Perceptions of staff and family responsibility to provide hospitalized older adults with basic activities care and emotional support
•Hospital staff and family members hold different perspectives about who is responsible to activity for daily living care during hospitalization.•Hospital staff and family members hold different views of amount of actual care provided.•Family members and hospital staff should have open discussions a...
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| Published in: | Geriatric nursing (New York) Vol. 42; no. 6; pp. 1247 - 1252 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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United States
Elsevier Inc
01-11-2021
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| Summary: | •Hospital staff and family members hold different perspectives about who is responsible to activity for daily living care during hospitalization.•Hospital staff and family members hold different views of amount of actual care provided.•Family members and hospital staff should have open discussions about their expectations and responsibilities when older adults are hospitalized.•Issues of responsibilities should be raised and addressed during the professional training of nursing staff.
Many older adults need help with Activities of Daily Living (ADL) and emotional support during hospitalization. Hospital staff is officially responsible for care, but most older adults are accompanied by family members who provide at least some of the support. In this study, we asked physicians, nurses, nursing assistants, and relatives about hospital staff versus family responsibility for providing ADL care and emotional support, and about actual levels of help provision by the hospital staff in Israel. Staff members (except physicians) tended to see staff as more responsible for ADL care than family, while emotional support was a shared responsibility. Nursing assistants were the most likely to report that staff provided high levels of support, and all participants reported that staff provided more ADL care than emotional support. It is important for family members and hospital staff to have open discussions of their expectations and responsibilities when older adults are hospitalized. |
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| ISSN: | 0197-4572 1528-3984 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2021.05.003 |