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In addition,care providers, residents and family accredited different factors as influencing thecloseness of the care provider–resident relationship.Conclusion.

Family determined the closeness ofrelationships between their relatives and care providers according to the positiveeffects of the care providers’ behaviours on their relatives’ well being. Residents defined close relationships with care providers based on thecare providers’ caring attitude and behaviours. Care providers perceived the closeness of relationships by the degree ofreciprocity they experienced with their residents and by their emotional connectionwith them. All tran-scripts were analysed using a comparative method.Results.

Twenty-five residents and their family and 32 care providers (registerednurses, licensed practical nurses and health care aides) from two units in a long-termcare facility were interviewed separately and asked to comment on whether theyperceived themselves to be in a close care provider–resident relationship. The study employed a descriptive design.Methods. Clinical observations and anecdotal evi-dence suggest that close relationships exist between residents and care providers.However, research exploring how these relationships are defined and measured isonly in an early stage of development.Design. The nature of care provider–resident relationships in long-term care iscrucial to the quality of life of residents. The purpose of this study was to analyse perceptions of resi-dents, family and care providers, with regard to close care provider–resident rela-tionships in long-term care.Background. Nurses should enhance the QoL in elderly persons by facilitating health promotion behaviors through formal nursing interventions which will maintain and increase a healthy and active life.read more read lessĪbstract: Journal of Clinical Nursing 16, 2149–2157Close care provider–resident relationships in long-term care environmentsAims and objectives. 412, indicating that approximately 41.2% of the variance in QoL was accounted for by the linear combination of these variables. R(2) for this whole regression model was. Multiple regression analysis revealed that perceived health status, number of chronic illnesses, activities of daily living, BP checkup, exercise, and gender were statistically significant predictors of QoL. The results of the study showed that there were statistically significant differences in QoL of the elderly related to exercise participation, alcohol abstinence and blood pressure (BP) check-up (p<.05). Participants who consented to participate in the study were interviewed by trained interviewers with a structured questionnaire. A total of 1920 were included in the analyses, following the exclusion of 80 incomplete questionnaires and subject refusals. A convenience sample of 2000 community residents who were over 65 years old and cognitively intact were selected from 32 senior centers and 242 public health centers in Korea.

This study was a descriptive-correlational study to explore the relationship between health promotion behaviors and QoL among the community-dwelling elderly in Korea. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between health promotion behaviors and QoL in Korean elderly living in the community. Abstract: As individuals live longer, health promotion behaviors become even more important, particularly with regard to maintaining functional independence and improving quality of life (QoL).