Thoughts on reform in long-term care.
The authors, drawing on their experience as administrators at Winnipeg's Deer Lodge Centre, ponder the challenges facing long-term care facilities in light of improving community-supported care, changing resident's needs, and the fragile state of today's health care economy. This article identifies the need for fresh, resident-oriented thinking among administrators and staff in the distribution of power in long-term care facilities, and proposes new social interactions that can enliven and humanize residents' and staff's mutual roles and behaviours.
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D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D008350:Manitoba; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D010358:Patient Participation; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration