Application of Moos and Schaefer's (1986) model to nursing care of elderly persons relocating to a nursing home.
Elderly persons relocating to a nursing home experience a life transition that they usually perceive as a crisis. Effective coping with this transition/crisis requires effective management of the event. Nurses caring for these persons are challenged to assess and intervene to assist them to achieve positive outcomes from this transition. Moos & Schaefer's (1986) Conceptual Model for Understanding Life Crises and Transitions depicts a process by which nurses may help elderly persons cope effectively with relocation to a nursing home. This paper describes the model and its application to the nursing care of elderly persons relocating to a nursing home, including a case study. The extent to which the model has been empirically tested with populations in long-term care settings is critically analysed.
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Department of Nursing Systems, School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire 54702-4004.
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D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003419:Crisis Intervention / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009735:Nursing Homes; D010343:Patient Admission