Background Little is known about how the workforce influences quality in long term care
facilities for older people. Staff numbers are important but do not fully explain this …

Research on staffing and quality of care in long-term care facilities confirms that adequate
staffing levels are important to ensuring quality but few studies have examined how the two …

The long-term care of older people is increasingly characterised by a mixed economy model
and independent nursing homes have become an important contributor to this form of …

Background Higher staffing levels in long-term care have been associated with better
outcomes for residents in several landmark studies. However previous systematic reviews …

The aim of this review is to develop a common data element for the concept of staff retention
and turnover within the domain of workforce and staffing. This domain is one of four core …

The need for personhood‐focused long‐term care (LTC) is well‐documented. A myriad of
sociocultural, political, nursing/professional and organisational contexts facilitate or hinder …

Background Leadership has a vital role regarding quality of care in nursing homes.
However, few studies have explored upper-level managers' views on how to assure that …

Background: Quality of life and care varies between and within the care homes in which
almost half a million older people live and over half a million direct care staff (registered …

Rather than expose and indict shortcomings of the existing system, the author was recently
involved in a study that sought to build a vision of what high quality residential care for the …

Aims Managers and administrators have a key strategic role and responsibility for the way
the care of older people is delivered within health and social care services, since the …