Publications by authors named "Bridget Laging"

Objective: Understanding the concerns and experiences of people living with dementia from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds is critical to ensure culturally appropriate care is delivered. This study aimed to describe the current experiences and concerns of older people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds using the publicly available evidence from the Australian Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety.

Methods: This was a qualitative secondary analysis of the Australian Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety data to explore new and nuanced insights about care for culturally and linguistically diverse people living with dementia.

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Background Transition to practice can be exceedingly stressful for newly qualified nurses as they grapple with the "reality shock" of everyday practice as an RN. Transition to practice programs were implemented as a support strategy to ease the transition from student to RN and are designed to increase graduates' confidence and competence, improve their professional adjustment, and increase their retention. Method This rapid review was framed by the Cochrane Methods Rapid Review, supported by the PRISMA statement checklist, aiming to identify and describe the benefits of transition to practice programs for newly graduated RNs and their impact on workforce retention.

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Background: Interventions to support a more "age friendly" world are a key objective set out by the World Health Organization with health and wellbeing benefits being increasingly identified for both young and old. Whilst multiple studies have explored intergenerational engagement between kindergarten aged children and older adults, there is limited collective knowledge of programme design and the potential impact that these programmes have on adolescents engaging with older adults in the nursing home setting.

Objectives: The aims of this systematic review were to: a) examine intergenerational programme development and delivery in the nursing home setting and b) report on the impact of intergenerational engagement on adolescents and older adults.

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Objective: To systematically review and synthesise evidence on the experiences of older immigrants living with dementia and their carers.

Design: A systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative studies.

Methods: Studies exploring the experiences of older immigrants living with dementia and their carers were eligible.

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Background And Objectives: Advance care planning is intended to support residents' preferences regarding health decisions, even when they can no longer participate. Little is known about the power discourses influencing how residents, family members, and health care workers engage in advance care planning and how advance care directives are used if a conflict arises. A large critical ethnographic study was conducted exploring decision making when a resident's health deteriorates in the nursing home setting.

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Aims And Objectives: To explore the recognition and assessment of resident deterioration in the nursing home setting.

Background: There is a dearth of research exploring how nurses and personal-care-assistants manage a deteriorating nursing home resident.

Design: Critical ethnography.

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Aim: To report a meta-synthesis of qualitative research studies exploring the role of nursing home staff in decisions to transfer residents to hospital.

Background: Nurses and nurse assistants provide the majority of care to residents living in nursing homes and may be the only health workers present when a resident deteriorates. To inform future strategies, it is vital to understand the role of nursing home staff in decisions to transfer to hospital.

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