ArticleThe Gerontologist2011
Culture change in long-term care: participatory action research and the role of the resident.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Towards equitable representation in long-term residential care: widening the circle to ensure "essential voices" in research teams.Research involvement and engagement · 2024Article
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- Effective approaches to public involvement in care home research: a systematic review and narrative synthesis.Research involvement and engagement · 2023Article
- Using participatory research to co-produce an education and training e-resource to support care home staff to meet the sexuality, intimacy and relationship needs of care home residents with and without dementia.Frontiers in dementia · 2023Article
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- A scoping review: The utility of participatory research approaches in psychology.Journal of community psychology · 2019Article
- Health personnel's experience with resident-centered care in nursing homes in Korea: A qualitative study.International journal of nursing sciences · 2019Article
- Multidisciplinary exhibit design in a Science Centre: a participatory action research approach.Educational action research · 2018Article
- Methods for Involving Older People in Health Research-A Review of the Literature.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017Review
- Empowering Change Agents in Hierarchical Organizations: Participatory Action Research in Prisons.Research in nursing & health · 2016Article
- Theoretical foundations guiding culture change: The work of the Partnerships in Dementia Care Alliance.Dementia (London, England) · 2016Article
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purposeThis study's purpose was to advance the process of culture change within long-term care (LTC) and assisted living settings by using participatory action research (PAR) to promote residents' competence and nourish the culture change process with the active engagement and leadership of residents. DESIGN AND
methodsSeven unit-specific PAR groups, each consisting of 4-7 residents, 1-2 family members, and 1-3 staff, met 1 hour per week for 4 months in their nursing home or assisted living units to identify areas in need of improvement and to generate ideas for community change. PAR groups included residents with varied levels of physical and cognitive challenges. Residents were defined as visionaries with expertise based on their 24/7 experience in the facility and prior life experiences.
resultsAll PAR groups generated novel ideas for creative improvements and reforms in their communities and showed initiative to implement their ideas. Challenges to the process included staff participation and sustainability. IMPLICATIONS: PAR is a viable method to stimulate creative resident-led reform ideas and initiatives in LTC. Residents' expertise has been overlooked within prominent culture change efforts that have developed and facilitated changes from outside-in and top-down. PAR may be incorporated productively within myriad reform efforts to engage residents' competence. PAR has indirect positive quality of life benefits as a forum of meaningful social engagement and age integration that may transform routinized and often ageist modes of relationships within LTC.
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