roberts
Family involvement in the nursing home and perceived resident quality of life
This study focuses on the relationship between family involvement and family perceptions of nursing home residents’ quality of life (QOL).
Karen J. Ishler • Amy Restorick Roberts
Quality of life trajectories of older adults living in senior housing
Quality of life (QoL) in the face of declining health, mobility, and social losses is a central issue for older adults.
Kathryn Betts Adams • Amy Restorick Roberts
Although nurse staffing has been extensively studied within nursing homes (NHs), social services has received less attention.
How does rurality influence the staffing of social service departments in nursing homes?
This paper examines how social service departments in nursing homes are staffed by rurality.
A Study of Adult Guardianship in Ohio: Preliminary Results
This research brief is a description of findings from interviews with key informants from the first phase of a study entitled: “Adult Guardianship in Ohio: Promising Practices.”
Heather R. Reece • Amy Restorick Roberts
The Role of the Family in Nursing Homes: Recommendations to Increase Family Satisfaction with Care
Families are important consumers of long-term care services who are likely to remain involved in the care of their resident loved one after placement.
Jane Straker • Amy Restorick Roberts