1. Can Implementing Person-Centered Care Tools Reduce Complaints? Evidence from the Implementation of PELI in Ohio Nursing Homes.
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Kunkel, Miranda C., Bowblis, John R., Straker, Jane, Van Haitsma, Kimberly, and Abbott, Katherine M.
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MEDICAL quality control ,MEDICAL care for older people ,PATIENT-centered care ,ACTIVITIES of daily living ,MEDICAL care ,NURSING care facilities ,PATIENTS' attitudes ,CONCEPTUAL structures ,COMPARATIVE studies ,QUALITY of life ,AGING ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,RESEARCH funding ,LONG-term health care - Abstract
Nursing homes receive complaints when actual care provided to residents misaligns with desired care, suggesting that person-centered care (PCC) and honoring resident preferences in care delivery may help prevent complaints from arising. We explore whether nursing home implementation of a PCC tool, the Preferences for Everyday Living Inventory (PELI), is related to measures of complaints. Publicly available data on Ohio nursing homes was used to examine 1,339 nursing home-year observations. Regression techniques were used to evaluate the relationship between the extent of PELI implementation and four complaint outcomes: any complaint, number of complaints, any substantiated complaint, and number of substantiated complaints. Nursing homes with complete PELI implementation were less likely to have any complaints by 4.7% points (P <.05) and any substantiated complaints by 11.5% points (P <.001) as compared to partial PELI implementers. When complete PELI implementers did have complaints, they were fewer than partial PELI implementers. Complete PELI implementers were not immune from receiving complaints; however, the complaints they did receive were fewer in number and less likely to be substantiated as compared to communities who only partially implemented a PCC tool. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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