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An attempt to give nursing home residents a voice in the quality improvement process: the challenge of frailty
Author(s) -
MITCHELL PATRICIA,
KOCH TINA
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of clinical nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.94
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1365-2702
pISSN - 0962-1067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2702.1997.tb00342.x
Subject(s) - confusion , negotiation , nursing , nursing homes , perspective (graphical) , quality (philosophy) , set (abstract data type) , process (computing) , quality management , psychology , medicine , sociology , business , computer science , social science , philosophy , epistemology , marketing , artificial intelligence , psychoanalysis , programming language , service (business) , operating system
Summary• Advanced frailty and confusion of many nursing home residents present a particular conundrum to researchers committed to resident participation. While the research is set in Australia, the challenge of frailty is common to researchers working with compromised older persons. • This study was conducted in an Australian 32 bed nursing home. As researchers we took on the roles of facilitators and negotiators within a quality improvement process using the approach of fourth generation evaluation. • The overall aim of the project was to provide all stakeholders, including residents and their significant others, with a voice in the negotiations and decisions that impact on their lives. • The focus of this paper is our attempt to gain the perspective of residents and significant others.