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38a. Was this facility purpose-built as a long-stay residential facility?YesNo38b. If No, what was the building previously used for(please tick the appropriate box)?Private residenceFormer hospitalHotelGuest house/B&BOther (please specify):abcde39a. Is there a garden or outside recreational area attachedto the facility?YesNo39b. If yes, can all residents access the garden or outsiderecreational area?257YesNo40a. If the facility is a multi-storey building, are there roomsor other resources for long-stay residents on upper floors?Yes No Not applicable40b. If yes, is there a lift to the upper floors?YesNo41. Is there a specially-designed sluice room in the facility?YesNo42. Can long-stay residents adjust heating levels in their own rooms?YesNo
43. Which of the following types of rooms are in your facility (tickmore than one box if appropriate)?Separate dining roomSitting room(s) separate from residents dining roomSitting room(s) combined with residents dining roomSitting room(s) combined with reception areaReception area separate from residents’ sitting room(s)Private room/space for entertaining visitorsChild-friendly area (e.g. with a toy box) for children while visiting relatives?Separate activities roomOther (please specify):abcdefghi44. Please provide information about the bathroom facilities,indicating the number of each of the following:258aBathroom facilitiesEn suite roomsNumberbWCs with fixed grab railscWCs that are separate from bathrooms and showersdSpecial bathseWheelchair accessible showersfBath aids and appliancesImproving Quality of Life for Older People in Long-Stay Care Settings in Ireland
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ImprovingQuality of Lifefor Older P
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National Council on Ageing and Olde
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Authors’ AcknowledgementsThe rese
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ContentsCouncil Comments and Recomm
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6.7 Meaningful Occupation 1296.8 Ch
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CouncilComments andRecommendations
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Quality of Life DomainsThe research
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Meaningful ActivitiesThe research n
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the research revealed that, in gene
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The Council accepts that the cultur
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this regard. The Council believes t
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ExecutiveSummary
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MethodologyA mixed method research
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Long-Stay Facility Survey FindingsT
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Residents were most positive about
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Chapter OneIntroduction
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There is no single definition descr
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This chapter provides justification
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Chapter TwoQuality of Careand Quali
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2.2 Separating Quality of Care and
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2.3 Policy for Long-Stay Care in Ir
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2.4 Regulatory StructuresThere are
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Medical preparations - medication s
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inspections are mainly concerned wi
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often not designed to meet the spec
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Residents who did not want to be in
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Human resources management standard
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The Mid-West Standards for Resident
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process and outcomes of the service
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2.9 ConclusionQuality of life for o
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Chapter ThreeThe Interpretationand
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The difficulty of defining such an
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Implicit definitions use the broad
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Human needs may also provide part o
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successfully complete a self-report
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In relation to older people specifi
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The results of this particular stud
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The design of a residential care se
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Chapter FourMethodology
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each method used at the same point
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4.3.3 Data AnalysisThe transcripts
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Table 4.2: Distribution of question
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4.4.4 Quantitative Data AnalysisThe
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Anonymity and confidentiality are i
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from stakeholders who attended the
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4.7 Ethical ClearanceEthical cleara
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Chapter FiveQuality of Lifein Long-
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All participants reported that ther
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Staffing and skill mix: comments fr
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Recruiting and retaining staff: com
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Impact of physical environment on r
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5.6.2 Social EnvironmentParticipant
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They believed that this problem was
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Participants also discussed at leng
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Chapter SixQuality of Lifein Long-S
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Table 6.1: Type of facilityN %Priva
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Figure 6.2: Age profile of long-sta
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Figure 6.5 shows the percentages of
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Figure 6.7: Long-stay residents’
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In private and voluntary facilities
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Table 6.6: Ratio of RNs on the even
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Staff turnover investigates the num
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Table 6.10: Therapeutic and other s
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sector and 50 per cent in the volun
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Table 6.13: Number of facilities in
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stay units also allow ambulant, men
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The majority of private and volunta
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Table 6.17: Call bell facilities by
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Chapter SevenDescription ofStudy Si
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others were open and residents’ b
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7.2.2 StaffingRegistered nurses and
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Some residents were able to leave t
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the day by their bed. In addition,
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equired full assistance with dressi
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Chapter EightCare Environmentand Et
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8.2 Promoting AutonomyThis category
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Table 8.1: Involvement of residents
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Table 8.2: Maintaining independence
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Focus group participants reported t
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Staff respondents also highlighted
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Therefore, the practice of rosterin
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8.7 ConclusionThis chapter presente
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Chapter NinePersonal Identity
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Table 9.1: Identity and personalise
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The real meI’m there in a photogr
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how important it was that residents
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Table 9.5: Freedom and constraintsA
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9.5 PrivacyThe degree of privacy en
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9.6 Self-RespectAcknowledging resid
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9.7 ConclusionsThe findings suggest
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Chapter TenConnectedness,Social Rel
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10.2 Connectedness, Involvement and
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A concrete example of the priority
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Cultural differencesnot an issueI f
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esidents but reserved the title of
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Table 10.3: Relationships among res
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it feel more like visiting somebody
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Near home(I) was living up the road
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Chapter ElevenActivitiesand Therapi
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had a special activities/therapies
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11.3 Therapeutic ActivityThis categ
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A few facilities had incorporated o
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Page 212 and 213: Chapter TwelveConclusions andRecomm
Page 214 and 215: The prevalence of quality deficits
Page 216 and 217: attitude to their institutionalisat
Page 218 and 219: higher the proportion of care given
Page 220 and 221: was that they had a choice. In some
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Page 228 and 229: choice regarding the gender of a ca
Page 230 and 231: Residents and their families should
Page 232 and 233: References
Page 234 and 235: Birren, J.E. and Dieckmann, L., 199
Page 236 and 237: Collin, C., Wade, D.T., Davies, S.,
Page 238 and 239: Hubbard, G., Downs, M.G. and Tester
Page 240 and 241: McCormack, B., 2003. ‘A conceptua
Page 242 and 243: Redfern, S., Hannan, S., Norman, I.
Page 244 and 245: Appendices
Page 246 and 247: Profile of your long-stay facility1
Page 248 and 249: 6a. Are there any reasons why you w
Page 250 and 251: Staff resources10. How many whole-t
Page 252 and 253: Services and facilities17. Are any
Page 254 and 255: Care process24a. Can long-stay resi
Page 256 and 257: 32b. If Yes, when can residents smo
Page 260 and 261: 45. Are any of the following provid
Page 262 and 263: General atmosphereComment on the ge
Page 264 and 265: DomainFeeling caredfor/feelingsecur
Page 266 and 267: DomainFeeling caredfor/feelingsecur
Page 268 and 269: DomainGeneralCue question/promptsHa
Page 270 and 271: DomainCompanionship/relationshipCon
Page 272 and 273: DomainRelationship tofamily/friends
Page 274 and 275: Terms ofReference
Page 276 and 277: c) providing information and advice
Page 278: National Council on Ageingand Older
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