Environmental Toolkit to Promote Quality Sleep in Long-Term Care: A Quality Improvement Initiative
Context: In long-term care (LTC), disturbed or inadequate sleep among older adult residents can exacerbate physical and cognitive conditions and decrease quality of life. Objectives: The quality improvement project sought to determine the feasibility and effectiveness of a multi-component environm...
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Context: In long-term care (LTC), disturbed or inadequate sleep among older adult residents can exacerbate physical and cognitive conditions and decrease quality of life.
Objectives: The quality improvement project sought to determine the feasibility and effectiveness of a multi-component environmental sleep toolkit designed to meet the needs of a LTC setting.
Methods: The interdisciplinary project team conducted a needs assessment to determine the evidence-based interventions that were feasible for the setting. The team developed and implemented an environmental toolkit intervention, which sought to minimize sleep disruption from sound, light, routines, and diet. The team also provided staff education about sleep in older adults and the sleep environment.
Findings: Post-intervention results showed improvement in overall sleep quality. Staff knowledge about sleep and the sleep environment was increased.
Limitations: The toolkit interventions were relevant to a specific LTC residential setting, which may have implications for generalizability to other settings and facilities.
Implications: Population-based environmental interventions are effective in improving sleep quality and life quality for older adults and are feasible for staff to implement and sustain.
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| spelling | doaj.art-8bf9f09c905444e1bacff63951b0aa702023-11-12T06:24:52ZengLSE PressJournal of Long-Term Care2516-91222021-11-012021Environmental Toolkit to Promote Quality Sleep in Long-Term Care: A Quality Improvement InitiativeBrenda Frie0Cynthia Graham1Alissa Hynes2Siri Dusek3Lecia Heinen4Mary Mehelich5Katherine Campbell6St. Catherine UniversitySt. Catherine UniversitySt. Catherine UniversitySt. Catherine UniversityMinnesota Veterans Home – MinneapolisMinnesota Department of Veterans AffairsSt. Catherine University Context: In long-term care (LTC), disturbed or inadequate sleep among older adult residents can exacerbate physical and cognitive conditions and decrease quality of life. Objectives: The quality improvement project sought to determine the feasibility and effectiveness of a multi-component environmental sleep toolkit designed to meet the needs of a LTC setting. Methods: The interdisciplinary project team conducted a needs assessment to determine the evidence-based interventions that were feasible for the setting. The team developed and implemented an environmental toolkit intervention, which sought to minimize sleep disruption from sound, light, routines, and diet. The team also provided staff education about sleep in older adults and the sleep environment. Findings: Post-intervention results showed improvement in overall sleep quality. Staff knowledge about sleep and the sleep environment was increased. Limitations: The toolkit interventions were relevant to a specific LTC residential setting, which may have implications for generalizability to other settings and facilities. Implications: Population-based environmental interventions are effective in improving sleep quality and life quality for older adults and are feasible for staff to implement and sustain. https://account.journal.ilpnetwork.org/index.php/lse-j-jltc/article/view/60sleepinterprofessionalquality improvementenvironmental modificationnon-pharmacological |
| spellingShingle | Brenda Frie Cynthia Graham Alissa Hynes Siri Dusek Lecia Heinen Mary Mehelich Katherine Campbell Environmental Toolkit to Promote Quality Sleep in Long-Term Care: A Quality Improvement Initiative Journal of Long-Term Care sleep interprofessional quality improvement environmental modification non-pharmacological |
| title | Environmental Toolkit to Promote Quality Sleep in Long-Term Care: A Quality Improvement Initiative |
| title_full | Environmental Toolkit to Promote Quality Sleep in Long-Term Care: A Quality Improvement Initiative |
| title_fullStr | Environmental Toolkit to Promote Quality Sleep in Long-Term Care: A Quality Improvement Initiative |
| title_full_unstemmed | Environmental Toolkit to Promote Quality Sleep in Long-Term Care: A Quality Improvement Initiative |
| title_short | Environmental Toolkit to Promote Quality Sleep in Long-Term Care: A Quality Improvement Initiative |
| title_sort | environmental toolkit to promote quality sleep in long term care a quality improvement initiative |
| topic | sleep interprofessional quality improvement environmental modification non-pharmacological |
| url | https://account.journal.ilpnetwork.org/index.php/lse-j-jltc/article/view/60 |
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