The differential influence of culture change models on long-term care staff empowerment and provision of individualized care

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-175

  Caspar, Sienna ^a   Orourke, Norm ^b   Gutman, Gloria M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Culture change models; Empowerment structures; Individualized care; Long term care; Organizational behaviour; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 75349109595     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: 17101107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0714980809090138     Document Type: Article

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