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New TREC Publication: Oral/dental items in the resident assessment instrument – minimum Data Set 2.0 lack validity
Hoben M, Poss JW, Norton PG, Estabrooks CA. (2016). Oral/dental items in the resident assessment instrument – minimum Data Set 2.0 lack validity: results of a retrospective, longitudinal validation study. Population Health Metrics, 14:36.
Oral/dental items in the resident assessment instrument – minimum Data Set 2.0 lack validity
Matthias Hoben, Jeff Poss, Peter G. Norton and Carole A. Estabrooks
Population Health Metrics 16:577.
Abstract
Background
Oral health in nursing home residents is poor. Robust, mandated assessment tools such as the Resident Assessment Instrument – Minimum Data Set (RAI-MDS) 2.0 are key to monitoring and improving quality of oral health care in nursing homes. However,…
CIHR Project Grant: Practical and effective approaches to longitudinal monitoring for quality of care near end of life in nursing home settings. Estabrooks, C.A. (NPI), Berta, W., Chamberlain, S., Cummings, G.G., Gruneir, A., Hoben, M., Lo, T., Norton, P.G., Poss, J., Silvius, J., Teare, G. ($495,000).
Summary
Research goals
The overall goal of this work is to develop a set of quality measures to monitor the trajectory of modifiable symptom burden and potentially inappropriate care practices at the end of life (EoL) in nursing homes (NHs). To meet this goal, we will consult with residents, family members, and other NH experts to identify highly burdensome symptoms and inappropriate care practices at EoL from Resident Assessment Instrument – Minimum Dataset (RAI-MDS) 2.0 data. These…
Below is an excerpt from an from the article "From Early Birth to Old Age" in Apple Magazine.
Estabrooks’ study is looking at the links continuing care providers rely on to help their patients
Information sharing in continuing care
As Alberta’s baby boomers age, the number of seniors in the province grows rapidly—as do health-care costs. Experts predicted this change but have still been caught somewhat off guard. “What we perhaps did not anticipate is the significant increase in rates of dementia, a diagnosis that frequently lands people in long-term care facilities,” says nursing…
New TREC publication: Individual and organizational predictors of health care aide job satisfaction in long term care
Chamberlain SA, Hoben M, Squires JE, Estabrooks CA. (2016). Individual and organizational predictors of health care aide job satisfaction in long term care. BMC Health Services Research 16:557.
Individual and organizational predictors of health care aide job satisfaction in long term care
Stephanie A. Chamberlain, Matthias Hoben, Janet E. Squires and Carole A. Estabrooks
BMC Health Services Research 16:577.
Abstract
Background
Unregulated health care aides provide the majority of direct health care to residents in long term care homes. Lower job satisfaction as reported by care aides is associated with increased turnover of staff. Turnover leads to inferior job…
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