My topic is Alzheimer's Special Care Units (SCUs).
An unresolved question within this area is how the quality of care differs between these SCUs and generalized nursing home care.
What is known is that the care providers in SCUs undergo specific training that allows them to specially deal with Alzheimer's patients. It is also known that SCUs cost more to the patient and their family as compared to mainstream nursing homes. What is unknown, however, is how the SCU itself, or the specially-trained caretakers affect the quality of care that the patient receives.
Some of the major scholars in the field are Jeroen S. Kok, RA Kane, and ML Maas. The disagreement that exists between them which I hope to resolve is whether or not Alzheimer's SCUs do in fact provide a higher quality of care for those suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
The narrowest possible description of my research question is whether or not everything that the Alzheimer's SCUs provide actually improve the quality of care that the Alzheimer's patients receive.
My data will provide qualitative descriptions of real experiences that patients undergo in both SCUs and mainstream nursing homes. Then, by comparing the qualitative data collected from these patients, I will be able to contribute to the conversation that concerns the disparities that exist in care between these two groups.
I plan on conducting interviews over Skype of patients in SCUs as well as mainstream nursing homes. The interview questions that I ask will vary among qualitative questions, with a few quantitative questions as well.
Links to Hub Site and Project Site
An unresolved question within this area is how the quality of care differs between these SCUs and generalized nursing home care.
What is known is that the care providers in SCUs undergo specific training that allows them to specially deal with Alzheimer's patients. It is also known that SCUs cost more to the patient and their family as compared to mainstream nursing homes. What is unknown, however, is how the SCU itself, or the specially-trained caretakers affect the quality of care that the patient receives.
Some of the major scholars in the field are Jeroen S. Kok, RA Kane, and ML Maas. The disagreement that exists between them which I hope to resolve is whether or not Alzheimer's SCUs do in fact provide a higher quality of care for those suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
The narrowest possible description of my research question is whether or not everything that the Alzheimer's SCUs provide actually improve the quality of care that the Alzheimer's patients receive.
My data will provide qualitative descriptions of real experiences that patients undergo in both SCUs and mainstream nursing homes. Then, by comparing the qualitative data collected from these patients, I will be able to contribute to the conversation that concerns the disparities that exist in care between these two groups.
I plan on conducting interviews over Skype of patients in SCUs as well as mainstream nursing homes. The interview questions that I ask will vary among qualitative questions, with a few quantitative questions as well.
Links to Hub Site and Project Site
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