An assessment of cultural values and resident-centered culture change in U.S. nursing facilities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Culture change initiatives propose to improve care by addressing the lack of managerial supports and prevalent stressful work environments in the industry; however, little is known about how culture change facilities differ from facilities in the industry that have not chosen to affiliate with the resident-centered care movements.

Purpose

The aim of this study was to evaluate representation of organizational culture values within a random sample of U.S. nursing home facilities using the competing values framework and to determine whether organizational values are related to membership in resident-centered culture change initiatives.

Design and methods

We collected reports of cultural values using a well-established competing values framework instrument in a

SUBMITTER: Banaszak-Holl J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3567244 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature