This article explores an innovative new framework that addresses system-level complexity in long-term care research through the lens of culture change.
Kimberly Van Haitsma • Katherine M. Abbott • Molly Noble • Amy E. Elliot
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Attendance and Perceived Need for Caregiver Support Services: Implications for Emotional Wellbeing
This study explores the differences in emotional well-being associated with: attending caregiver support services and the perceived need for caregiver support services.
Heather L. Menne • Tochukwu J. Okolie
Bridging the Care Gap for People Living Alone With Dementia
Federal policies and programs recognize that people living with dementia often experience an increasing need for care and support, and much of this care and support comes from family members who ty...
Quality of life (QOL) is an important indicator of the influence nonpharmacological interventions have on the well-being of persons living with dementia and their family care partners. In the realm...
Kate Perepezko • Heather L. Menne • Molly Noble
Nursing homes (NH) are mandated to provide person-centered care (PCC).
Karen Eshraghi • Allison R. Heid • Kimberly Van Haitsma • Katherine M. Abbott
The Individualized Positive Psychosocial Intervention (IPPI) is an evidence-based program that engages people living with dementia (PLWD) in brief (i.e. 10 minute) one-to-one preference-based...
Amy Kotterman • Kimberly Van Haitsma • Katherine M. Abbott • Allison R. Heid • Molly Noble
We implemented a pilot embedded pragmatic clinical trial of the evidence-based Individualized Positive Psychosocial Interaction (IPPI) program for people living with dementia (PLWD) in nursing homes.
Amy Kotterman • Katherine M. Abbott • Kimberly Van Haitsma • Allison R. Heid • Molly Noble
Little work has explored how pragmatic data (i.e., usual care delivery data) can be used as an indicator of preference-based care delivery in nursing homes (NH) and how we can link these data to he...
Katherine M. Abbott • Kimberly Van Haitsma • Nahida Akter • Karen Eshraghi • Michael J. Rovine • Allison R. Heid
Detecting Tardive Dyskinesia Using Video-Based Artificial Intelligence
Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is a late-onset adverse effect of dopamine receptor-blocking medications, characterized by involuntary movements primarily affecting the mouth, though other body parts may b...
Fred Ma • Bretton H Talbot • Joseph H Friedman • Carlene MacMillan • Loren Larsen • Owen S Muir • Anthony A. Sterns • Rakesh Ranjan • Joel W. Hughes
The purpose of this paper is to describe the pre-implementation process utilized to identify potential substantive barriers and facilitators to implementing the Individualized Positive Psychosocial...
Jerry H Gurwitz • Amy Kotterman • Katherine M. Abbott • Molly Noble • Kimberly Van Haitsma • Heather L. Menne
Little work has explored how pragmatic data (i.e., usual care delivery data) can be used as an indicator of preference-based care delivery in nursing homes (NH) and how we can link these data to he...
Little is known about how preference-based care impacts nursing home (NH) residents’ well-being over time.
Nahida Akter • Kimberly Van Haitsma • Michael J. Rovine • Allison R. Heid • Katherine M. Abbott • Karen Eshraghi
In the United States, long-term care providers, such as nursing homes and assisted living communities, are meeting consumer demand through housing and care options designed to support the growing p...
Amy E. Elliot • Heather L. Menne • Ian Matt Nelson • John R. Bowblis
“YOU HAVE TO USE YOUR IMAGINATION”: NURSING HOME PROVIDER MODIFICATIONS TO IMPLEMENTING THE IPPI
Understanding modification motive can help improve intervention protocols and future implementation efforts.
Kamryn Kasler • Kimberly Van Haitsma • Cassandra Keiser • Katherine M. Abbott • Nahida Akter • Miranda C. Kunkel • Alexis Talmage
Association Between Nursing Home Five-Star Ratings and Consumer Satisfaction
Consumers can currently access the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Five-Star Quality Rating System when they choose a nursing home (NH).
