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Resident Centered Behavioral Health: A Program Evaluation, Anna Olinger Jan 2021

Resident Centered Behavioral Health: A Program Evaluation, Anna Olinger

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Behavioral health concerns, such as depression and behavioral symptoms, impact older adults at significant rates. These concerns impact an individual’s quality of life, health status, and mortality. When behavioral health concerns cannot be effectively managed in the community by the individual or their caregivers, a skilled-nursing facility is often the next step. Unfortunately, those caring for older adults in these settings have not always had access to the training they need to care for individuals with depression or behavioral symptoms. The Resident Centered Behavioral Health program set out to change this. The program implemented an interactive, behavioral health training program …


Leadership And The Implementation Of Culture Change In Long-Term Care, Alexandra Natasha Garklavs Jan 2013

Leadership And The Implementation Of Culture Change In Long-Term Care, Alexandra Natasha Garklavs

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In understanding the culture change movement in long-term care and the factors that either foster or impede its sustainability, it is important to consider a number of factors. Since leadership is important in any organization and has been identified as crucial in the implementation of culture change in long-term care, this alternate plan paper focuses on the leadership factors that either facilitate or impede the implementation of culture change. Included in this alternate plan paper is a brief overview of the culture change movement in long-term care, the role of leadership versus management in the long-term care environment, types of …