Innovative collaborations: a case study for academic owned nursing practice.
OBJECTIVE
Academic service partnerships are critical for schools of nursing to maintain credibility regarding their missions of education, research, service, and practice.


METHODS
In this paper, we describe a case study of a ten year program, the Living Independently For Elders (LIFE) Program at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing that has provided community-based long-term care to high-risk older adults.


RESULTS
Quality of care and financial outcomes were met with nurse faculty engagement, administrative commitment, and integration of business practices.


CONCLUSIONS
As a result, high risk older adults receive care in their communities rather than nursing homes, and the school- owned and -operated program is a nationally recognized innovative nursing model of care.


CONCLUSIONS
Strategies are described that can be used globally as more schools of nursing embrace and strengthen service partnerships.
Sullivan-Marx
Eileen M
EM
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4217, USA. marx@nursing.upenn.edu
Bradway
Christine
C
Barnsteiner
Jane
J
D000368:Aged; D003256:Community Participation; D005260:Female; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008297:Male; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008875:Middle Aged; D017146:Models, Organizational; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010414:Pennsylvania; D057184:Practice Patterns, Nurses'; D012579:Schools, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States