Nurses' and family members'. Perceptions of nursing home residents' needs.
The purpose of this study was to determine the degree of agreement between nursing home staff and families in assessing the needs of cognitively impaired nursing home residents. A convenience sample of 36 family members of nursing home residents with cognitive impairment and the nurses assigned to those patients was recruited from three nursing homes. The Nurse and Resident Perceptions Questionnaire, adapted from Lindgren and Linton (1991), was used to assess functioning in activities of daily living, physiologic, and psychosocial areas. Significant differences were found for eight items of physiologic and psychosocial functioning: difficulties with chewing, swelling of feet, orthopnea, weakness, easy bruising, recognition of people, lack of privacy, and boredom. Nurses rated all these areas less problematic than did the family members. Collaborative efforts of family members and nurses are needed to develop effective plans of care for these problems of nursing home residents with cognitive impairment.
Lindgren
Carolyn L
CL
School of Nursing, University of Miami, 5801 Red Road, P.O. Box 248153, Coral Gables, FL 33124-3850, USA.
Murphy
Anne Marie
AM
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D003142:Communication; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015146:Midwestern United States; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000592:standards*; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000592:standards*; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009735:Nursing Homes; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology*; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires