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 …

Abstract Background and Objectives To protect residents with dementia from harm, nursing
homes (NHs) often have closed-door policies. However, current research suggests a …

Background Unregulated health care aides provide the majority of direct health care to
residents in long term care homes. Lower job satisfaction as reported by care aides is …

Background Management, culture and systems for better quality and patient safety in
hospitals have been widely studied in Norway. Nursing homes and home care, however …

Purpose Our study examined care aide characteristics, organizational context, and
frequency of dementia-related resident responsive behaviours associated with burnout …

Aims and objectives To describe the nature, frequency and factors associated with care that
was rushed or missed by health care aides in western Canadian nursing homes …

Unregulated care aides provide most of the direct care to nursing home residents. We
previously reported the first demographic profile of care aides in Western Canada through …

Importance In Canada, approximately 81% of residents of nursing homes live with mild to
severe cognitive impairment. Care needs of this population are increasingly complex, but …

Background Implementation scientists and practitioners, alike, recognize the importance of
sustaining practice change, however post-implementation studies of interventions are rare …

Objective This study assessed individual and organizational context (work environment)
factors that influence use of best practices by care aides (nursing assistants) in nursing …