The article used for the purpose of this assignment is “Building Relationships in Residential Long-Term Care.” The authors responsible for this work are Gaugler, Joseph E, and Ewen, Heidi H. The article was published in September 2005. It was found in the Journal of Gerontological of Nursing. This article was chosen in response to the question I imposed in the previous assignment.What is the effectiveness of family visits with loved ones in a residential long-term care?
Hypothesis/Problem
The focus of the article is to find patterns and determinants of staff members’ attitudes toward family members in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and family care homes. In previous literature, a lot of efforts have been made to describe several …show more content…
In Kentucky , five nursing homes, five assisted living facilities, and 20 family homes were randomly selected. The selections were chosen from the public facility directories which were made available by the Commonwealth of Kentucky. All the places selected agreed to take part in the study. Four family care homes could not partake in the study was one of the directors was very ill, one refused, and two of the homes were out of business (Gaugler & Ewen, …show more content…
He is diagnosed with depression, and he also has celiac disease. He is in the nursing home due to a stroke that has left him unable to physically take care of himself. In a few months, Rudolf has to get eye surgery. He would really like to have family support as he goes through this. He has lost track of his family and he is trying to get into contact with his family (Alla, 2016). Recently, he has felt down, he has not been attending groups which is rare because he always attends them. I shadowed my supervisor as he interviewed Rudolf. My supervisor was trying to figure out what was going on because Rudolf has distanced himself from others, which is not typically something he would do. He stated that “ he has felt lonely, and he misses his family”. He also mentions that “his parents passed away, but he has an older sister”. My supervisor and I are trying to get in contact with his older sister. Rudolf feels confident doing the surgery if he has family support to keep him company during the surgery (Alla,
Hypothesis/Problem
The focus of the article is to find patterns and determinants of staff members’ attitudes toward family members in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and family care homes. In previous literature, a lot of efforts have been made to describe several …show more content…
In Kentucky , five nursing homes, five assisted living facilities, and 20 family homes were randomly selected. The selections were chosen from the public facility directories which were made available by the Commonwealth of Kentucky. All the places selected agreed to take part in the study. Four family care homes could not partake in the study was one of the directors was very ill, one refused, and two of the homes were out of business (Gaugler & Ewen, …show more content…
He is diagnosed with depression, and he also has celiac disease. He is in the nursing home due to a stroke that has left him unable to physically take care of himself. In a few months, Rudolf has to get eye surgery. He would really like to have family support as he goes through this. He has lost track of his family and he is trying to get into contact with his family (Alla, 2016). Recently, he has felt down, he has not been attending groups which is rare because he always attends them. I shadowed my supervisor as he interviewed Rudolf. My supervisor was trying to figure out what was going on because Rudolf has distanced himself from others, which is not typically something he would do. He stated that “ he has felt lonely, and he misses his family”. He also mentions that “his parents passed away, but he has an older sister”. My supervisor and I are trying to get in contact with his older sister. Rudolf feels confident doing the surgery if he has family support to keep him company during the surgery (Alla,