Spiritual Needs and Life Satisfaction of Lithuanian Palliative Care Patients.

Life satisfaction remains a value-based orientation and an important positive dimension of human well-being. Little is known about the relationship of this construct with palliative care patients' spiritual needs. This study assesses spiritual needs of palliative care patients and their association with life satisfaction.

Spiritual Wellbeing of Cancer Patients: What Health-Related Factors Matter?

This study aimed to determine the predictors of spiritual wellbeing of non-terminal stage cancer patients hospitalized in oncology units in Lithuania. An exploratory cross-sectional study design was employed. During structured face-to-face interviews, 226 cancer patients hospitalized in oncology units responded about their spiritual wellbeing, perception of happiness, satisfaction with life, pain intensity, levels of education and physical functioning, and length of inpatient stay.

A Cross-Sectoral Comparison of Prevalence and Predictors of Symptoms of Depression Over Time Among Older Adults in Ontario, Canada.

Objectives: Late-life depression, a common mental health issue, poses a significant burden of illness globally. We investigated factors associated with symptoms of depression among older adults across 3 health sectors in Ontario, Canada.

Method: Electronic health assessment data on older adults aged 60 years+ in home care (HC; N = 359 217), long-term care (LTC; N = 125 496), and palliative care (PC; N = 29 934) were examined.

Hospice Utilization Among Residents in Long-Term Care Facilities.

Background: Hospice care can improve quality of life for persons nearing end of life, yet little is known about utilization of hospice care among persons residing in long-term care facilities (LTCFs). Given the increasing number of deaths that occur in LTCFs, it is important to examine hospice care practices in LTCFs.

Aim: The aim of the cross-sectional study was to describe residents who received hospice care in LTCFs and explore factors that can predict hospice use in LTCFs across Canada.

Spiritual needs and their association with indicators of quality of life among non-terminally ill cancer patients: Cross-sectional survey.

Purpose: The study addresses the spiritual dimension of care of non-terminally ill cancer patients by measuring their spiritual needs in association with indicators of quality of life (i.e., happiness, satisfaction with life, pain intensity, functional capacity) and personal and illness characteristics.

Translation, Cultural, and Clinical Validation of the Lithuanian Version of the Spiritual Needs Questionnaire among Hospitalized Cancer Patients.

: The aim was to translate and validate the spiritual needs questionnaire for its use in the Lithuanian context. A descriptive, cross-sectional survey design was applied. Structural individual interview method (face-to-face) was employed to collect data on spiritual needs of cancer patients.

Hospice use and one-year survivorship of residents in long-term care facilities in Canada: a cohort study.

Background: Hospice care is designed for persons in the final phase of a terminal illness. However, hospice care is not used appropriately. Some persons who do not meet the hospice eligibility receive hospice care, while many persons who may have benefitted from hospice care do not receive it.

Perceptions of Clergy Regarding the Provision of Spiritual Care in Lithuanian Hospitals for Cancer Patients.

This paper presents an analysis of narratives drawn from research that examined the views of clergy in regard to the provision of spiritual care in Lithuanian hospitals. The purpose of this research was to examine the shared responsibilities between what nurses do in the provision of holistic care and that of the clergy who are employed to provide spiritual care. A thematic analysis was undertaken, guided by questions related to how spirituality was perceived by the clergy; how spiritual care was defined; clergy's perceptions to nurses' provision of spiritual care, and whether there was a delineation between these two roles.

Nutritional status of rural community-dwelling older people and changes after following nutritional recommendations.

Background: It is crucial that community nurses in remote areas are competent to recognize the risk of malnutrition in older people and be able to help them to improve their nutritional status.

Aim: To examine the factors associated with malnutrition and the impact of nutritional recommendations in rural community-dwelling older people.

Design: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study.

Factors affecting residents transition from long term care facilities to the community: a scoping review.

Background: Long-term care facilities (LTCFs) are often places where persons with complex health needs that cannot be met in a community setting, reside and are cared for until death. However, not all persons experience continuous declines in health and functioning. For some residents who experience improvement in personal abilities and increased independence, transition from the LTCF to the community may be an option.

Relationship between restraint use, engagement in social activity, and decline in cognitive status among residents newly admitted to long-term care facilities.

Aim: Declining cognitive function can negatively affect residents' quality of life (QOL) in long-term care facilities (LTCFs). The present study examined the role of physical restraint use, use of antipsychotic medications, and engagement in social activities to affect change in cognitive status and drive cognitive decline among residents newly admitted to a LTCF.

Methods: Secondary data analysis used interRAI Minimum Data Set 2.

Resources of residents for potential transition from long-term care to community.

Background And Objective: Transition from long-term care to the community can have positive effects on residents' health and quality of life and promote the feelings of happiness, safety, and independence. The aim of this study was to examine residents' resources for potential transition to the community after residing in long-term care facilities.

Material And Methods: The study was conducted in 8 long-term care institutions for older persons of Kaunas county.

[Assessment of cognitive functions of the elderly in a hospital and long-term care institutions].

Unlabelled: The aim of this study was to assess cognitive functions of the elderly in an acute care department and long-term care institutions.

Material And Methods: A total of 151 hospitalized patients and 111 residents in long-term care facilities participated in the study; in total, 262 respondents. The general items of the inter RAI Questionnaires (Acute Care and Long-Term Care Facilities) were used to evaluate and compare cognitive functions.

[The need of the elderly for nursing and social services in the community of Kaunas district].

Unlabelled: The aim of this study was to evaluate the need of the elderly for outpatient nursing and social services in Kaunas district.

Material And Methods: The object of the study was elderly people (aged 65 years and more) living in Kaunas district. A questionnaire was used for interviewing.