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Article: Culture change: its lapses, anomalies--and achievements.(MOVING TOWARD evidence-based)(Company overview)
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- Nursing Homes
- Article date:
- May 1, 2007
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Culture change" was not born, nor was it founded. Rather, it emerged out of the experiences of long-term care (LTC) devotees and enthusiasts. Their ideas and ideals, filtered through a common perspective, found a thematic unity under the culture change canopy.
In its barest formulation, "culture change" is a call to nursing facilities to abandon the traditional efficiency model of institutional caregiving and adopt a culture of quality, the practice of "person-centered care," that affirms the dignity of residents and staff, respects their individuality, maximizes their choice, and empowers them.
The term "culture change" sounds appropriately ...