Complementary and Integrative Healthcare in a Long-term Care Facility: A Pilot Project:

Global Advances in Health and Medicine

RoniEvans¹ 

关键词: Long-term care;    complementary;    integrative healthcare;    pilot;    elderly;    quality of life;    wellbeing;   

DOI  :  10.7453/gahmj.2014.072

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Introduction:The world's population is aging quickly, leading to increased challenges of how to care for individuals who can no longer independently care for themselves. With global social and economic pressures leading to declines in family support, increased reliance is being placed on community- and government-based facilities to provide long-term care (LTC) for many of society's older citizens. Complementary and integrative healthcare (CIH) is commonly used by older adults and may offer an opportunity to enhance LTC residents’ wellbeing. Little work has been done, however, rigorously examining the safety and effectiveness of CIH for LTC residents.Objective:The goal of this work is to describe a pilot project to develop and evaluate one model of CIH in an LTC facility in the Midwestern United States.Methods:A prospective, mixed-methods pilot project was conducted in two main phases: (1) preparation and (2) implementation and evaluation. The preparation phase entailed assessment, CIH model design and de...

【 授权许可】

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