Broadening the patient safety agenda to include safety in long-term care.
The recent patient safety literature has included less of an emphasis on long-term settings than on research in the acute care sector. Recognizing this knowledge gap in our understanding of safety in the long-term care sector, the Canadian Patient Safety Institute, Capital Health (Edmonton) and CapitalCare (Edmonton) have collaborated to create a research and action agenda for improving resident safety in Canadian long-term care settings. This collaboration resulted in the development of a background paper highlighting the current state of the science and 14 key-informant interviews with stakeholders across Canada. The background paper subsequently informed an invitational round-table discussion. Key findings from the key-informant interviews as well as implications for research are described in this article.
Rust
Tiana B
TB
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta. rust@ualberta.ca
Wagner
Laura M
LM
Hoffman
Carolyn
C
Rowe
Marguerite
M
Neumann
Iris
I
D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008134:Long-Term Care; D012112:Residential Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration*