Care of the resident with dementia can be both challenging and unpredictable. Activities provided for nursing home residents often have rules and may be a source of frustration for residents with advancing dementia. Snoezelen®, or multisensory therapy, offers a failure-free activity in an enabling environment that can both stimulate and relax the resident with dementia. Good...

The purpose of this study was to describe the processes of care, organizational attributes, cost of care, staffing level, and staff mix in a sample of Missouri homes with good, average, and poor resident outcomes.

In facilities with good resident outcomes, there are basics of care and processes surrounding each that staff consistently do: helping residents with ambula...

Pressure ulcer prevalence varies by setting, but recent data suggest it may as high as 17% in acute care, 28% in long-term care, and 29% in home care settings.1 Regardless of the type of patient care environment, pressure ulcers are a significant healthcare problem because they increase the amount of nursing care required, the resident's length of stay, and healthcare costs....