The Prevalence of Culture Change Practice in US Nursing Homes: Findings From a 2016/2017 Nationwide Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Given the dynamic nursing home (NH) industry and evolving regulatory environment, depiction of contemporary NH culture-change (person/resident-centered) care practice is of interest. Thus, we aimed to portray the 2016/2017 prevalence of NH culture change-related processes and structures and to identify factors associated with greater practice prevalence.

Research design and methods

We administered a nationwide survey to 2142 NH Administrators at NHs previously responding to a 2009/2010 survey. Seventy-four percent of administrators (1583) responded (with no detectable nonresponse bias) enabling us to generalize (weighted) findings to US NHs. From responses, we created index scores for practice domains of resident-centered care, staff empowerment, ph

SUBMITTER: Miller SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6345399 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature