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Exploring The Challenges Non-Clinical Departments Encounter During Eden Alternative Implementation, Keith George
Exploring The Challenges Non-Clinical Departments Encounter During Eden Alternative Implementation, Keith George
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recommends new guidelines that shift healthcare delivery in nursing homes and long-term care facilities from an institutional model to a person-centered care model. Although clinical outcomes are measured and tracked, there was limited literature about the challenges non-clinical departments face in a nursing facility during implementation of a person-centered model. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the challenges non-clinical staff experience while transitioning to an Eden Alternative philosophy, a person-centered care model. The theoretical foundation of this study relied upon Bressers' Contextual Interaction Theory. The research questions for this study …
The Nurse And Certified Nursing Assistant Perception Of Person-Centered Care, Latonya Dickerson Hughes
The Nurse And Certified Nursing Assistant Perception Of Person-Centered Care, Latonya Dickerson Hughes
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Over the last decade, long-term care facilities have transitioned from institutional care models that focus on person-centered care, in which the resident is the center of the care. The purpose of this study is to explore the nurse and certified nursing assistant perception of the person-centered care services they deliver. Jean Watson's theory of human caring is the theoretical framework that guided this study. The theory focusing on the human caring experiences and person-centered care is being characterized as a caring feeling. The carative factors of Watson's theory, the fundamental concept of caring, has been associated with improved outcomes for …