Publications by authors named "Stephanie Palmertree"
Article Synopsis
- * The study, funded by AHRQ and called "Engage," aims to create a toolkit that enhances resident and family engagement in addressing safety issues within AL settings by identifying common problems, prioritizing them, and evaluating existing interventions.
- * The research employs methods like qualitative interviews and stakeholder panel discussions to develop this toolkit, while also adapting to COVID-19 challenges, with the goal of improving safety for AL residents.
Objectives: Aging is associated with sleep problems, which are common among assisted living (AL) residents. More than 40% of residents have insomnia, and almost 70% have a sleep disturbance of some kind. Melatonin to treat sleep disorders has become common among older adults, but its use in AL is unknown, which is concerning because melatonin may have side effects and interfere with other medications.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAntipsychotic medications are frequently prescribed to assisted living (AL) residents who have dementia, although there is a lack of information about the potential side effects and adverse events of these medications among this population. Oversight and monitoring by family members is an important component of AL care, and it is important to understand family awareness of antipsychotic use and reports of potential side effects and adverse events. This cross-sectional, descriptive study of family members of 283 residents with dementia receiving antipsychotic medications in 91 AL communities found high rates (93%) of symptoms that could be potential side effects and a 6% rate of potential adverse events.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Objectives: Assisted living (AL) residents with dementia commonly exhibit behavioral expressions (BEs), yet no study has examined how AL staff perceive and respond to BEs in terms of the "ABC" model of antecedents, behaviors, and consequences, or how perceptions relate to organizational characteristics. Understanding staff perceptions may inform interventions.
Research Design And Methods: A convergent, mixed methods design was used in a study of health care supervisors from 250 AL communities in 7 states who reported 366 cases of resident BEs (one successful and one unsuccessful case).