Empowering individuals to direct their own care is central to person-centered care and
health care policy. However, there is limited knowledge of how “person-directed care …

Aim Federal regulations require nursing homes in the United States to support residents in
directing their own care rather than having their care plans developed for them without their …

A person-centered approach to care shifts the mind-set of care partners from a traditional
medical model to a social model in managing chronic conditions. Using a qualitative …

Purpose: To investigate how a partnership between labor and management works to
change the organization and focus of nursing home frontline work, supporting a transition …

Objective: to explore views on advance care planning in care homes for older people.
Design: qualitative exploration of views from care home staff and the family of residents in …

Background Advance care planning (ACP) has been identified as particularly relevant for
nursing home residents, but it remains unclear how or under what circumstances ACP works …

Delivering person-centered care (PCC) is no longer an option for nursing homes (NH) that
receive funding from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. NH staff need evidence …

This study evaluated a practice improvement initiative conducted over a 6 month period in
15 Canadian nursing homes. Goals of the initiative included:(1) use the Plan-Do-Study-Act …

A national movement to transform US nursing homes is occurring with the intent to support
self-determination, dignity and choice for nursing home residents facilitated by the …

As they near the end of life, long term care (LTC) residents often experience unmet needs
and unnecessary hospital transfers, a reflection of suboptimal advance care planning (ACP) …