Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Institution
-
- Minnesota State University, Mankato (4)
- Advocate Health - Midwest (2)
- Selected Works (2)
- University of New England (2)
- University of Southern Maine (2)
-
- Western Michigan University (2)
- Antioch University (1)
- Baptist Health South Florida (1)
- California State University, Monterey Bay (1)
- California State University, San Bernardino (1)
- Grand Valley State University (1)
- Portland State University (1)
- SIT Graduate Institute/SIT Study Abroad (1)
- The University of Akron (1)
- The University of Maine (1)
- University of Central Florida (1)
- Wayne State University (1)
- Western Kentucky University (1)
- Keyword
-
- Hospice (3)
- Older adults (3)
- Aging (2)
- Geriatrics (2)
- Home care (2)
-
- ADS (1)
- Abuse (1)
- Admission (1)
- Adult Day Services (1)
- Adult children (1)
- Adult day services (1)
- Age care workers (1)
- Aged; Community; Malnutrition; Nutritional status; Rehabilitation (1)
- Anthropology (1)
- Anti-ageism (1)
- Arts-based research (1)
- Assisted living (1)
- California (1)
- Cancer (1)
- Care coordination (1)
- Care culture (1)
- Care setting (1)
- Caregiver (1)
- Caregivers (1)
- Caring for parents (1)
- Chief Complaint (1)
- Community care workers (1)
- Community-based end-of-life residence (1)
- Community-based services (1)
- Conventional Care (1)
- Publication Year
- Publication
-
- All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects (4)
- Social Work Faculty Publications (3)
- Journal of Geriatric Emergency Medicine (2)
- Skye Marshall (2)
- The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare (2)
-
- Thinking Matters Symposium Archive (2)
- Antioch University Full-Text Dissertations & Theses (1)
- Books and Contributions to Books (1)
- Capstone Projects and Master's Theses (1)
- Dissertations and Theses (1)
- Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations (1)
- Honors Undergraduate Theses (1)
- Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection (1)
- Maine Center on Aging Research and Evaluation (1)
- Nursing & Health Sciences Research Journal (1)
- WKU Archives Collection Inventories (1)
- Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects (1)
- Publication Type
Articles 1 - 26 of 26
Full-Text Articles in Social Work
Geriatric Depression Screening And Chief Complaint: What Is The Risk For 30- And 90-Day Readmission?, Eric James, Joan Michelle Moccia, Victoria Lucia
Geriatric Depression Screening And Chief Complaint: What Is The Risk For 30- And 90-Day Readmission?, Eric James, Joan Michelle Moccia, Victoria Lucia
Journal of Geriatric Emergency Medicine
Abstract
Background:
Readmission to the hospital within 30-days has a high cost and represents a gap in care for older adults. Older adults are at significant risk for depression, particularly given their medical comorbidities and social factors such as isolation due to SARS-CoV-2. Many patients who screen positive for depression may have no known history of depression. This investigation examines the relationship between a positive geriatric depression screen and chief complaint as a function of 30- and 90-day readmission risk.
Methods:
We examined the electronic medical record of 329 older adults aged 65 and older from February 1, 2020, to …
Unmet Needs And Social Challenges For Older Adults During And After The Covid-19 Pandemic: An Opportunity To Improve Care, Alyssa Elman, Daniel Baek, Elaine Gottesman, Michael E. Stern, Mary R. Mulcare, Amy Shaw, Morgan Pearman, Michelle Sullivan, Sunday Clark, Timothy F. Platts-Mills, Rahul Sharma, Tony Rosen
Unmet Needs And Social Challenges For Older Adults During And After The Covid-19 Pandemic: An Opportunity To Improve Care, Alyssa Elman, Daniel Baek, Elaine Gottesman, Michael E. Stern, Mary R. Mulcare, Amy Shaw, Morgan Pearman, Michelle Sullivan, Sunday Clark, Timothy F. Platts-Mills, Rahul Sharma, Tony Rosen
Journal of Geriatric Emergency Medicine
Many older adults have unmet needs and social challenges that can negatively impact their health and well-being, particularly during and after the COVID pandemic. These include social isolation, inadequate care or assistance with their daily activities, food insecurity, housing insecurity, poverty, and abuse/neglect/exploitation. An ED visit provides a unique and critical opportunity to identify these issues and initiate intervention for these vulnerable older adults. By assessing for unmet needs and social challenges, considering a team-based approach as to how they may be ameliorated, using online tools, and integrating telehealth and EMS, ED providers have the potential to dramatically improve …
Home Health Care Resource Binder: A User-Friendly Guide For Crossroads Hospice And Palliative Care, Deanna Eder
Home Health Care Resource Binder: A User-Friendly Guide For Crossroads Hospice And Palliative Care, Deanna Eder
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
Patients and families searching for home health care need accurate information regarding the community resources available to them to promote aging in place and to maintain their quality of life. In connection to the social workers at Crossroads Hospice and Palliative Care, the researcher identified a need for a centralized source of up-to-date information regarding local home health care agencies due to the current resource deficit. Social workers and other health care professionals are expected to benefit from a concise list of resources readily available to provide their patients and families with adequate support to make informed decisions about a …
Chapter 14: Hospice And End-Of-Life Care, Sally Pelon, Brandon Youker, M. Paola Leon
Chapter 14: Hospice And End-Of-Life Care, Sally Pelon, Brandon Youker, M. Paola Leon
Books and Contributions to Books
This chapter explores end-of-life issues and concerns as well as the hospice movement’s role in assisting terminally ill individuals. Specific social work assessment and interventions tools are offered considered as well as controversial issues in end-of-life care.
