International survey of nursing home research priorities.
This article reports the findings of a policy survey designed to establish research priorities to inform future research strategy and advance nursing home practice. The survey was administered in 2 rounds during 2013, and involved a combination of open questions and ranking exercises to move toward consensus on the research priorities. A key finding was the prioritization of research to underpin the care of people with cognitive impairment/dementia and of the management of the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia within the nursing home. Other important areas were end-of-life care, nutrition, polypharmacy, and developing new approaches to putting evidence-based practices into routine practice in nursing homes. It explores possible innovative educational approaches, reasons why best practices are difficult to implement, and challenges faced in developing high-quality nursing home research.
Division of Geriatric Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO; Division of Endocrinology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO. Electronic address: morley@slu.edu.
John E
JE
Morley
Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, Australia.
Gideon
G
Caplan
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
Matteo
M
Cesari
The Center of Gerontology and Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Birong
B
Dong
Division of Geriatric Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO.
Joseph H
JH
Flaherty
Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Saint Louis University, St Louis, MO.
George T
GT
Grossberg
The Center of Expertise in Longevity and Long Term Care, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
Iva
I
Holmerova
Baycrest Health Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Paul R
PR
Katz
Radboud University Medical Centre and Waalboog Foundation, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
Raymond
R
Koopmans
Division of Geriatric Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO.
Milta O
MO
Little
Guy's and St. Thomas NHS Trust, London, UK.
Finbarr
F
Martin
University College, London, UK.
Martin
M
Orrell
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL.
Joseph
J
Ouslander
University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO.
Marilyn
M
Rantz
University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD.
Barbara
B
Resnick
Gerontologie Clinique, CHU Toulouse, Toulouse, France.
Yves
Y
Rolland
Alzheimer Scotland Centre for Policy and Practice, School of Health, Nursing and Midwifery, University of West of Scotland, Hamilton, Scotland, UK.
Debbie
D
Tolson
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Jean
J
Woo
Gerontologie Clinique, CHU Toulouse, Toulouse, France.
Bruno
B
Vellas
D006302:Health Services Research; D038622:Internationality; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009735:Nursing Homes; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
Nursing home research; education in nursing homes; nursing home care; research priorities