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Guest Editorial. The Independent Nurse Role In Community Care Gerontological Nursing: Special Series, Deborah Schoenfelder, Janet Specht, Meridean Maas
Guest Editorial. The Independent Nurse Role In Community Care Gerontological Nursing: Special Series, Deborah Schoenfelder, Janet Specht, Meridean Maas
Deborah P. Schoenfelder
No abstract provided.
Innovations In Long-Term Care. Homesafe: Supportive Assistance For Elderly Individuals Through A Nurse-Managed Plan, Deborah Schoenfelder, Meridean Maas, Janet Specht
Innovations In Long-Term Care. Homesafe: Supportive Assistance For Elderly Individuals Through A Nurse-Managed Plan, Deborah Schoenfelder, Meridean Maas, Janet Specht
Deborah P. Schoenfelder
A lack of quality, cost-effective alternatives to nursing home care for community-dwelling older adults exists. The evidence suggests that case management provides quality care in a cost-efficient manner to help older adults remain at home safely and as independently as possible. This article describes HomeSafe, a nurse-managed membership plan that assists older individuals to enhance their health and quality of life, and to age in place in their homes and communities. HomeSafe serves as an innovative model of care and a teaching site for undergraduate and graduate nursing students and nursing faculty at The University of Iowa.
The Independent Nurse Role In Community Care Gerontological Nursing, Deborah Schoenfelder, Janet Specht, Meridean Maas
The Independent Nurse Role In Community Care Gerontological Nursing, Deborah Schoenfelder, Janet Specht, Meridean Maas
Deborah P. Schoenfelder
No abstract provided.
A Fall Prevention Educational Program For Community Dwelling Seniors, Deborah Schoenfelder, K. Van Why
A Fall Prevention Educational Program For Community Dwelling Seniors, Deborah Schoenfelder, K. Van Why
Deborah P. Schoenfelder
The purpose of this research was to assess participants' responses to a fall prevention educational program. Fourteen persons volunteered to participate in the study conducted at a large senior center. Descriptive statistics were used to characterize the sample and to assess subjects' awareness about falls, attitudes about fall risk, fall prevention behaviors, and incidence of falls before the fall prevention program and again at one month and three months after the program. Forty-six percent of the sample had fallen in the previous year. In general, subjects' perceptions that their risk of falling was lower than others of the same age …