Managing for quality in a nursing home: a resident-directed approach.
As the population ages, the need for nursing care services will increase. Consumer focus on quality of life as well as reduction of expenditures poses a major challenge to the traditional nursing home, which often reinforces dependent resident behavior. The authors propose various strategies for improving life satisfaction and functional status of residents as well as efficiency and productivity of staff.
Richardson
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Center on Disability Policy and Research, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Fiedler
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Bond
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Keeran
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McNees
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Ogden
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D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000592:standards; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D010358:Patient Participation; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States