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Article: Effects of Green House[R] nursing homes on residents' families.
- Article from:
- Health Care Financing Review
- Article date:
- December 22, 2008
- Author:
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EFFECTS OF GH[R] NURSING HOMES
This article presents results of a quasi-experimental study that examined how a dramatically changed small-house nursing home model affected behavior and outcomes for residents' family members. The model of nursing home care developed in the GH[R] in Tupelo, Mississippi, created opportunities and challenges for family members, and was expected to result in more positive family interactions with residents, and greater family engagement with and satisfaction with the nursing homes.
BACKGROUND
Family members are instrumental to the psychosocial well-being of nursing home and assisted living residents, and provide the ...