Geriatric care on a ward without nurses

✍ Scribed by Lisa C. Benjamin; John Spector

• Book ID: 102847164
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 627 KB
• Volume: 7
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0885-6230
• DOI: 10.1002/gps.930071010

✦ Synopsis

The Multiphasic Environmental Assessment Procedure (MEAP; was used to assess three long-stay settings within a geriatric hospital, one of which is a non-nursing unit committed to the philosophy of residents viewing the setting as their own home. Findings suggest positive outcomes for residents on the nonnursing unit, and support the view that types of care fostering independence and personal responsibility of elderly residents in their setting may be associated with increased mental functioning and activity. The lack of trained nursing staff had no detrimental effect on any measure of resident life, and some specific caring practices on the unit may be interpreted as having a positive outcome for residents.

KEY WORDS-N ursing care, geriatric nursing, geriatric patients, questionnaire, psychological adaptation.