TY - JOUR
T1 - Quality of nursing home care
T2 - Perceptions of physicians, psychologists, and nurse practitioners
AU - Cohen-Mansfield, Jiska
AU - Jensen, Barbara
AU - Resnick, Barbara
AU - Norris, Margaret
PY - 2012/1
Y1 - 2012/1
N2 - Physicians, psychologists, and nurse practitioners rated the quality of nursing home care and the importance and feasibility of improvement strategies. Overall care was rated better than care of residents, followed by treatment of staff. Physicians rated care highest and nurse practitioners rated it lowest. In terms of suggestions for quality improvement, improving treatment of frontline staff and of families was rated as most important overall. We found differences across professional groups in recommended improvements, a finding that suggests the importance of interdisciplinary communication and developing an integrated viewpoint in optimizing care for older persons.
AB - Physicians, psychologists, and nurse practitioners rated the quality of nursing home care and the importance and feasibility of improvement strategies. Overall care was rated better than care of residents, followed by treatment of staff. Physicians rated care highest and nurse practitioners rated it lowest. In terms of suggestions for quality improvement, improving treatment of frontline staff and of families was rated as most important overall. We found differences across professional groups in recommended improvements, a finding that suggests the importance of interdisciplinary communication and developing an integrated viewpoint in optimizing care for older persons.
KW - nurse practitioners
KW - nursing home
KW - physicians
KW - psychologists
KW - quality improvement
KW - quality of care
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=82655172412&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/NCQ.0b013e31822f2e81
DO - 10.1097/NCQ.0b013e31822f2e81
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AN - SCOPUS:82655172412
SN - 1057-3631
VL - 27
SP - 70
EP - 76
JO - Journal of Nursing Care Quality
JF - Journal of Nursing Care Quality
IS - 1
ER -