Elder Abuse: A Global Challenge and Canada's Response.

Elder abuse is a global call to action. Nurses have a primary role to play in its detection and prevention. Globally, demographic change is creating an increasing number of older adults.

The implementation of correctional nursing practice-Caring behind bars: A grounded theory study.

Aim: To understand how registered nurses implement their nursing practice in correctional institutions with healthcare governance by a health authority (e.g. Ministry of Health).

Correctional nursing and transformational leadership.

Transformational leadership (TL) is a highly discussed approach in the literature for many professions. Likewise, the TL approach continues to be explored in a myriad of nursing contexts to demonstrate its advantages for practice and client health. The tension between custody and care is particular to correctional nursing practice, such as the correctional priorities of safety and security that often override caring-focused nursing practice.

The Suitability of Grounded Theory Research for Correctional Nursing.

The tension between custody and caring is particular to correctional nursing practice, including issues such as the correctional priorities of safety and security that often dominate nursing practice. The evidence that should underlie correctional nursing practice is regrettably sparse. There are two reasons a grounded theory (GT) approach is paramount for building foundational knowledge to advance correctional nursing practice.

Nursing and music: Considerations of Nightingale's environmental philosophy and phenomenology.

A philosophy of nursing is to express our considered opinion on what we believe to be true about the nature of the profession of nursing and provide a basis for nursing activities. It affirms the ethical values that we hold as fundamental to our practice. For many of us in nursing, our philosophy derives from Nightingale and phenomenology.

What Do Family Members Really Want When Older Adults Transition to a Nursing Home?

The purpose of the current study was to explore family members' perceptions of supports received during the transition experience of their older adult family member into a nursing home. In this exploratory, descriptive, qualitative study, interviews were conducted with six family members during the initial 6-month period following admission of the older adult family members. One overarching theme was found: importance of recognizing and supporting the personhood of older adult family members.

The ACHRU-CPP versus usual care for older adults with type-2 diabetes and multiple chronic conditions and their family caregivers: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Many community-based self-management programs have been developed for older adults with type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), bolstered by evidence from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that T2DM can be prevented and managed through lifestyle modifications. However, the evidence for their effectiveness is contradictory and weakened by reliance on single-group designs and/or small samples. Additionally, older adults with multiple chronic conditions (MCC) are often excluded because of recruiting and retention challenges.

Best-Practice Guideline on the Prevention of Abuse and Neglect of Older Adults.

A systematic review of the literature was conducted to identify effective approaches to preventing and addressing abuse and neglect of older adults within health care settings in Canada. The review was conducted using databases searched from January 2000-April-May 2013. Additionally, expert panel members submitted article citations from personal archives.

Developing a Research Agenda on Resident-to-Resident Aggression: Recommendations From a Consensus Conference.

This article provides an overview of the development of a research agenda on resident-to-resident aggression (RRA) in long-term care facilities by an expert panel of researchers and practitioners. A 1-day consensus-building workshop using a modified Delphi approach was held to gain consensus on nomenclature and an operational definition for RRA, to identify RRA research priorities, and to develop a roadmap for future research on these priorities. Among the six identified terms in the literature, RRA was selected.

Gerontological content in canadian nursing and social work programs.

Method: A survey of gerontological content in nursing and social work programs across Canada (English speaking) was conducted. The survey tool was the competencies list developed for interprofessional gerontological education by the National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly (NICE). Deans or designates of English-speaking nursing and social work programs across Canada were contacted by e-mail.

Placement of undergraduate students in nursing homes: careful consideration versus convenience.

Several decades ago, concerns were raised about using nursing homes as clinical placement sites for undergraduate nursing students. As a result, some nursing programs moved away from using these clinical sites. However, within the past 15 years, a shift back toward reconsidering nursing homes as viable placement options has begun.

Are gerontological nurses apathetic about apathy in older adults.

Despite its serious health consequences, apathy in older adults is often underrecognized by gerontological nurses and other health care professionals. Within this article, we discuss what apathy is and present a review of the literature and research. Two frameworks emerging from the literature search-one regarding rehabilitation and the other illness-are introduced as ways in which apathy may be conceptualized and addressed.

Conversations with Holocaust survivor residents.

Traumatic events in one's younger years can have an impact on how an individual copes with later life. One traumatic experience for Jewish individuals was the Holocaust. Some of these people are moving into long-term care facilities.

Wanted--committed gerontological nurse preceptors.

Good gerontological nurse preceptors can help students feel comfortable working with older adults. They can also provide assistance to students in narrowing the theory-practice gap that sometimes seems to exist. Developed in this article is an understanding of preceptoring students and working with them and academic faculty to promote positive gerontological nursing experiences.