4203.0: Tuesday, October 23, 2001: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM

Oral Session

Quality of Care in Nursing Homes

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: To identify issues related to quality nursing home care.
Presider(s):Dana Mukamel, PhD
2:30 PMAging with dignity
Diana Bontá, RN, Dr PH, Brenda Klutz
2:45 PMThe role of communication in tailoring nursing home care to meet individuals’ needs: Perspectives of residents, family, and nursing aides
Lené Levy-Storms, PhD, MPH, Verónica Gutiérrez, MPH, Noriko Yamamoto-Mitani, PhD, John F. Schnelle, PhD, Leslie Curry, PhD, MPH
3:00 PMHospitalizations for nursing-home-acquired pneumonia: A national study
R. Tamara Hodlewsky, MA, MS, William Spector, PhD, Shaffer Tom, MHS
3:15 PMImmunization Standing Orders Program (SOP) Project: Nursing home immunization practices and barriers to SOPs
Linda McKibben, MD, MPH, Abigail Shefer, MD, Henry Roberts, PhD, Paul V. Stange, MPH, Jeanne Krider, MPH, Dale Bratzler, DO, MPH
3:30 PMPotentially inappropriate medication prescriptions among geriatric nursing home residents: Preliminary findings on its scope and associated resident and facility characteristics
Denys Tsz-Wai Lau, PhD Candidate
Sponsor:Gerontological Health
Cosponsors:Social Work; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA