University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Pennsylvania State University, College of Nursing, University Park, PA, USA.
Clin Nurs Res. 2021 Jun;30(5):690-698. doi: 10.1177/1054773820974146. Epub 2020 Nov 26.
Positive social and care interactions are vital to understand and successfully accomplish the daily care needs of the residents in assisted living (AL) and optimize their quality of life. The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the staff-resident interactions in AL. This descriptive analysis utilized baseline data in a randomized trial that included 379 residents from 59 AL facilities. The majority of the interactions observed were positive; almost 25% were neutral or negative. Most interactions were care-related (31.9%) or one-on-one (27.4%), occurred with nursing (40.2%) or support staff (e.g., dining aide; 24.6%), and involved close interpersonal distance (64.6%). Future research should focus on the transition of neutral or negative interactions to positive and explore the factors that might influence neutral and negative interactions. Additionally, innovative approaches are needed to optimize interactions amid physical distancing in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
积极的社交和护理互动对于理解和成功满足辅助生活（AL）居民的日常护理需求以及优化他们的生活质量至关重要。本研究旨在探索和描述 AL 中的员工-居民互动。本描述性分析利用了一项随机试验的基线数据，该试验包括来自 59 个 AL 设施的 379 名居民。观察到的大多数互动是积极的；近 25%是中性或消极的。大多数互动与护理相关（31.9%）或一对一（27.4%），与护士（40.2%）或支持人员（例如餐饮助理；24.6%）发生，涉及近距离的人际距离（64.6%）。未来的研究应集中于将中性或消极的互动转变为积极的互动，并探讨可能影响中性和消极互动的因素。此外，在 COVID-19 大流行背景下，需要创新方法来优化保持身体距离时的互动。
