A Model for Introducing Culture Change Initiatives into Long Term Care Settings |
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Principal Investigator: Anne R. Bower |
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Abstract: The objective of this project was to learn more about the nature of culture change initiatives in long term care settings. This study built on findings from two previous qualitative research projects that studied the introduction of two separate culture change initiatives into a Pennsylvania nursing home - one involving a palliative care program (Palliative Care in the Nursing Home: An Ethnographic Study) and the other a technology innovation (Passive Monitoring Technology). Qualitative discourse data from both projects were further analyzed to develop and refine an existing model for introducing culture change initiatives into nursing homes. It was anticipated that the refined model would serve to generate hypotheses for future culture change studies as well as provide an evidence-based foundation for making recommendations about initiating and implementing sustainable culture change in Pennsylvania nursing homes. |
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