The impact of Neighbourhood Team Development on resident quality of life in long-term care

Abstract Long-term care (LTC) residents often experience poor quality of life (QOL). Culture change has been proposed as an approach to improve resident centredness in care, thereby aiming enhance residents' QOL. This article reports on one the findings implementation organisational culture approach, Neighbourhood Team Development (NTD). A retrospective cohort design was used explore QOL scores. The sample included 232 across six Ontario LTC homes. Quantitative data were collected through Resident Assessment Instrument–Minimum Data Set 2.0 (RAI-MDS 2.0) and interRAI Self-Report Survey for Long Term Care Facilities (SQOL-LTCF). Results demonstrated that interventions, such NTD, scores (+3.5 points, p = 0.0034). also adds knowledge use SQOL-LTCF a standardised assessment tool measure LTC, provides rationale include key outcome improvement initiatives modelling