Long-Term Care that Improve Resident Quality of life

描述（由申请人提供）：提高居民生活质量的长期护理的务实创新：向国家老龄化研究所提交的会议拨款提案；摘要：本U-13合作会议拨款提案旨在召开一次全国性会议，以制定可提高居民生活质量的长期护理（LTC）务实创新的研究议程。人们普遍认为LTC需要改变，消费者和提供者都对当前系统的许多组成部分不满意。此外，在LTC行业内部，越来越多的运动认为，在不大幅增加成本的情况下，新的护理模式是可能的。这种创新的一个关键特征是关注LTC居民，目标是提高他们日常体验的质量。这些创新都是在基层实施的，很少受到严格的评价。因此，为了识别和传播成功的创新，最需要的研究是不存在的，不完整的，或者传播不良。因此，拟议的会议将建立一个流程，总结关于LTC务实创新的现有知识，确定差距，并确定优先事项。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Pragmatic Innovations in Long-Term Care that Improve Resident Quality of Life: A Conference Grant Proposal to the National Institute on Aging; Abstract: This U-13 cooperative conference grant proposal seeks to convene a national conference to develop a research agenda on pragmatic innovations in long-term care (LTC) that can improve resident quality of life. The need for change in LTC is widely acknowledged, and both consumers and providers are dissatisfied with many components of the present system. Furthermore, within the LTC industry itself, a growing movement believes that new models of care are possible without major increases in cost. A key feature of such innovations is a focus on the LTC residents, with the goal of improving the quality of their day-to-day experiences. These innovations are implemented at a grassroots level and have only rarely been the focus of rigorous evaluation. As a result, the research most needed in order to identify and spread successful innovation is nonexistent, incomplete, or poorly disseminated. Therefore, the proposed conference will put in place a process whereby existing knowledge on pragmatic innovations in LTC will be summarized, gaps identified, and priorities set. The conference will assemble 35 experts in LTC practice, policy, and research, toward the following goals: a) to increase awareness among the research and policy Communities about the range of innovations currently being implemented in LTC, and about which anecdotal, case report, and/or research data exist indicating a positive impact on resident outcomes; b) to select (from among those identified innovations) the approaches that appear to have potential to enhance resident quality of life and to be widely applicable in LTC, for which further efficacy and/or effectiveness research and broader dissemination is indicated; and c) to develop a research agenda to assess the efficacy and/or effectiveness of these innovations, including recommending methodological approaches to address the identified research priorities. In close collaboration with the National Institute on Aging, these efforts will culminate in two published reports: a review of the current status of pragmatic innovations in LTC and related research, and a research agenda (including rationale and methodological recommendations).