Increasing Adult's Awareness Of The Importance Of End-Of-Life Care Discussions, Taylor Gardner
Increasing Adult's Awareness Of The Importance Of End-Of-Life Care Discussions, Taylor Gardner
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
For many American families, end-of-life care is often not discussed, until advanced illness or injury has fully disrupted everyday life. There are many benefits to discussing end-of-life care prior to any medical complications. Research has shown that individuals who plan their end-of-life processes with a hospice service provider and family members report a higher quality of death than individuals receiving common health care during their final six months of life. In order to make families and friends more comfortable with end-of-life discussions, I will conduct two one-hour educational sessions to students at California State University, Monterey Bay.
Internamente Solo: Escuchando Y Resistiendo La Soledad De Adultos Mayores En La Araucanía, Chile / Internally Alone: Hearing And Resisting The Loneliness Of Seniors In La Araucanía, Chile, Grace Ellrodt
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
Research Question: Which current patterns drive or diminish loneliness among seniors of the Region of the Araucanía in the city of Temuco and surrounding rural communes?
Objectives: Understand and interpret the roots and the antidotes of the loneliness phenomenon experienced by seniors in Temuco and surrounding communes in the present moment.
Identify and analyze the drivers of pathological elder loneliness in structural, intermediary, and proximal factors.
Highlight the perspectives and narratives of seniors, community leaders, and health resources with respect to strategies to reduce the crisis.
Background: Currently, the population of seniors has risen and will continue to rise in …
Intergenerational Adult Day Services Needs Assessment Project Final Report, University Of Maine School Of Social Work, Eastern Area Agency On Aging, University Of Maine Center On Aging
Intergenerational Adult Day Services Needs Assessment Project Final Report, University Of Maine School Of Social Work, Eastern Area Agency On Aging, University Of Maine Center On Aging
Maine Center on Aging Research and Evaluation
Focus group research conducted in the Greater Bangor, Maine area in 2016 identified respite services and intergenerational programming as important factors for supporting a more livable community.
This report outlines findings from a 2018 needs assessment of adult day services (ADS), funded by Maine Health Access Foundation. The needs assessment utilized a survey of local caregivers (N=84) and key informant interviews (N=10) with staff at Maine adult day service programs or service providers that could utilize adult day services for their clients.
Key survey findings indicate that lack of financial resources (identified by 20% of the survey sample), and lack …
Life Review In Aging: A Primer, Thomas M. Meuser
Life Review In Aging: A Primer, Thomas M. Meuser
Social Work Faculty Publications
Humans are narrative beings. We understand and speak of ourselves and the events of our lives in the context of stories. The stories we tell are influenced by our lived experiences, the quality of our memories (what’s recalled and forgotten), relationships, personality styles, values, accomplishments, regrets, spiritual beliefs, and a host of other factors. Telling our stories from the vantage point of old age is reflective of a maturational process of introspection and discovery called life review.
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment: A Primer, Thomas M. Meuser
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment: A Primer, Thomas M. Meuser
Social Work Faculty Publications
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment is an integrative approach to diagnosis, treatment and management of older adults that takes the whole person into account. While deficits may be a primary focus, strengths are also considered.
“Older Adults And Their Experiences With Home Care And Assisted Living”, Faith Robinson
“Older Adults And Their Experiences With Home Care And Assisted Living”, Faith Robinson
Thinking Matters Symposium Archive
As the state of Maine and the U.S. population at large continues to age, discussion about future care and living arrangements for older adults has become an increasingly relevant issue. Older adults are often faced with a range of options for housing, including staying in their home in their community while receiving home care services, or moving to an assisted living facility.
