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A Pilot Study Of Immune And Mood Outcomes Of A Community-Based Intervention For Dementia Caregivers: The Plst Intervention, L. Garand, Kathleen Buckwalter, D. Lubaroff, Toni Tripp-Reimer, Rita Frantz, T. Ansley
A Pilot Study Of Immune And Mood Outcomes Of A Community-Based Intervention For Dementia Caregivers: The Plst Intervention, L. Garand, Kathleen Buckwalter, D. Lubaroff, Toni Tripp-Reimer, Rita Frantz, T. Ansley
Rita A. Frantz
Providing care to a family member with dementia is conceptualized as a chronic stressor with adverse psychological and physical effects. The purpose of this pilot study was to evaluate mood and immune outcomes of caregivers exposed to a community-based psychoeducational nursing intervention based on the progressively lowered stress threshold (PLST) model. The PLST intervention is designed to strengthen the psychological resources of dementia caregivers by teaching methods of preventing and/or managing behavioral problems exhibited by the person with dementia. Mood and immune outcomes were compared between caregivers randomly assigned to receive either the PLST or a comparison intervention. Results of …
Nursing Assessment: Impact On Type And Cost Of Interventions To Prevent Pressure Ulcers, G. Richardson, Sue Gardner, Rita Frantz
Nursing Assessment: Impact On Type And Cost Of Interventions To Prevent Pressure Ulcers, G. Richardson, Sue Gardner, Rita Frantz
Rita A. Frantz
Objective: To describe pressure ulcer preventive interventions and their cost, and to compare the preventive intervention use and cost with level of risk. Design: Comparative, descriptive design. Setting and Subjects: A large midwestern Veteran's Affairs Medical Center with 260 long-term care beds. Thirty-one chair- or bed-bound residents from 1 long-term care unit comprised the study sample. Main Outcome Measures: The outcome variables included demographic information (patient record), Braden Risk Assessment score, institutional risk assessment score (Pressure Ulcer Risk Tool), type and frequency of preventive interventions, and the related costs. Methods: Subjects were assessed on a weekly basis for type and …
The Cost Of Treating Pressure Ulcers Following Implementation Of A Research-Based Skin Care Protocol In A Long-Term Care Facility, Rita Frantz, S. Bergquist, Janet Specht
The Cost Of Treating Pressure Ulcers Following Implementation Of A Research-Based Skin Care Protocol In A Long-Term Care Facility, Rita Frantz, S. Bergquist, Janet Specht
Rita A. Frantz
Although concern for the costs associated with pressure ulcer treatments persists, studies that precisely quantify costs are limited. A retrospective research design was used to describe the costs incurred by an 830-bed, long-term care facility to treat 81 pressure ulcers over a one-year period following implementation of a research-based, skin care protocol. The total cost for the study period was $30,079 with 73% of these expenditures attributable to nursing care. Mean cost of treatment was $3.74/pressure ulcer/day, which was a reduction from the $5.35/pressure ulcer/day cost prior to implementation of the skin care protocol. These findings suggest that implementing a …