TY - JOUR
T1 - Flexibility as a management principle in dementia care
T2 - The Adards example
AU - Cohen-Mansfield, Jiska
AU - Bester, Allan
PY - 2006/8
Y1 - 2006/8
N2 - Purpose: Flexibility is an essential ingredient of person-centered care. We illustrate the potential impact of flexibility by portraying a nursing home that uses flexibility in its approach to residents and staff members. Designs and Methods: The paper describes the management strategies, principles, and environmental features used by the Adards nursing home in Australia. Results: Adards' flexibility in daily work and task scheduling promotes both resident and staff autonomy, which in turn allows for higher staffing levels, lower staff turnover, and more typical life experiences for residents than is found in many long-term-care facilities in the United States. Implications: The article provides an example and a basis for future discussion on this topic, with the hope that it will prompt other institutions to expand the level of flexibility in their policies and procedures.
AB - Purpose: Flexibility is an essential ingredient of person-centered care. We illustrate the potential impact of flexibility by portraying a nursing home that uses flexibility in its approach to residents and staff members. Designs and Methods: The paper describes the management strategies, principles, and environmental features used by the Adards nursing home in Australia. Results: Adards' flexibility in daily work and task scheduling promotes both resident and staff autonomy, which in turn allows for higher staffing levels, lower staff turnover, and more typical life experiences for residents than is found in many long-term-care facilities in the United States. Implications: The article provides an example and a basis for future discussion on this topic, with the hope that it will prompt other institutions to expand the level of flexibility in their policies and procedures.
KW - Daily scheduling
KW - Nursing home
KW - Person-centered care
KW - Staffing levels
KW - Workplace flexibility
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U2 - 10.1093/geront/46.4.540
DO - 10.1093/geront/46.4.540
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AN - SCOPUS:33748657586
SN - 0016-9013
VL - 46
SP - 540
EP - 544
JO - Gerontologist
JF - Gerontologist
IS - 4
ER -