Residents' experiences of interpersonal factors in nursing home care: a qualitative study.

Background: With life expectancy lengthening, the number of those who will require care in a nursing home will increase dramatically in the next 20 years. Nursing home residents are frail older adults with complex needs, dependent on advanced nursing care. Long-term residents in nursing homes have long-term relationships with the nurses, which require a unique approach to the interpersonal aspects of nursing care.

Nursing sensitive quality indicators for nursing home care: international review of literature, policy and practice.

Objectives: To review nursing sensitive indicators used for nursing home care across seven nations with similar elder care (USA, Australia, Norway, New Zealand, England, Sweden and Denmark), and to evaluate their validity.

Design: Systematic search in the literature and other sources to find descriptions of development and validity testing of national quality indicators.

Data Sources: Papers from scientific databases, relevant websites, additional papers and reports, and personal communication with experts in the field.