A qualitative study of senior management perspectives on the leadership skills required in regional and rural Australian residential aged care facilities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With increasing recognition of the quality and safety issues in residential aged care, there is an urgent need to better understand what skills senior managers require to deliver on the spectrum of leadership functions in residential aged care facilities. This qualitative study sought to explore the leadership skills that positively influence the quality of care within Australian residential aged care facilities and better understand the professional development needs of senior managers to positively influence care within these complex environments.

Methods

We conducted semi-structured interviews with 19 senior managers purposively recruited from 14 high-performing non-government residential aged care facilities of varying geographical remoteness in northern Queen

SUBMITTER: Dawes N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9115967 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature