Publications by authors named "Katharina Theodora Silies"
Expanded nursing competencies to improve person-centred care for nursing home residents with complex health needs (Expand-Care): study protocol for an exploratory cluster-randomised trial.
Katharina Theodora Silies Reinhard Vonthein Nadine Janis Pohontsch Tilman Alexander Huckle Janna Sill
BMJ Open
July 2023
Article Synopsis
- Older adults in nursing homes face complex health issues, often leading to unnecessary transfers to hospitals due to insufficient qualified nursing staff in these facilities.
- A pilot study in Germany, called Expand-Care, will investigate the impact of training nurses with bachelor's degrees to better manage care for nursing home residents, measuring various health outcomes over six months.
- The study will assess both the effects on residents, such as hospital admissions and quality of life, and the experiences and costs associated with implementing new nursing roles in these settings.
Background: Advance care planning (ACP) is a communication process about a person's values, life goals and preferences for current and future treatment and care. It can improve end-of-life care experiences for care recipients as well as for family caregivers. Knowledge about caregivers' needs might support implementation of ACP interventions suitable to both care recipients and their caregivers.
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