Care facilities play a crucial role in maintaining the wellbeing of their residents. Both their physical and psychological health are in the hands of staff caregivers who devote themselves to ensuring their patients get the best care possible. They monitor medication schedules, response to...
Day: July 5, 2021
Long-Term Care and Quality of Life
Policies in long-term care facilities tend to focus on technical quality in nursing care rather than on the residents’ quality of life (QoL).1 Lack of attention paid to residents’ QoL can be intensified by understaffing and by resident-to-staff ratios.2 In some facilities, there are...