Jeanne A Schaefer

Biographic Data

ID5547048
NAMEJeanne A Schaefer
GIVEN NAMESJeanne A
FAMILY NAMESchaefer
SIGNATURESCHAEFER J A
AFFILIATIONSVA Palo Alto Health Care System
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS2
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1993
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
H-INDEX1

  • Addressing Substance Use Disorders in VA Nursing Homes

    Sonne Lemke, Jeanne A SchaeferARTICLEJournal of Social Work Practice…2012

    Residents of Veterans Affairs nursing homes have high rates of substance use problems. To evaluate relevant treatment resources and practices available to them, we surveyed 48 nursing home units with high substance use disorder prevalence. We summarize survey findings and describe areas of strength and weakness in addressing the needs of residents with substance use disorders. Social workers can make important contributions in key areas identifie…

  • Substance Use Disorders and Health Care Costs Among Veterans Affairs Nursing Home Residents

    Mark W Smith, Sonne Lemke et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2011

    BACKGROUND: Research on the relationship between substance use disorders (SUDs) and older adults' health care costs is equivocal. A large-scale study comparing health care costs among older adults with and without SUDs has never been conducted. OBJECTIVE: To determine the relation of SUDs to health care costs in a large sample of adults following entry into a Veterans Affairs (VA) nursing home. METHODS: We performed a retrospective analysis of 29…

  • Continuity of Care Practices and Substance Use Disorder Patients’ Engagement in Continuing Care

    Jeanne A Schaefer, Erin Ingudomnukul et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2005References: 26

    BACKGROUND: Substance use disorder (SUD) patients who engage in more continuing care have better outcomes, but information on practices associated with greater patient engagement and retention in continuing care remains elusive. OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study were to determine if staff's continuity of care practices predict patients' engagement in continuing care in the 6 months after discharge from intensive SUD treatment and to determ…

  • Relationship, task and system stressors in the health care workplace

    Open AccessJeanne A Schaefer, Rudolf H MoosARTICLEJournal of Community & Applied…1993Cited by: 2References: 2

    This paper describes the development of the Work Stressors Inventory (WSI), which assesses six types of work stressors within three major domains: relationship, task and system stressors. The WSI was developed on data from 435 staff in 14 long‐term care facilities. Compared with nursing assistants, registered nurses and licensed vocational nurses experienced more work stressors, especially task and system stressors. More experienced staff reporte…

  • Work stressors in health care

    Open AccessJeanne A Schaefer, Rudolf H MoosARTICLEJournal of Community & Applied…1993References: 1

    This overview presents a holistic model of work stressors in health care settings. The model posits that health care system and personal system factors contribute to work stressors, influence staff coping, and affect staff and patient outcomes. We use the model for commenting on issues such as the determinants of health care workers' stressors and the impact of health care system factors, work stressors, and coping on staff's job morale and healt…