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Nurses' perceptions around providing palliative care for long-term care residents with dementia
Kaasalainen S, Brazil K, Ploeg J, Martin LS.. Journal of palliative care, 2007-01-01
Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
Providing palliative care for residents with dementia in long-term care (LTC) settings is problematic due to their declining verbal abilities and related challenges. The goal of this study was to explore nurses' perceptions around providing palliative care for such residents. Using a qualitative descriptive design, data were gathered from focus groups at three LTC facilities. Participants represented all levels of nursing staff. Concepts that emerged from the data were labelled, categorized, and coded in an iterative manner. Nurses appraise residents' general deterioration as a main factor in deciding that a resident is palliative. Nurses often employ creative strategies using limited resources to facilitate care, but are challenged by environmental restrictions and insufficient educational preparation. However, nurses said they do not wish for residents to be transferred to a hospice setting, as they wish to grieve with residents and their family members. Nurses aim to facilitate a "good death" for residents with dementia, while trying to manage multiple demands and deal with environmental issues. Supportive and educational initiatives are needed for nursing staff and families of dying residents.
Key findings
- Nurses appraise residents' general deterioration as a main factor in deciding that a resident is palliative.
- Nurses often employ creative strategies using limited resources to facilitate care, but are challenged by environmental restrictions and insufficient educational preparation.
- However, nurses said they do not wish for residents to be transferred to a hospice setting, as they wish to grieve with residents and their family members.
- Nurses aim to facilitate a "good death" for residents with dementia, while trying to manage multiple demands and deal with environmental issues.
- Supportive and educational initiatives are needed for nursing staff and families of dying residents.
Study details
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 38/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on journal's citation record, times cited, citations per year, impact for its field and year, cited by studies here, still being cited, senior author's track record and institution's track record, so those were left out: it earned 23 of the 61 points we could judge it on, which is 38 out of 100.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Journal of palliative care) |
| Journal's citation record | — / 4 | No journal record from OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 1 / 5 | 2007 — within 20 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 0 / 3 | Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | — / 7 | No citation count (not found in OpenAlex) — left out of this score |
| Citations per year | — / 5 | No citation count or no year — left out of this score |
| Impact for its field and year | — / 6 | No field-weighted citation impact (OpenAlex has none yet) — left out of this score |
| Cited by studies here | — / 6 | Not yet checked against this library's citation graph — left out of this score |
| Still being cited | — / 4 | No yearly citation counts — left out of this score |
| Senior author's track record | — / 4 | Senior author's record not available — left out of this score |
| Institution's track record | — / 3 | No institution listed in OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Multi-centre collaboration | 2 / 3 | PubMed indexes it as a multicentre study |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 18069438) |
| Free to read | 0 / 2 | Behind a paywall — scores zero |
| Points | 23 / 61 | Scored on 12 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 23 of the 61 points we could judge it on is 38 out of 100. |
| Total | 38 / 100 | — |
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APA 7th
Kaasalainen, S., Brazil, K., Ploeg, J., & Martin, L. S. (2007). Nurses' perceptions around providing palliative care for long-term care residents with dementia. Journal of palliative care. https://doi.org/10.1177/082585970702300307
Vancouver
Kaasalainen S, Brazil K, Ploeg J, Martin LS. Nurses' perceptions around providing palliative care for long-term care residents with dementia. Journal of palliative care. 2007. doi:10.1177/082585970702300307. PMID: 18069438.
BibTeX
@article{kaasalainen2007-18069438,
author = {Kaasalainen, S. and Brazil, K. and Ploeg, J. and Martin, L. S.},
title = {{Nurses' perceptions around providing palliative care for long-term care residents with dementia}},
journal = {Journal of palliative care},
year = {2007},
doi = {10.1177/082585970702300307},
pmid = {18069438},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1177/082585970702300307}
}