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Peer reviewedKane, Robert L.; Bershadsky, Boris; Kane, Rosalie A.; Degenholtz, Howard H.; Liu, Jiexin; Giles, Katherine; Kling, Kristen C. – Gerontologist, 2004
Purpose: We used measures created to assess the quality of life (QOL) of nursing home residents to distinguish among nursing facilities. Design and Methods: We statistically adjusted scores for 10 QOL domains derived from standardized interviews with nursing home residents for age, gender, activities of daily living functioning, cognitive…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Quality of Life, Nursing Homes
Peer reviewedGaugler, Joseph E.; Kane, Robert L.; Kane, Rosalie A.; Newcomer, Robert – Gerontologist, 2005
Purpose: The present study attempts to determine whether utilizing community-based long-term-care services early in the dementia caregiving career delays time to nursing home placement (adjusting for severity of dementia). Design and Methods: With a reliance on data from 4,761 dementia caregivers recruited from eight catchment areas in the United…
Descriptors: Dementia, Caregivers, Nursing Homes, Older Adults
Peer reviewedKane, Rosalie A.; And Others – Gerontologist, 1988
Nurses (N=30) employed in nursing homes were trained as Geriatric Nurse Practitioners and then implemented their new clinical roles as direct employees of the original facility. Results showed the nurses, their directors, and administrators perceived the nurses as having positive effects on resident outcomes, but described difficulties in…
Descriptors: Geriatrics, Institutionalized Persons, Nurses, Nursing Homes
Peer reviewedGaugler, Joseph E.; Kane, Robert L.; Kane, Rosalie A.; Clay, Ted; Newcomer, Robert C. – Gerontologist, 2005
Purpose: Our objective in this analysis was to determine how the duration of caregiving interacts with key care demands (i.e., severity of problem behaviors) to influence the institutionalization of individuals suffering from dementia. Methods: We utilized multiregional data from 4,761 caregivers of individuals with dementia over a 3-year period.…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Alzheimers Disease, Caregivers, Institutionalized Persons
Direct linkCutler, Lois J.; Kane, Rosalie A.; Degenholtz, Howard B.; Miller, Michael J.; Grant, Leslie – Gerontologist, 2006
Purpose: We developed and tested theoretically derived procedures to observe physical environments experienced by nursing home residents at three nested levels: their rooms, the nursing unit, and the overall facility. Illustrating with selected descriptive results, in this article we discuss the development of the approach. Design and Methods: On…
Descriptors: Physical Environment, Nursing Homes, Research Tools, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedKane, Robert L.; Kane, Rosalie A. – Gerontologist, 1980
The growth in the demand for long-term care services and accompanying cost implications have spurred interest in alternatives to nursing homes. The rationale for such alternatives is a mixture of prevention, displacement, and deinstitutionalization; none may result. The alternative may prove to be additive rather than substitutive. (Author)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Geriatrics, Gerontology
Rabig, Judith; Thomas, William; Kane, Rosalie A.; Cutler, Lois J.; McAlilly, Steve – Gerontologist, 2006
Purpose: We present the concept of the Green House, articulated by William Thomas as a radically changed, "deinstitutionalized" nursing home well before its first implementation, and we describe and discuss implications from the first Green Houses in Tupelo, Mississippi. Design and Methods: Green Houses are small, self-contained houses…
Descriptors: Nursing Homes, Allied Health Personnel, Older Adults, Quality of Life
