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  • Culture Change Makes Sense; and saves CENTS

    Posted by Kim on May 21st, 2008 / Print This Post Print This Post



    We write of Culture Change often here, and for a reason. It simply makes sense to adopt to this newer model of caregiving. And, it saves many cents, too! McKnights LTC News has the scoop right here:

    Nursing homes that have adopted aspects of the culture change movement, or at least strive to, are more likely to see benefits in resident satisfaction, staff retention, higher occupancy rates and improved operational costs, according to a recently released survey of directors of nursing.

    In the report, which was conducted by The Commonwealth Fund, nursing homes were broken into three groups: culture change adopters (31%), culture change strivers (25%) and traditional nursing homes (43%). Of the adopters, 60% reported improvements in operational costs compared with 31% of traditional nursing homes. Additionally, staff absenteeism decreased in half of the homes that adopted culture change, according to the report. Roughly a third of traditional nursing homes reported any such similar decrease in absenteeism. Culture change is a movement emphasizing resident-centered care in nursing homes.

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