Currently a gap in the research exists as to the attitudes, perceptions, and lived experiences of the older adults themselves around these decisions, experiences, and the meaning of “home” in our older years. This study aims to provide …
Adult Day Service Providers: Untapped Potential For Care Coordination, Nicole Ruggiano, Ellen L. Brown, Karen L. Fortuna
Adult Day Service Providers: Untapped Potential For Care Coordination, Nicole Ruggiano, Ellen L. Brown, Karen L. Fortuna
Nursing & Health Sciences Research Journal
Adult Day Services (ADS) have become increasingly available for community-dwelling older adults who are often experiencing multiple chronic conditions and/or dementia. ADS providers spend a significant amount of time with their clients and offer the opportunity for a wealth of clinical information that can be used by primary care providers and specialists for decision-making about patient care. There are also opportunities for hospitals to coordinate care transitions with ADS providers by involving them with discharge planning with appropriate patients who require post-hospital care. However, ADS providers are often viewed as social service providers, and there is little known about the …
A Descriptive Study Of The Elderly In California Substance Abuse Treatment Programs, David Berenschot
A Descriptive Study Of The Elderly In California Substance Abuse Treatment Programs, David Berenschot
Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations
As gerontologists may know, there are a great deal of studies and a variety of academic literature on the misuse of alcohol and prescription medication amongst the elderly population. While there is a plethora of information on alcohol and prescription misuse, there is little reported data about the prevalence of other substance misuse experienced by this population. This study aims to help to fill that gap in the data by using quantitative methods to describe the scope of substance abuse of individuals 55-years or older. This study utilizes data from the Treatment Data Set Admission (TEDS-A). The TEDS-A is a …
Perceptions Of Successful Aging Among Maine Elders With Physical Limitations: Insights From Qualitative Interviews, Madeline Minor, Rebecca Knight
Perceptions Of Successful Aging Among Maine Elders With Physical Limitations: Insights From Qualitative Interviews, Madeline Minor, Rebecca Knight
Thinking Matters Symposium Archive
Research Question: How do elders living with a disability perceive the aging process?
Self-Care Among Older Adults With Heart Failure, Sumayya Attaallah, Kay Klymko, Faith Pratt Hopp
Self-Care Among Older Adults With Heart Failure, Sumayya Attaallah, Kay Klymko, Faith Pratt Hopp
Social Work Faculty Publications
Background: It is estimated that 5.7 million Americans are living with heart failure (HF) today. Despite the fact that HF is one of the most common reasons people aged 65 years and older are admitted into the hospital, few studies describe the self-care in this older adult population. Purpose: The purpose of the study was to review the current literature on self-care in this population to better understand the influence of selected factors on self-care and health outcomes. Methods: A literature search was completed and resulted in including 28 studies. Results: Multiple factors have been reported as barriers to self-care …
Intensive Care In Oncology: Admission And Outcomes In Adult Patients With Cancer, Surya John
Intensive Care In Oncology: Admission And Outcomes In Adult Patients With Cancer, Surya John
Honors Undergraduate Theses
Background: Historically, patients with cancer have been perceived as poor candidates for ICU admission. General ICU admission criteria lists cancer patients as low priority in ICU admission depriving them of the care they rightfully deserve. The purpose of this literary synthesis was to examine ICU admission criteria, risk factors, and outcomes of ICU admission in relation to hematological and solid tumor cancers and discuss ways that practitioners and nurses can educate patients with cancer and their families on appropriateness of ICU care.
Methods: A total of 768 articles were found in a literature search including all literature from 2005 to …
Ua68/10/1 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Sociology Publications, Wku Archives
Ua68/10/1 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Sociology Publications, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Publications created by and about Sociology. Including Sociology, Anthropology & Social Work while a part of Potter College.
