Night-time continence care in Australian residential aged care facilities: findings from a grounded theory study Ostaszkiewicz, Joan, O'Connell, Beverley and Dunning, Trisha 2016, Night-time continence care in Australian residential aged care facilities: findings from a grounded theory study, Contemporary nurse, vol. 52, no. 2-3, pp. 152-162, doi: 10.1080/10376178.2015.1011047. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Night-time continence care in Australian residential aged care facilities: findings from a grounded theory study Author(s) Ostaszkiewicz, Joan orcid.org/0000-0003-4159-4493 O'Connell, Beverley Dunning, Trisha orcid.org/0000-0002-0284-1706 Journal name Contemporary nurse Volume number 52 Issue number 2-3 Start page 152 End page 162 Total pages 11 Publisher Routledge Place of publication Oxford, Eng. Publication date 2016 ISSN 1037-6178 Keyword(s) continence care grounded theory incontinence night-time residential aged care ritual Summary BACKGROUND: Continence care commonly disrupts sleep in residential aged care facilities, however, little is known about what staff do when providing continence care, and the factors that inform their practice. AIMS: To describe nurses' and personal careworkers' beliefs and experiences of providing continence care at night in residential aged care facilities. METHODS/DESIGN: Eighteen nurses and personal careworkers were interviewed about continence care, and 24 hours of observations were conducted at night in two facilities. RESULTS/FINDINGS: Most residents were checked overnight. This practice was underpinned by staffs' concern that residents were intractably incontinent and at risk of pressure injuries. Staff believed pads protected and dignified residents. Decisions were also influenced by beliefs about limited staff-to-resident ratios. CONCLUSION: Night-time continence care should be audited to ensure decisions are based on residents' preferences, skin health, sleep/wake status, ability to move in bed, and the frequency, severity and type of residents' actual incontinence. Language eng DOI 10.1080/10376178.2015.1011047 Field of Research 111001 Aged Care Nursing Socio Economic Objective 920210 Nursing HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2015, Taylor & Francis Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30074841 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Nursing and Midwifery Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 04 Aug 2015, 14:55:57 EST Wed, 26 Aug 2015, 14:04:23 EST Thu, 27 Aug 2015, 05:01:33 EST Thu, 27 Aug 2015, 06:10:20 EST Tue, 01 Sep 2015, 13:57:55 EST Tue, 01 Sep 2015, 13:59:25 EST Wed, 07 Sep 2016, 10:01:56 EST Thu, 08 Sep 2016, 16:28:18 EST Wed, 09 Nov 2016, 11:19:08 EST Wed, 09 Nov 2016, 11:24:28 EST Tue, 13 Dec 2016, 14:56:50 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 2 times in TR Web of Science Cited 1 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 491 Abstract Views, 3 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 26 Aug 2015, 14:04:23 EST

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