Research in Culture Change
Implementation of the Better Jobs Better Care Demonstration: Lessons for Long-Term Care Workforce Initiatives
by Peter Kemper, PhD, Diane Brannon, PhD, Teta Barry, PhD, Amy Stott, MSPT and Brigitt Heier, MS; Gerontologist 2008 48: 26-35
Nursing Assistants' Job Commitment: Effect of Nursing Home Organizational Factors and Impact on Resident Well-Being by Christine E. Bishop, PhD, Dana Beth Weinberg, PhD, Walter Leutz, PhD, Almas Dossa, PhD, Susan G. Pfefferle, PhD and Rebekah M. Zincavage, MA; Gerontologist 2008 48: 36-45
Development and Initial Testing of a Measure of Person-Directed Care by Diana L. White, PhD, Linda Newton-Curtis, MS and Karen S. Lyons, PhD; Gerontologist 2008 48: 114-123
The Changing Face of Long-Term Care: Looking at the Past Decadeby Vickie Ragsdale and Graham J. McDougall Jr.; Issues in Mental Health Nursing September 2008 29 (9): 992 - 1001
Culture Change Impacts Quality of Life for Nursing Home Residentsby Gretchen Robinson, MS and Ann Gallagher, RD; Topics in Clinical Nutrition Apr-Jun2008, 23 (2): 120-130
How Do You Keep The Music Playing?
by Steven L. Baumann, RN, PhD; Nursing Science Quarterly, Oct2008, 21 (4): 363-364
Certified Nursing Assistants' Explanatory Models of Nursing Home Resident Depression
by ML Piven, R.A. Anderson, C. Colon-Emeric, M. Sandelowski; Western Journal of Nursing Research 30(6), 653-672. PMID: 18390825
Barriers and Facilitators to Clinical Practice Guideline Use in Nursing Home
by C. Colon-Emeric, D. Lekan-Rutledge, Q. Utley-Smith, N. Ammarell, DE Bailey, ML Piven, K. Corazzini, R. Anderson; Journal of the American Geriatric Society, 2007; 55:1404-9
Paying Attention: A Leap Toward Quality Care
by ML Piven, N. Ammarell, D. Lekan-Rutledge, Q. Utley-Smith, KN Corazzini, C. Colon-Emeric, D. Bailey, R.A. Anderson; Director. 2007;15(1):58-63
Definition and Classification of Assisted Living by Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD and Philip D. Sloane, MD, MPH; Gerontologist 2007 47: 33-39
Consequences of Empowered CNA Teams in Nursing Home Settings: A Longitudinal Assessment by Dale E. Yeatts, PhD and Cynthia M. Cready, PhD; Gerontologist 2007 47: 323-339
Job Satisfaction of Nursing Home Administrators and Turnoverby Nicholas C. Castle, John Engberg and Ruth A. Anderson; Medical Care Research and Review 2007 64 (2): 191-211
Doing Better to Do Good: The Impact of Strategic Adaptation on Nursing Home Performanceby Jacqueline S. Zinn, Vincent Mor, Zhanlian Feng, and Orna Intrator; Health Services Research June 2007 42 (3) Part 1: 1200-1218
Linking Resident Satisfaction to Staff Perceptions of the Work Environment in Assisted Living: A Multilevel Analysis
by Elzbieta Sikorska-Simmons, PhD; Gerontologist 2006 46: 590-598
Radical Redesign of Nursing Homes: Applying the Green House Concept in Tupelo, Mississippi
by Judith Rabig, RN, MA, William Thomas, MD, Rosalie A. Kane, PhD, Lois J. Cutler, PhD and Steve McAlilly, JD; Gerontologist 2006 46: 533-539
The Collection and Use of Funds From Civil Money Penalties and Fines From Nursing Homes by Theodore Tsoukalas, PhD, Cynthia Rudder, PhD, Richard J. Mollot, Esq., Meghan Shineman, Hyang Yuol Lee, MS and Charlene Harrington, PhD; Gerontologist 2006 46: 759-771
Promising Models for Transforming Long-Term Care
by Joe Angelelli Gerontologist 2006 46: 428-430
Patterns of Medical and Nursing Staff Communication in Nursing Homes: Implications and Insights from Complexity Science
by C. Colon-Emeric, N. Ammarell, D. Bailey, K. Corazzini, D. Lekan-Rutledge, ML Piven, Q. Utley-Smith; Qualitative Health Research, 2006;16(2):173-88
Connection, Regulation, and Care Plan Innovation: A Case Study of Four Nursing Homes
