Culture Change in Long-Term Care

This book, selected for inclusion in Doody's Core Titles in the Health Sciences, 2005 edition (DCT), will inform you about the theoretical and practical applications of culture change within the institutional long-term care setting. It examines existing models of “positive cultures,” emphasizing philosophy, underpinning, and implementation. You'll gain a greater understanding of theoretical frameworks for organizational change, of the changes that can occur in all members of the long-term care community, and of culture change in the context of broad organizational experience and cultural competence.

Audrey S. Weiner, Judah L. Ronch

- Foreword - SECTION 1. INTRODUCTION TO CULTURE AND VALUES IN LONG-TERM CARE - Unloving Care Revisited: The Persistence of Culture - Managing Organizational Culture Change: The Case of Long-Term Care - Culture Change in Long-Term Care Facilities: Changing the Facility or Changing the System? - The Historical Context of Humanistic Culture Change in Long-Term Care - Leading Culture Change in Long-Term Care: A Map for the Road Ahead - Achieving Organizational Change Within the Context of Cultural Competence - The Changing Consumer: The Social Context of Culture Change in Long-Term Care - Family Caregivers, Health Care Professionals, and Policy Makers: The Diverse Culture of Long-Term Care - Pioneer Network: Changing the Culture of Aging in America - SECTION 2. MODELS OF CULTURE CHANGE IN LONG-TERM CARE - Evolution of Eden - Culture Change in Long Term Care: The Wellspring Model - Models for Individuals with Alzheimer Disease: Beyond the Special Care Framework - Peer Mentoring of Nursing Home CNAs: A Way to Create a Culture of Caring - The Live Oak Regenerative Community: Championing a Culture of Hope and Meaning - SECTION 3. CASE STUDIES: IMPLEMENTING CHANGE - Teresian HouseUsing the Environment to Support Cultural Change - Center for Nursing and RehabilitationCulture Change in an Urban Environment - The Providence Mount St. Vincent Experience - Organizational Culture and Bathing Practice: Ending the Battle in One Facility - The Power of Circles: Using a Familiar Technique to Promote Culture Change - SECTION 4. CASE STUDIES: CULTURE CHANGE BRIEFS - Introduction to Case Studies: Culture Change Briefs - Apple Health Care: Culture Change in a Privately Owned Nursing Home Chain - Case Study Brief: The Lyngblomsten Care Center, St. Paul, MN - SECTION 5. AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE - Using Strengths-Based Practice to Support Culture Change: An Australian Experience - Implementing the Eden Alternative® in Australia - Beyond the Medical ModelThe Eden Alternative® in Practice: A Swiss Experience - Changes in Long-Term Care for Elderly People with Dementia: A Report from the Front Lines in British Columbia, Canada - SECTION 6. IS CHANGE REALISTIC? - Quality Oversight and Culture Change in Long-Term Care - Policy Values and Culture Change in Long-Term CareThe Role of State Government in Catalyzing Change - Selecting a Model or Choosing Your Own Culture - Successfully Surviving Culture Change - Index - Reference Notes Included