The Consequences Of Malnutrition Following Discharge From Rehabilitation To The Community: A Systematic Review Of Current Evidence In Older Adults, Skye Marshall, Judith Bauer, Elisabeth Isenring
The Consequences Of Malnutrition Following Discharge From Rehabilitation To The Community: A Systematic Review Of Current Evidence In Older Adults, Skye Marshall, Judith Bauer, Elisabeth Isenring
Skye Marshall
Making Space For Dying: Portraits Of Living With Dying, Elise Lark
Making Space For Dying: Portraits Of Living With Dying, Elise Lark
Antioch University Full-Text Dissertations & Theses
In Making Space for Dying: Portraits of Living with Dying, I describe the everyday lived experience of dying and the care culture within freestanding, community-based, end-of-life residences (CBEOLR) utilizing portraiture and arts-based research. I craft four case studies into “portraits,” based on interviews, on-site visits, up-close observation, and field notes. In the person-centered portraits, I reveal the inner landscape of two terminally ill women, with data represented in poetry. In the place-centered portraits, I “map” the social topography of two CBEOLRs to illustrate how lives and care of the dying are emplaced, from the perspectives of community leaders, …
Are Informal Carers And Community Care Workers Effective In Managing Malnutrition In The Older Adult Community? A Systematic Review Of Current Evidence, Skye Marshall, Judith Bauer, Sandra Capra, Elisabeth Isenring
Are Informal Carers And Community Care Workers Effective In Managing Malnutrition In The Older Adult Community? A Systematic Review Of Current Evidence, Skye Marshall, Judith Bauer, Sandra Capra, Elisabeth Isenring
Skye Marshall
Independent Living Outcomes Evaluation Project, Craig J. Padgett
Independent Living Outcomes Evaluation Project, Craig J. Padgett
All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects
This project developed specific examples of skills and resources for three example categories of ILST and developed recommendations for enhancing the creation of goals. It was important to develop indicators into a tiered structure for reinforcing those skills and resources into knowledge through an added educational component. Methodology was developed and necessary instrumentation and processes were designed for implementation. And, an informed consent was designed for any organization providing Independent Living Skills Training (ILST).
Assessing Gaps In Services For Geriatric Patients With Mental Health Needs, Angela Nelson
Assessing Gaps In Services For Geriatric Patients With Mental Health Needs, Angela Nelson
All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects
Older adults in southwest Minnesota have limited options regarding mental health services. Sanford Tracy Medical Center and Sanford Westbrook Medical Center sought to identify the needs of this population so they can better serve their patients. The following research questions were asked: Do local service providers feel gaps in services exist for older adults experiencing mental health needs in the rural southwestern Minnesota communities of Tracy and Westbrook and the surrounding areas? Do area service providers feel that geriatric patients would benefit from a mental health intervention implemented within the primary healthcare setting? A survey of area geriatric service providers …
Llmhs Elderly Services Outreach Program: Lincoln, Lyon & Murray Human Services, Jamie Olson
Llmhs Elderly Services Outreach Program: Lincoln, Lyon & Murray Human Services, Jamie Olson
All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects
Right now there is a lack of professional and community knowledge regarding the services LLMHS provides to those over age 65. Thus, there are elderly who are in need of help who are not getting connected to a county long term care social worker. The elderly may need help to simply get connected to resources, have questions answered, correct misconceptions about long term care, get recommendations, or assistance paying for home and community based services. There are also many providers and professionals with questions about what LLMHS does and does not do as well as what the assistance programs can …
In Step With Our Parents: 3-Part Educational Series, Kate Boisen-Macdonald
In Step With Our Parents: 3-Part Educational Series, Kate Boisen-Macdonald
All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects
The purpose of this project is to educate adult children caring for their parents, so they can identify as caregivers so they can better cope with, identify with, and/or navigate the role of care giving, and be aware of the resources available to them.
Home Support Services And The Ecology Of Aging, Abraham Monk
Home Support Services And The Ecology Of Aging, Abraham Monk
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Home support services for the aged are emerging as a primary concern in the Title XX planning proposals put forth by states and localities. This is not surprising when one considers that Title XX guidelines require the setting of priorities among non-cash benefit programs that help insure the individual's self-sufficiency within his or her normal environment.
All services under Title XX must relate to one or more of five objectives for the individual client: economic independence; self care; prevention or remedy of neglect, abuse or other conditions which lead to dependence; intermediate community based care and, as a last resort …
Opinions And Expectations Of Nursing Home Administrators, Jordan I. Kosberg
Opinions And Expectations Of Nursing Home Administrators, Jordan I. Kosberg
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
From a comparative analysis of 214 nursing homes in the Chicago area, it was found that the nursing home field is composed of institutions with great variations in treatment resources available to the residents (Kosberg and Tobin, 1972). While the determination of organizational correlates to the extent of treatment resources was the major objective of the study, an exploration of the attitudes of a sample of nursing home administrators was undertaken in an effort to learn of possible relationships between attitudes and the characteristics of facilities.
There is a commonly-held assumption that not only the academic background of an administrator …
Foster Family Care For The Aged, Donald V. Sekora
Foster Family Care For The Aged, Donald V. Sekora
Dissertations and Theses
The following was a research practicum instituted as an actual project for the State of Montana Welfare Department between June, 1970, and May, 1971. The project had a two-fold purpose in being conceived: one purpose was to fulfill a graduate school academic requirement; and the second purpose was to fulfill a responsibility to the people of Montana who would eventually gain some benefits from this project. The series of written documents that follow are the description of that project's conception and actualization in six Montana counties. The first part is the project idea and theory; the next two parts consist …