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Creating Age-friendly Nursing Homes: The Time is Now
Gerontology & Geriatrics Education
  • Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya, University of South Florida
  • Victor Molinari, University of South Florida
  • Kathy Black, University of South Florida
  • Susan Krauss Whitbourne, University of Massachusetts Boston
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2022
Keywords
  • Age-friendly,
  • nursing home,
  • person-centered care,
  • conceptual framework,
  • quality of care
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1080/02701960.2022.2106981
Abstract

The current global age-friendly movement supports older adults by promoting different policies and services. However, there is a dearth of attention to nursing home (NH) residents as part of age-friendly movements. The pioneering idea of an age-friendly health system, i.e., the “4 Ms” model is significant for NHs and formative for further developments; however, it does not identify unique components of NH care. This article aims to identify specific aspects of person-centered care in the literature to advance the development of a standardized conceptual framework. Along with residents, NH staff and administrators are integral parts of NHs. Incorporating the central role of caregivers, this study proposes a new “8 Ms” framework to describe the age-friendly NH. The traditional 4 Ms model notes that everything related to care matters to residents, along with care related to medication, mobility, and mentation. The proposed age-friendly framework introduces five additional “M,” i.e., meaningful care, motivation, moderation, modification, and monitoring. This framework is proposed to advance education, training, clinical practice, research, and advocacy to promote quality of care in NHs. Application of the 8 Ms framework may yield multiple benefits, assuring good quality of care to residents, caregivers’ job satisfaction, and supporting NH management in providing residents optimal care.

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Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, in press

Citation Information
Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya, Victor Molinari, Kathy Black and Susan Krauss Whitbourne. "Creating Age-friendly Nursing Homes: The Time is Now" Gerontology & Geriatrics Education (2022)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/kathy-black/44/