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Residents with mild cognitive decline and family members report health students ‘enhance capacity of care’ and bring ‘a new breath of life’ in two aged care facilities in Tasmania

BACKGROUND: Care provided by student doctors and nurses is well received by patients in hospital and primary care settings. Whether the same is true for aged care residents of nursing homes with mild cognitive decline and their family members is unknown. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the perspectives of...

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Autores principales: Elliott, Kate‐Ellen J., Annear, Michael J., Bell, Erica J., Palmer, Andrew J., Robinson, Andrew L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5810736/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25041246
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hex.12236
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author Elliott, Kate‐Ellen J.
Annear, Michael J.
Bell, Erica J.
Palmer, Andrew J.
Robinson, Andrew L.
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Annear, Michael J.
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description BACKGROUND: Care provided by student doctors and nurses is well received by patients in hospital and primary care settings. Whether the same is true for aged care residents of nursing homes with mild cognitive decline and their family members is unknown. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the perspectives of aged care residents with mild cognitive decline and their family members on interdisciplinary student placements in two residential aged care facilities (RACF) in Tasmania. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: A mixed methods design was employed with both qualitative and quantitative data collected. All participants were interviewed and completed a questionnaire on residents' quality of life, during or after a period of student placements in each facility (October–November, 2012). Qualitative data were coded for themes following a grounded theory approach, and quantitative data were analysed using SPSS. RESULTS: Twenty‐one participants (13 residents and 8 family members) were recruited. Four themes were identified from the qualitative data and included (i) increased social interaction and facility vibrancy; (ii) community service and personal development, (iii) vulnerability and sensitivity (learning to care) and (iv) increased capacity and the confidence of enhanced care. Residents' quality of life was reported to be mostly good in the presence of the students, despite their high care needs. CONCLUSION: Residents with mild cognitive decline and their family members perceive a wide array of benefits of student provided care in RACFs including increased social interaction. Future quantitative research should focus on whether changes in care occur for residents as a result of student involvement.
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spelling pubmed-58107362018-02-16 Residents with mild cognitive decline and family members report health students ‘enhance capacity of care’ and bring ‘a new breath of life’ in two aged care facilities in Tasmania Elliott, Kate‐Ellen J. Annear, Michael J. Bell, Erica J. Palmer, Andrew J. Robinson, Andrew L. Health Expect Original Research Papers BACKGROUND: Care provided by student doctors and nurses is well received by patients in hospital and primary care settings. Whether the same is true for aged care residents of nursing homes with mild cognitive decline and their family members is unknown. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the perspectives of aged care residents with mild cognitive decline and their family members on interdisciplinary student placements in two residential aged care facilities (RACF) in Tasmania. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: A mixed methods design was employed with both qualitative and quantitative data collected. All participants were interviewed and completed a questionnaire on residents' quality of life, during or after a period of student placements in each facility (October–November, 2012). Qualitative data were coded for themes following a grounded theory approach, and quantitative data were analysed using SPSS. RESULTS: Twenty‐one participants (13 residents and 8 family members) were recruited. Four themes were identified from the qualitative data and included (i) increased social interaction and facility vibrancy; (ii) community service and personal development, (iii) vulnerability and sensitivity (learning to care) and (iv) increased capacity and the confidence of enhanced care. Residents' quality of life was reported to be mostly good in the presence of the students, despite their high care needs. CONCLUSION: Residents with mild cognitive decline and their family members perceive a wide array of benefits of student provided care in RACFs including increased social interaction. Future quantitative research should focus on whether changes in care occur for residents as a result of student involvement. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2014-07-07 2015-12 /pmc/articles/PMC5810736/ /pubmed/25041246 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hex.12236 Text en © 2014 The Authors Health Expectations Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial‐NoDerivs (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Elliott, Kate‐Ellen J.
Annear, Michael J.
Bell, Erica J.
Palmer, Andrew J.
Robinson, Andrew L.
Residents with mild cognitive decline and family members report health students ‘enhance capacity of care’ and bring ‘a new breath of life’ in two aged care facilities in Tasmania
title Residents with mild cognitive decline and family members report health students ‘enhance capacity of care’ and bring ‘a new breath of life’ in two aged care facilities in Tasmania
title_full Residents with mild cognitive decline and family members report health students ‘enhance capacity of care’ and bring ‘a new breath of life’ in two aged care facilities in Tasmania
title_fullStr Residents with mild cognitive decline and family members report health students ‘enhance capacity of care’ and bring ‘a new breath of life’ in two aged care facilities in Tasmania
title_full_unstemmed Residents with mild cognitive decline and family members report health students ‘enhance capacity of care’ and bring ‘a new breath of life’ in two aged care facilities in Tasmania
title_short Residents with mild cognitive decline and family members report health students ‘enhance capacity of care’ and bring ‘a new breath of life’ in two aged care facilities in Tasmania
title_sort residents with mild cognitive decline and family members report health students ‘enhance capacity of care’ and bring ‘a new breath of life’ in two aged care facilities in tasmania
topic Original Research Papers
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5810736/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25041246
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hex.12236
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