Reported effect of Hospital Elder Life Program or similar programmes
| Area of impact | Contracted HELP dissemination sites* | Hospitals adopting a similar programme* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A lot of impact, n (%) | A little impact, n (%) | No impact, n (%) | A lot of impact, n (%) | A little impact, n (%) | No impact, n (%) | |
| —No respondents used this response to describe this area of effect. | ||||||
| *Responses reflect all hospitals that completed this question. | ||||||
| **p<0.05 for comparison of reported effect of Hospital Elder Life Program versus similar programmes on residents’ knowledge. | ||||||
| Reduced length of stay | 4 (40.0) | 4 (40.0) | 2 (20.0) | 5 (50.0%) | 4 (40.0) | 1 (10.0) |
| Reduced cost/patient | 4 (50.0) | 3 (37.5) | 1 (12.5) | 2 (25.0%) | 5 (62.5) | 1 (12.5) |
| Decreased episodes of delirium | 8 (80.0) | 2 (20.0) | — | 5 (50.0%) | 5 (50.0) | — |
| Reduced falls | 4 (40.0) | 5 (50.0) | 1 (10.0) | 5 (45.5) | 6 (54.5) | — |
| Reduced use of restraints | 4 (40.0) | 6 (60.0) | — | 4 (40.0) | 5 (50.0) | 1 (10.0) |
| Reduced use of sitters or companions | 4 (44.4) | 5 (56.6) | — | 3 (37.5) | 4 (50.0) | 1 (12.5) |
| Reduced discharges to nursing homes | 2 (20.0) | 7 (70.0) | 1 (10.0) | 2 (18.2) | 5 (45.5) | 4 (36.4) |
| Reduced functional decline | 6 (60.0) | 3 (30.0) | 1 (10.0) | 7 (63.6) | 4 (36.4) | — |
| Increased patient satisfaction | 11 (91.7) | 1 (8.3) | — | 9 (90.0) | 1 (10.0) | — |
| Increased nurses’ job satisfaction | 8 (66.7) | 4 (33.3) | — | 6 (60.0) | 3 (30.0) | 1 (10.0) |
| Increased nurse retention | 2 (40.0) | 1 (20.0) | 2 (40.0) | 2 (25.05) | 4 (50.0) | 2 (25.0) |
| Increased doctors’ job satisfaction | 1 (20.0) | 3 (60.0) | 1 (20.0) | 3 (42.9) | 3 (42.9) | 1 (14.2) |
| Reduced incontinence | — | 5 (71.4) | 2 (28.6) | 2 (22.2) | 4 (44.5) | 3 (33.3) |
| Reduced pressure ulcers | — | 4 (57.1) | 3 (42.9) | 4 (44.5) | 3 (33.3) | 2 (22.2) |
| Reduced unscheduled readmissions | — | 3 (75.0) | 1 (25.0) | 2 (25.0) | 5 (62.5) | 1 (12.5) |
| Creation of delirium guidelines | 3 (33.3) | 3 (33.3) | 3 (33.3) | 6 (60.0) | — | 4 (40.0) |
| Nurses’ knowledge of geriatrics | 7 (53.9) | 5 (38.4) | 1 (7.7%) | 7 (63.6) | 4 (36.4) | — |
| Nurse aids’ knowledge of geriatrics | 4 (30. 8) | 8 (61.5) | 1 (7.7) | 4 (40.0) | 5 (50.0) | 1 (10.0) |
| Doctors’ knowledge of geriatrics | 1 (8.3) | 9 (75.0) | 2 (16.7) | 3 (33.3%) | 6 (66.7) | — |
| Residents’ knowledge of geriatrics** | 1 (8.3) | 9 (75.0) | 2 (16.7) | 6 (60.0) | 4 (40.0) | — |
| Pharmacists’ knowledge of geriatrics | 3 (33.3) | 3 (33.3) | 3 (33.3) | 5 (50.0) | 3 (30.0) | 2 (20.0) |
| Therapists’ knowledge of geriatrics | 3 (27.3) | 7 (63.6) | 1 (9.1) | 5 (45.5) | 6 (54.6) | — |