Measuring administrators' and direct care workers' perceptions of the safety culture in assisted living facilities

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 375-382

  Castle, Nicholas G ^a   Wagner, Laura M ^b,c   Sonon, Kristen ^a   Ferguson Rome, Jamie C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864223795     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(12)38048-3     Document Type: Review

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