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Brune, Kendall – Educational Gerontology, 2011
To discuss the relationship between residents and the management team, we must first review the transition from a medical model to a social model of care that is sweeping across America. Long-term care (LTC) management models were developed for a very autocratic and hierarchical style of management based in the 1960s. Those facilities were built…
Descriptors: Health Services, Older Adults, Administrative Organization, Client Characteristics (Human Services)
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Fisher, Kathleen M.; Green, Michael J.; Orkin, Fredrick K.; Chinchilli, Vernon M. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2009
Background: Little is known about surrogate healthcare decision-making for individuals with intellectual disability (ID). This study examined healthcare decision-making by residential-agency directors to learn their process and the extent to which the individual is included. Method: Content analysis of qualitative data from a mailed survey of…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Quality of Life, Content Analysis, Residential Care
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Wood, Stacey; Cummings, Jeffrey L.; Schnelle, Betha; Stephens, Mary – Gerontologist, 2002
Purpose: This article reviews the effectiveness of a new training program for improving nursing staffs' detection of depression within long-term care facilities. The course was designed to increase recognition of the Minimal Data Set (MDS) Mood Trigger items, to be brief, and to rely on images rather than didactics. Design and Methods: This study…
Descriptors: Health Services, Intervention, Nurses, Patients