Publications by authors named "W J Mike Groen"

During the last decade, an increasing number of care organizations have chosen to rebuild or build a new care facility to provide better person-environments for residents with dementia. This has inevitably led to an increase in relocations. This study investigated how residents with dementia experienced a relocation from a regular nursing home to an innovative living arrangement.

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Background: We previously performed a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) in general practices and older adult care organizations in Poland, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden. We found that a multifaceted antibiotic stewardship intervention (ASI) substantially reduced antibiotic use for suspected urinary tract infections (UTIs) in frail older adults compared with usual care. We aimed to evaluate the implementation process of the ASI to provide recommendations for clinical practice.

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Objectives: In this study, we examine how residents are affected by moving from a regular nursing home into an innovative living arrangement. In the past decade, a culture change has taken place, leading to rapid developments of innovative living arrangements that aim to change the physical, social, and organizational environment to better suit the needs of older adults needing 24-hour care. This has inevitably led to more group relocations in long-term care.

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Purpose: One third of Dutch nursing home residents relocated at least once during length of stay. Roughly 75 percent were individual relocations and the other 25 percent concerned group relocations. The average yearly number of individual relocations was about 3 times as high in the first 4 months after admission compared with later periods.

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Article Synopsis
  • This study looked at how older adults feel about their rehabilitation experience from when they start until six weeks after leaving the hospital.
  • Researchers talked to 18 participants three times and found that trusted relationships with healthcare professionals and being well-prepared are very important.
  • The study also showed that older adults want to focus on physical therapy and have different ideas about how involved they want to be in decisions about their care.
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