John R. Bowblis • Jenny Kwon
Montessori-based interventions (MBIs) promote quality of life among older adults living with dementia. We used Dementia Care Mapping (DCM) to evaluate the impact of a small-scale MBI.
Michael R. Hughes • Kathleen M. Farfsing • Leah M. Janssen • Jennifer M. Kinney
Sustainability of the Preferences for Everyday Living Inventory Use in Ohio Nursing Homes Over Time
In 2015, the Ohio Department of Medicaid incentivized use of the Preferences for Everyday Living Inventory (PELI) as a quality initiative.
The Individualized Positive Psychosocial Interaction (IPPI) is an evidence-based program that supports engaging people living with dementia and their care partners in the nursing home (NH).
Molly Noble • Katherine M. Abbott • Kimberly Van Haitsma • Cassandra Keiser
This study assessed the readiness of The Individualized Positive Psychosocial Interaction (IPPI) program in the nursing home (NH) setting from the perspective of NH providers implementing the IPPI.
Katherine M. Abbott • Miranda C. Kunkel • Cassandra Keiser • Nahida Akter • Kimberly Van Haitsma • Kamryn Kasler • Alexis Talmage
The Individualized Positive Psychosocial Interaction (IPPI) program is an adaptable, evidence-based intervention.
Miranda C. Kunkel • Katherine M. Abbott • Molly Noble • Alexis Talmage • Kimberly Van Haitsma
To understand direct care workers' perceptions of the impact of implementing a person-centered communication tool, Preference for Activity and Leisure (PAL) Cards, into care.
Kimberly Van Haitsma • Katherine M. Abbott • Allison R. Heid
Person or patient-centered care (PCC) is touted as the gold standard in geriatric medical care across care settings.
Alexis Talmage • Katherine M. Abbott • Kimberly Van Haitsma • Allison R. Heid • Liza L. Behrens • Caroline Madrigal
Family caregivers may be at particular risk for social isolation and loneliness.
Heather L. Menne • Claire Pendergrast
The current study aimed to develop and preliminarily validate an initial version of an instrument to assess the leisure activity preferences of people receiving adult day services (ADS).
Kimberly Van Haitsma • Katherine M. Abbott • Martina Roes
Electric Bicycle Riding Improves Cardiometabolism in Moderately Active Adult
The popularity of electric bicycles (ebikes) has recently soared with sales projected to grow to $119.72 billion by 2030. This trend is driven by their lower cost and eco-friendliness compared to g...
Kyle L. Timmerman • Helaine M. Alessio
The Individualized Positive Psychosocial Interaction (IPPI) is a non-pharmacological, person-centered, intervention for nursing home (NH) residents living with moderate to severe dementia.
Katherine M. Abbott • Kimberly Van Haitsma • Alexandra Heppner • Kamryn Kasler
Uncovering subgroups of nursing home residents sharing similar preference patterns is useful for developing systematic approaches to person-centered care.
Yinfei Duan • Tetyana P Shippee • Odichinma Akosionu • John R. Bowblis • Weiwen Ng
Nepal’s low fertility rate and increasing life expectancy have resulted in a burgeoning older population.
Deepak Sharma • Ranju Kumari Mehta • Sabuj Kanti Mistry • Jennifer M. Kinney • Shoko Saito • Binod Rayamajhee • Saruna Ghimire • Aman Shrestha • Suresh Mehta • Uday Narayan Yadav
Complaints provide important information to consumers about nursing homes (NHs), but how substantiated complaints map onto deficiency citations is unknown.
Victor Molinari • Lindsay Peterson • John R. Bowblis • Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya
Currently it is unknown what people receiving adult day services (ADS) understand as leisure and the activities they prefer remain unknown.
Katherine M. Abbott • Martina Roes • Christina Manietta • Mike Rommerskirch-Manietta • Kimberly Van Haitsma • Daniel Purwins
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