Psychosocial Care in Nursing Homes in the Era of the MDS 3.0: Perspectives of the Experts

Meeting psychosocial needs of nursing home residents is increasingly regarded as a critical component of care, and the nationally-mandated nursing home care screening instrument— the Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0—was modified and implemented in 2010 to promote better assessment of psychosocial needs and health. Recognizing the importance of psychosocial well-being among nursing home residents, and the promise of MDS 3.0 for improving psychosocial care, this article reports recommendations derived from a conference of stakeholders representing diverse disciplines and organizations regarding next steps following MDS 3.0 screening. Results relate to seven areas of psychosocial care and address cross-cutting recommendations to improve psychosocial care.     

Psychosocial care in nursing homes in the era of the MDS 3.0: perspectives of the experts

Meeting psychosocial needs of nursing home residents is increasingly regarded as a critical component of care, and the nationally-mandated nursing home care screening instrument- the Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0-was modified and implemented in 2010 to promote better assessment of psychosocial needs and health. Recognizing the importance of psychosocial well-being among nursing home residents, and the promise of MDS 3.0 for improving psychosocial care, this article reports recommendations derived from a conference of stakeholders representing diverse disciplines and organizations regarding next steps following MDS 3.0 screening. Results relate to seven areas of psychosocial care and address cross-cutting recommendations to improve psychosocial care.     

Expanding the role of long-term care social workers: assessment and intervention related to urinary incontinence

Urinary incontinence (UI) is a common and stigmatizing problem faced by long-term care (LTC) residents. It is typically addressed by medical professionals, with social work rarely involved. The purpose of this article is to illustrate how social workers can address the psychosocial implications of UI while working with residents and their family members as part of an interdisciplinary team. Using a case example and the NASW objectives for LTC, recommendations on how the role of the LTC social workers can be expanded to better address both the needs of residents, families, and the larger LTC system are provided.     

Compositional Changes of the Labor Force and the Icrease of the Unemployment Rate: An Estimate for the United States

This article estimates how demographic changes in the composition of the labor force affect the unemployment rate in the United States. In addition to the effect from changes in the weights of the individual groups composing the total, the impact of compositional changes on the individual unemployment rates is estimated by using a dummy-variables model and incorporated into the estimate on the overall unemployment rate. The results suggest that the incorporation of the latter effect is significant. Indedd, the estimates presented in this article are almost twice as high as those provided by the fixed-weight method used in previous studies.     

Tipicidad de identidad de género y comparación intergrupal

Resumen

El objetivo de esta investigación era explorar, en grupos extremos en tipicidad de género, los niveles medio y subordinado sobre los que, según la Teoría de la Categorización del Yo de Turner y col., se construye el autoconcepto. Se han tomado dos grupos de sujetos: aquellos que establecen su identidad de género según los patrones típicos culturales (mujeres femeninas y hombres masculinos) y aquellos que la establecen con patrones culturalmente atípicos (mujeres masculinas y hombres femeninos). La hipótesis general de la que partía el trabajo ha sido que no existirían diferencias entre estos dos grupos en el grado de identificación con su endogrupo ni en la valoración de él, sino en la representación que tienen de la dicotomía hombre-mujer. Mediante un diseño factorial 2 x 2 (tipo de identidad: típica o atípica y sexo) se han analizado las siguientes variables dependientes: estereotipia de género, homogeneidad del endogrupo y del exogrupo, evaluación del endogrupo y del exogrupo, semejanza al endogrupo y al exogrupo. Los resultados confirman la hipótesis general. Se han encontrado diferencias entre los grupos con identidad típica y atípica sólo en estereotipia de género y en homogeneidad del endogrupo y del exogrupo. También se ha encontrado que existe relación entre estas tres variables.     

The Transition to Self-Employment and Perceived Skill-Mismatches: Panel Data Evidence from Eleven EU Countries

Social Indicators Research - Some studies using either objective or subjective indicators, find that self-employed individuals are less likely to be or to report being skill-mismatched in...     

Bayesian inference for the mean and standard deviation of a normal population when only the sample size,mean and range are observed

Consider a random sample X₁, X₂,…, X_n, from a normal population with unknown mean and standard deviation. Only the sample size, mean and range are recorded and it is necessary to estimate the unknown population mean and standard deviation. In this paper the estimation of the mean and standard deviation is made from a Bayesian perspective by using a Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithm to simulate samples from the intractable joint posterior distribution of the mean and standard deviation. The proposed methodology is applied to simulated and real data. The real data refers to the sugar content (^oBRIX level) of orange juice produced in different countries.     

Intermediate variables and educational differentials in fertility in Korea and the Philippines

This analysis compares the effects of contraceptive use and infant and fetal mortality on the pace offertility in Korea and the Philippines and explores the mediating effects of these intermediate variables on educational differentials in childspacing. For birth intervals initiated in a recent period before a sample survey, second, third and higher-order intervals are examined. Transitions within successive segments of interval exposure (q _xvalues) are examined rather than cumulative transitions (1 - l _xvalues). This methodological choice is substantively important because breastfeeding should primarily affect early segments of exposure and because it allows empirical examination of the timing of the effects of other variables such as contraceptive use. Further, this choice allows multivariate analysis within the structure of the life-table perspective. The results show substantial differences in patterns between Korea and the Philippines, indicate clearly the effect of each intermediate variable, and illustrate how educational differentials in fertility are affected by contraception and infant and fetal mortality.