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The impact of ageing‐in‐place policies on structural change in residential aged care
Author(s) -
Richardson Bev,
Bartlett Helen
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
australasian journal on ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.63
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-6612
pISSN - 1440-6381
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2008.00325.x
Subject(s) - staffing , accreditation , dependency (uml) , aged care , intervention (counseling) , long term care , sample (material) , gerontology , nursing homes , nursing , medicine , psychology , medical education , chemistry , systems engineering , chromatography , engineering
Objectives: This paper reports findings from a study to investigate the impact of ageing‐in‐place policies on resident dependency levels and to explore the relationship between structural variables and outcome ratings.Methods: The study involved a time series data collection of high‐ and low‐care places and accreditation ratings from both the first and the second accreditation cycles in Queensland (N = 482 and 499). Paired‐samples t‐tests were also conducted on a sample of homes providing both high‐ and low‐level care to assess changing dependency levels over the two time periods.Results: A statistically significant increase (0.005) was found in the proportion of residents classified as high care living in low‐care homes between the first and the second accreditation cycles.Conclusions: The findings suggest that the ageing‐in‐place regulatory intervention achieved the intended policy goal and homes have effectively implemented staffing and quality control strategies to accommodate the changes.