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Quality of Life and Well-Being for Residents in Long-Term Care Communities

Perspectives on Policies and Practices

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Authors:
  1. Jennifer L. Johs-Artisensi

    1. Department of Management and Marketing, University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, Eau Claire, USA

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  2. Kevin E. Hansen

    1. Department of Health Care Administration and Public Health, Bellarmine University, Louisville, USA

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  • Examines critical factors long-term care recipients have identified
  • Explores practical, programmatic, and policy suggestions to enhance well-being
  • Outlines specific actions to immediately improve quality of life in residential care communities

Part of the book series: Human Well-Being Research and Policy Making (HWBRPM)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxi
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  2. Quality of Life in Long-Term Care

    • Jennifer L. Johs-Artisensi, Kevin E. Hansen
    Pages 1-21

  3. Resident Autonomy, Dignity, and Respect

    • Jennifer L. Johs-Artisensi, Kevin E. Hansen
    Pages 23-43

  4. Relationships with Other Residents, Staff, and Family Members

    • Jennifer L. Johs-Artisensi, Kevin E. Hansen
    Pages 45-76

  5. Activities and Religious Practices

    • Jennifer L. Johs-Artisensi, Kevin E. Hansen
    Pages 77-98

  6. Environment and Surroundings

    • Jennifer L. Johs-Artisensi, Kevin E. Hansen
    Pages 99-134

  7. Food and Dining

    • Jennifer L. Johs-Artisensi, Kevin E. Hansen
    Pages 135-154

  8. Quality of Care

    • Jennifer L. Johs-Artisensi, Kevin E. Hansen
    Pages 155-174

  9. Summary, Policy Recommendations, and Conclusions

    • Jennifer L. Johs-Artisensi, Kevin E. Hansen
    Pages 175-184

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 185-195
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About this book

This book explores key factors long-term care recipients have identified as impacting their quality of life and offers programmatic and policy recommendations to enhance well-being within long-term care communities. Leadership and staff who work in nursing homes and other residential care communities serve as gatekeepers to resident well-being, often without recognizing how residents’ quality of life is impacted by their decision-making. This book takes a life domain approach to build on research-based studies that document key drivers of care recipients’ quality of life, including relationships, autonomy and respect, activities and meals, environment, and care. Using a framework that enhances understanding of resident quality of life, it outlines practical, programmatic, and policy suggestions for long-term care stakeholders, such as administrators, managers, front-line staff, family members, and policy-makers, whose directives and actions impact the lived experience of long-term care residents. As such, this book serves as a roadmap for leaders and managers of long-term care communities, along with policymakers who regulate health and human services, to best structure care environments to maximize quality of life and well-being for long-term care recipients. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Management and Marketing, University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, Eau Claire, USA

    Jennifer L. Johs-Artisensi

  • Department of Health Care Administration and Public Health, Bellarmine University, Louisville, USA

    Kevin E. Hansen

About the authors

Jennifer Johs-Artisensi is Professor and the Academic Program Director for the Health Care Administration Program at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and Director of the National Emerging Leadership Summit. She has a master’s degree in public health and a Ph.D. in health psychology and behavioral medicine. She has worked as both a practitioner and a consultant in settings across the care continuum. Her research interests include resident-focused care, “culture change” and quality of life in long-term care, health care policy, health and long-term care management, health care administration education, and leadership development. In the USA, she has served the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards (NAB), as Education and Continuing Education Committee Chairs for several years, and currently as Secretary of the NAB Executive Committee.  She developed an online preceptor training course for NAB, which is used nationwide.  She has earned several honors for both her research and service in long-term care, including several Distinguished and Best Paper awards for research on developing educational models to best prepare future long-term care administrators and delivering quality care. She has also received the Leon Brachman Award for Community Service, and faculty awards for excellence in service-learning, creativity and innovation, and outstanding teaching.

Kevin Hansen is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Care Administration and Public Health  at Bellarmine University. His research primarily focuses on quality of care and quality of life in nursing homes, as well as abuse and neglect of vulnerable adults and substitute decision-making with powers of attorney, health care directives, and guardianships and conservatorships. Dr. Hansen has taught courses related to health law and policy, quality improvement in long-term care organizations, leadership in health care settings, ethical and legal issues in aging, elder abuse and neglect, legal issues within health care administration, risk management in health care, and long-term care facility operations. Dr. Hansen has previously taught at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and at the University of South Florida. He has worked as an attorney and ombudsman specialist with the Minnesota Ombudsman Office for Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, and as an attorney and victim advocate at the ElderCare Rights Alliance. Kevin has worked in the areas of elder and disability law conducting research and pursuing legislative reform in Minnesota. Dr. Hansen earned his Ph.D. in Aging Studies from the University of South Florida, a Juris Doctor from the William Mitchell College of Law, and a Master of Laws in Elder Law from the Stetson University College of Law.



Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Quality of Life and Well-Being for Residents in Long-Term Care Communities

  • Book Subtitle: Perspectives on Policies and Practices

  • Authors: Jennifer L. Johs-Artisensi, Kevin E. Hansen

  • Series Title: Human Well-Being Research and Policy Making

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04695-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-04694-0Published: 07 June 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-04697-1Published: 08 June 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-04695-7Published: 06 June 2022

  • Series ISSN: 2522-5367

  • Series E-ISSN: 2522-5375

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXI, 195

  • Number of Illustrations: 68 b/w illustrations, 40 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Quality of Life Research, Social Work, Social Work and Community Development, Public Policy

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