With a Little Help From My Friends and Family: Transportation and Caregiving Hours
This study explored how caregiver transportation assistance and care recipient driving frequency are associated with caregiving hours.
Jonathon M. Vivoda • Jiawei Cao • Athena Koumoutzis
This study implemented an online survey of family members or friends of residents in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) from April 28 to June 19, 2020, using convenience sampling.
Mi Sun Choi • Jane Straker
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has challenged the way nursing homes deliver person-centered care (PCC).
Katherine M. Abbott • Miranda C. Kunkel • Alexandra Heppner • Megan Kelley • Kimberly Van Haitsma • Kamryn Kasler
Certified nursing assistant (CNA) turnover and retention are critical aspects of facilities’ ability to provide cost-effective, high-quality person-centered care.
John R. Bowblis • Katherine A. Kennedy • Robert A. Applebaum
Promising Practices in Adult Guardianship in Ohio
Contains research brief and five count reports.
Candidus C. Nwakasi • Amy Restorick Roberts • Gifty Ashirifi
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
Although assessing individual consumer preferences is an important first step in providing person-centered care, the purpose of this study was to identify the top 10 shared preferences that are imp...
Rachel Klumpp • Katherine M. Abbott • Gerald C. Gannod • Jane Straker • Kimberly Van Haitsma • Kendall Leser
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
Nursing homes are embracing person-centered care, an approach that emphasizes “knowing the person” and honoring each individual’s preferences.
Healthcare preferences of nursing home residents: Perceived barriers and situational dependencies
While much research has examined end of life care preferences of nursing home (NH) residents, little work has examined resident preferences for everyday healthcare.
Knowledge of a nursing home resident's everyday living preferences provides the foundation for ongoing individualized care planning.
Identifying naturally occurring retirement communities: A spatial analysis
Guided by the concept of “aging in place” and potential policy implications, the study analyzed naturally occurring retirement communities (NORCs; 40% or greater house owners and renter...
Takashi Yamashita • Jennifer M. Kinney
"Make me feel at ease and at home" Differential care preferences of nursing home residents
Assessing and honoring older adults’ preferences is a fundamental step in providing person-centered care in long-term care facilities. Researchers and practitioners have begun to develop meas...
Preferences are the expression of an individual's basic psychosocial needs and are related to care outcomes.
The purpose of this article is to report on the development of the concept and measurement of preference congruence among NH residents (phase 1), its refinement into a set of quality indicators by ...
Long-Term Care Management Turns 40: What We Know and What We Do Not
This article focuses on care management with older people experiencing chronic disability.
Identifying naturally occurring retirement communities: A spatial analysis
Guided by the concept of "aging in place" and potential policy implications, the study analyzed naturally occurring retirement communities (NORCs; 40% or greater house owners and renters ...
Takashi Yamashita • Jennifer M. Kinney
The Nursing Home Five Star Rating: How does it compare to resident and family views of care?
In 2008, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented a five-star rating system of nursing homes in the United States.
Robert A. Applebaum • Jane Straker
'It depends': Reasons why nursing home residents change their minds about care preferences
This study aims to understand and describe nursing home residents’ perspectives on why the importance of their preferences may change in daily care.
Application of the model of allostasis to older womens relocation to senior housing
Adjustment to senior housing entails significant lifestyle changes and is a stressful process.
Right Place, Right Time, Right Care: An Evaluation of Ohio's Nursing Home Diversion and Transition
In 2010 the Ohio General Assembly asked the Ohio Department of Aging to develop and implement a nursing home diversion and transition initiative.
Suzanne R. Kunkel • Anthony R. Bardo • Robert A. Applebaum • Elizabeth Carpio
This report provides information about the elements of case management, intake, and assessment programs that are often specified in current standards or bid specifications.
Robert A. Applebaum • Ian Matt Nelson • Jane Straker • Michael Payne
Case Managers' Perspectives on Consumer Direction
From S.R. Kunkel & V. Wellin (Eds.)(2006). Consumer Voice and Choice in Long-Term Care© Reproduced with permission of Springer Publishing Company, LLC, New York, NY 10036