Barriers and benefits to implementing a restorative care intervention in nursing homes.
OBJECTIVE
This study considered the factors that facilitated or prevented nursing assistants (NAs) from engaging in restorative care activities.


METHODS
This was a qualitative study using a focus group methodology.


METHODS
Study participants were recruited from 6 nursing homes.


METHODS
Participants were nursing assistants (NAs) from a study testing the implementation of a restorative care intervention (Res-Care) study. Of the 244 NAs recruited from the 6 treatment sites, 179 were available at 12 months and 93 (52%) participated in the study.


METHODS
An interview guide was used during each of the focus groups. Data analysis was done using basic content analysis.


RESULTS
Sixty-one codes were identified and reduced to 4 themes: facilitators of restorative care; barriers to restorative care; benefits of restorative care; and sustaining restorative care.


CONCLUSIONS
The findings provide an important NA perspective with regard to implementation of a restorative philosophy of care and provide recommendations for future work in this area.
Resnick
Barbara
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University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore MD 21201, USA. barbresnick@aol.com
Petzer-Aboff
Ingrid
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Galik
Elizabeth
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Russ
Karin
K
Cayo
Jeanne
J
Simpson
Marjorie
M
Zimmerman
Sheryl
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D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D017144:Focus Groups; D005851:Geriatric Nursing; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009728:Nursing Assistants; D009735:Nursing Homes; D015397:Program Evaluation; D020377:Self Efficacy