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Quality of care in long-term care is a worldwide issue given the growing numbers of dependent older people. This book presents international research, 22 varied papers, exploring quality of care from several different angles. Important themes include: (1) workforce issues, such as staff training and support; job competencies, satisfaction, and intention to stay in work; staff burnout; effects of personal- and work-related factors on quality of care; (2) intervention studies: for depressive symptoms in nursing home residents; adjustment for new residents; social and psychological support; and loneliness and isolation; (3) methodology, including: developing and testing quality indicators; measuring residents' experience of quality; and assessing partnership between staff and families; and (4) older people's experiences, such as dry eyes and using ocular lubricants; associations between length of stay and end of life care; palliative care service use and comfort at end of of life; and causes of infection-related hospitalization. The book concludes with a systematic review of the current evidence base of care home research in Brazil.

depression --- nursing home --- psychosocial intervention --- applicability --- implementation --- life review therapy --- intervention mapping --- process evaluation --- maintenance --- long-term care --- organisational --- context older people --- care homes --- instrument development --- partnership practice --- family caregivers --- nursing homes --- older adults --- dementia --- adjustment --- residential care --- psychological wellbeing --- staff training --- quality of life --- long-term care facility --- care home --- length of stay --- palliative care --- end of life care --- epidemiology --- infection --- residential aged care --- hospitalization --- root cause analysis --- antimicrobial stewardship --- medication review --- Australia --- narrative --- quality assessment --- validity --- interviews --- relationship-centered care --- quality of care --- triad --- resident perspective --- feasibility --- dry eye syndromes --- drug side effects --- aged --- frailty --- long term care --- advanced dementia --- namaste care --- change --- Quality Improvement Collaborative --- Quality Improvement --- Implementation Science --- residential facilities --- older people --- Alzheimer’s --- social robots --- companion robots --- MARIO --- qualitative research --- benchmarking --- quality indicators --- health care --- quality of health care --- care competence --- nursing assistants --- disabled elderly --- affect --- depressive symptoms --- activity participation --- aged 80 and over --- burnout --- job value --- job maintenance --- social support --- care worker --- elder abuse --- good treatment --- humanization --- institutions --- mistreatment --- staff --- person-centered treatment --- quality measurement --- scoping review --- quality improvement --- implementation science --- job competency --- intention to stay --- intrinsic job satisfaction --- extrinsic job satisfaction --- n/a --- Alzheimer's