by C. Colon-Emeric, D. Lekan-Rutledge, Q. Utley-Smith, N. Ammarell, DE Bailey, ML Piven, K. Corazzini, R. Anderson; Health Care Management Review, 2006;31(4)337-46
Nurse Aide Empowerment Strategies and Staff Stability: Effects on Nursing Home Resident Outcomes by Theresa "Teta" Barry, PhD, Diane Brannon, PhD and Vincent Mor, PhD; Gerontologist 2005 45: 309-317
Implementing a Lighting Intervention in Public Areas of Long-Term Care Facilities: Lessons Learned
by Philip D. Sloane, MD, MPH, Eunice Noell-Waggoner, BS, Susan Hickman, PhD, C. Madeline Mitchell Murp, Christianna S. Williams PhD, John S. Preisser PhD, Ann Louise Barrick PhD, Sheryl Zimmerman PhD, and Elizabeth Brawley Fiida; Alzheimer's Care Today October/December 2005 6(4): 280-293
Learning From Doing: Conducting a SAGE Postoccupancy Evaluation
by Maggie P. Calkins, PhD; Alzheimer's Care Quarterly October/December 2005 6(4):357-365
Quality Improvement: The Pursuit of Excellence
by Kim B. Schmidt and Suellen Beatty, MScN; Quality Management in Health Care July/September 2005 14(3):196-198
The power of relationship for high-quality long-term careby RA Anderson, N. Ammarell, DE Bailey, C. Colon-Emeric, K. Corazzini, D. Lekan-Rutledge, ML Piven, Q. Utley-Smith; Journal of Nursing Care Quality. Apr-Jun 2005;20(2):103-106
Nurse assistant mental models, sensing making, care actions and consequences for nursing home residentsby RA Anderson, N. Ammarell, DE Bailey, C. Colon-Emeric, K. Corazzini, M. Lillie, ML Piven, Q. Utley-Smith, RR McDaniel, Qualitative Health Research. 2005;15(8):1006-1021
Creating the Ideal Person-Centered Program and Environment for Residential Dementia Care: 10 Steps and 10 Challenges Toward a New Cultureby William L. Keane, MS, MBA and John Shoesmith; Alzheimer's Care Quarterly October/December 2005 6(4): 316-324
An Ethnographic Study of Nursing Home Culture to Define Organizational Realities of Culture Change
by Marian T. Deutschman; Journal of Health and Human Services Administration; Fall2005, 28 (2): 246-281
Effect of Person-Centered Showering and the Towel Bath on Bathing-Associated Aggression, Agitation, and Discomfort in Nursing Home Residents with Dementia: A Randomized, Controlled Trial by Philip D. Sloane, Beverly Hoeffer, Madeline Mitchell, Darlene McKenzie, Ann Louise Barrick, Joanne Rader, Barbara Stewart, Karen Amann Talerico, Joyce Rasin, Richard Zink and Gary Koch; Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2004 52(11): 1795-1804 (accompanying editorial by Lois Evans available on pp. 1957-1958)
Complexity science and the dynamics of climate and communication: reducing nursing home turnover
by RA Anderson, K. Corazzini, RR McDaniel; Gerontologist. Jun 2004;44(3):378-388
Definition, Measurement, and Correlates of Quality of Life in Nursing Homes: Toward a Reasonable Practice, Research, and Policy Agenda by Rosalie Kane, PhD; Gerontologist 2003 43: 28-36
Person-Centered Care: An Important Approach for the 21st Century Health Care
by Karen Amann Talerico, PhD, RN, Jeannette A. O'Brien, MSN, RN, Kristen L. Swafford, BS, RN; Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services November 2003 41 (11)
Quality Improvement Implementation in the Nursing Home
by Dan R Berlowitz, Gary J Young, Elaine C Hickey, Debra Saliba, Brian S Mittman, Elaine Czarnowski, Barbara Simon, Jennifer J Anderson, Arlene S Ash, Lisa V Rubenstein, and Mark A Moskowitz; Health Serv Res. 2003 February; 38(1 Pt 1): 65–83
The Eden Alternative: Findings After 1 Year Implementation
by Mary Thoesen Coleman, Stephen Looney, James O'Brien, Craig Ziegler, Cynthia A. Pastorino and Carolyn Turner, The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 2002 57:M422-M427