McKnight’s Senior Living December 7, 2022
Assisted living direct care workers have significantly worse perceptions of patient safety culture than their administrators, requiring a renewed focus on quality in the industry, according to the results of a new study published in JAMDA, the official journal of AMDA–The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine.
In fact, the researchers said, achieving a comprehensive focus on resident safety in assisted living may require state regulatory action, particularly in the areas of staffing and training.
The researchers surveyed 714 administrators and direct care workers in 257 assisted living communities to assess perceptions of patient safety culture, a key measure of organizational performance. They noted that a push to measure and improve organizational safety culture was made in the wake...
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