ArticleJournal of the American Medical Directors Association2020
Unmet and Unimportant Preferences Among Nursing Home Residents: What Are Key Resident and Facility Factors?
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- Unmet care needs among older people in residential care: a scoping review.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Ethical Considerations in Promoting Physical Activity for Nursing Home Residents With Cognitive Impairment: Implications for Policy and Practice.Journal of gerontological nursing · 2026Article
- Community-engaged intervention mapping for developing the DIGNITY program: Supporting decision-making in aging and dementia for autonomy in rural nursing homes.Journal of clinical and translational science · 2026Article
- Nursing Home Resident Preferences for Daily Care and Activities: A Latent Class Analysis of National Data.The Gerontologist · 2024Article
- Measuring Nursing Home Quality of Life: Validated Measures Are Poorly Correlated With Proxies From MDS and Quality of Life Deficiency Citationsl.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2023Article
- Comparisons on factors affecting residents fulfilling self-determination in ethno-specific and mainstream nursing homes: a qualitative study.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
- Organizational and Resident Characteristics of Nursing Homes Associated With Partial and Complete Implementation of the Preferences for Everyday Living Inventory.Innovation in aging · 2023Article
- The Association Between Preference Satisfaction and Satisfaction with Overall Care for Nursing Home Residents.Journal of aging & social policy · 2022Article
- Written discharge communication of diagnostic and decision-making information for persons living with dementia during hospital to skilled nursing facility transitions.Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe Preferences Assessment Tool (PAT) in the Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 assesses 16 resident preferences for daily routines and activities. Although integrating important preferences into care planning is essential to provide person-centered care in nursing homes (NHs), preferences rated as important but unmet or unimportant may not receive much attention. This study aims to (1) identify the prevalence of unmet preferences and unimportant preferences, and (2) examine their associations with resident and facility-level characteristics.
designThis is a longitudinal study of residents in NHs. SETTINGS AND
participantsWe used data from 2012-2017 MDS assessments of long-stay residents aged 65 or older in 295 Minnesota NHs. In total, 51,859 assessments from 25,668 residents were included.
methodsGeneralized linear mixed models were used to analyze resident and facility-level characteristics associated with having any unmet preferences, and with the number of unimportant preferences.
resultsAcross all years for both daily routine preferences and activity preferences, 3.3% to 5.1% of residents reported that at least 1 or more preference was important but unmet, and 10.0% to 16.6% reported that 4 or more out of the 8 preferences were unimportant. Residents with higher depressive symptoms, and poorer physical and sensory function were more likely to report unmet preferences. Residents with poorer physical and sensory function, and living in rural facilities and facilities having fewer activity staff hours per resident day were more likely to report unimportant preferences. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: Residents with functional and sensory limitations and living in underresourced NHs are more likely to report that preferences are unimportant, or that they are important but unmet. It is important for staff to elicit preferences that truly matter for residents, and to enable residents to meet their preferences.
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