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Zirves, Melanie, Demirer, Ibrahim and Pfaff, Holger ORCID: 0000-0001-9154-6575 (2021). Everyday Life and Social Contacts of Dementia and Non-Dementia Residents over 80 Years in Long-Term Inpatient Care: A Multi-Level Analysis on the Effect of Staffing. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 18 (21). BASEL: MDPI. ISSN 1660-4601

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Abstract

The relationship between nurse staffing, physical outcomes of residents, as well as quality of care receives major attention. The impact of staffing levels on residents' ability to organize their everyday life and maintain social contacts, however, has not been analyzed to date. This study examines whether a relationship between the staff-to-resident ratio for registered nurses and nursing home residents with and without dementia aged over 80 exists. Secondary data collected in the project inQS (indikatorengestutzte Qualitatsforderung) were used (n = 1782, mean age = 88.14). The analyzed cross-sectional data were collected in winter 2019 in facilities of the Diocesan Caritas Association in Germany. A sum score formed from variables measuring residents' abilities to independently organize their everyday life and maintain social contacts functioned as the dependent variable. A multi-level regression analysis was performed. The results revealed that the ability of residents without dementia was significantly associated with the staff-to-resident ratio of registered nurses. This was not true for residents with dementia. For the latter, however, whether the facility offers a segregated care unit turned out to be significant. Additional and longitudinal research is indispensable to explain the inequality between the two groups analyzed.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Zirves, Melanie UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Demirer, Ibrahim UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Pfaff, Holger UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-9154-6575 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-568850
DOI:	10.3390/ijerph182111300
Journal or Publication Title:	Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health
Volume:	18
Number:	21
Date:	2021
Publisher:	MDPI
Place of Publication:	BASEL
ISSN:	1660-4601
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language QUALITY-OF-CARE; NURSING-HOME RESIDENTS; OLDER-PEOPLE; OUTCOMES; STANDARDS Multiple languages Environmental Sciences; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/56885