title: [The self-determination and family empowerment of nursing home residents].
abstract: Long-term care for the elderly, disabled and handicapped is changing, with the trend shifting away from the prior emphasis on professional qualifications and cost management and toward allowing individuals increased authority to influence care policies and determine services provided. Within this trend, increased participation by family members, expanded care recipient rights, and family empowerment are driving the development of a new cooperative relationship between professional health care providers, care recipients and their families.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Meiho Institute of Technology. x2055@meiho.edu.tw
authors.forename: Hsiu-Yueh
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Hsu
mesh_terms: D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D009735:Nursing Homes; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D011788:Quality of Life