Pilot testing of the Restorative Care Intervention: impact on residents.
The purpose of this pilot study was to test the feasibility and effectiveness of a two-tiered motivational intervention, the Res-Care Intervention, on nursing home residents. Twenty-one residents consented to participate in the study. The residents were 88.3 (+/- 4.9) years of age, had lived in the facility 1.6 (+/- 3.4) years, were women (93%), White (93%), and unmarried (85%). Although there were some positiv trends, there was not a statistically significant difference in any of the resident outcomes following implementation of the Res-Care Intervention. The findings have been used to revise the Res-Care Intervention to include additional education needs for the nursing assistants, revisions in the motivational intervention for the nursing assistants and nurses, clarification of documentation and motivational techniques to improve documentation, and implementation of a more comprehensive treatment fidelity plan.
Department of Nursing, University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore 21045, USA.
Barbara
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Resnick
Marjorie
M
Simpson
Anita
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Bercovitz
Elizabeth
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Galik
Ann
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Gruber-Baldini
Sheryl
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Zimmerman
Jay
J
Magaziner
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D005260:Female; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006284:Health Plan Implementation; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009728:Nursing Assistants / Q000193:education; D009735:Nursing Homes; D010865:Pilot Projects; D020377:Self Efficacy; D014481:United States