Management of Nursing Homes and Sheltered Housing in Finland

Characteristics of elderly people admitted to hospital, Part III homes, and sheltered housing.

Approximately 100 consecutive admissions in Southampton to sheltered housing, to Part III homes, and to long-stay geriatric hospital beds in 1975 and 1976 were selected and data were collected by interview with patients and staff. There was a total of 299 admissions in the final sample. The sheltered housing group were younger and more often married than those admitted to Part III homes, who we...

COVID-19 in Nursing Homes: The Problematic Management of Residents Without Positive COVID-19 RT-PCR

Quality management and quality of care in nursing homes.

PURPOSE The purpose of this paper is to study the appropriateness of applying "manufacturing sector" quality management strategies to residential care homes sector and to analyze its influence on the quality of care. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH Observation and in-depth interviews were conducted with 41 Spanish care home top and middle managers, consultants and employees. FINDINGS The qualit...

Quality management systems and clinical outcomes in Dutch nursing homes.

The objective of the article is to explore the impact quality management systems and quality assurance activities in nursing homes have on clinical outcomes. The results are based on a cross-sectional study in 65 Dutch nursing homes. The management of the nursing homes as well as the residents (N = 12,377) participated in the study. Primary survey-data about the implementation of quality manage...

Top management team characteristics and innovation in nursing homes.

This study examines how the demographic characteristics of the top management team in 236 nursing homes can affect the adoption of innovations. The computerization of the Minimum Data Set (MDS) is the innovation we examine, and tenure, education, and involvement in a professional society are the demographic characteristics investigated. Controlling for 10 organizational and environmental factor...