Person-Centered Care Resources
Person-Centered Care Training Video
Person-Centered Care
Person-centered care is a philosophy that changes the focus of caregiving from accomplishing tasks to emphasizing the person. As a result, the personal preferences of residents become as important as providing the services and supports they need. Person-centered care requires a shift in an organization’s values and beliefs about quality. Traditionally, high quality clinical care is seen as the pinnacle of a high quality nursing home. With person-centered care, high quality clinical care remains critically important, but quality of life is valued as equally important. We need to do both.
The PEAK 2.0 program focuses on five domains essential to person-centered care: The Foundation, Resident Choice, Staff Empowerment, Home Environment, and Meaningful Life.
PEAK 2.0 Published Research Articles
Engagement and Adoption of Person-Centered Care
Environmental Attributes of Person-Centered Care
Does Person-Centered Care Improve Residents' Satisfaction with Nursing Home Quality?
PEAK 2.0 Additional Resources
The Business Case for Person-centered Care
Alternative Bathing Resources
Considerations: Food Accessibility (pdf)
Consistent Staffing Tool
Resident Choice
Process for Care Planning for Resident Choice (pdf)
Long-Term Care Improvement Guide: Resident Directed Care, Support & Services (pdf)
Culinary Engagement - Open Dining (pdf)
Resident Control (pdf) (PEAK Culture Change Module)
Culture Change in a For-Profit Nursing Home Chain: An Evaluation (pdf)
Ten No-Cost Ideas to Advance Your Culture Change Journey (pdf)
Staff Empowerment
The Learning Circle in Culture Change: Why Use It? (pdf)
PEAK Culture Change Modules on Staff (part 1 (pdf) and part 2 (pdf)) and Leadership (pdf)
Nurse Aide Empowerment Strategies and Staff Stability: Effects on Nursing Home Resident Outcomes (Abstract)
Empowerment of Families & Nursing Home Employees Could Lead to Better Care for Resident (pdf)
Home Environment
Design on a Dollar Project: Assessment and Resources for Pilot Homes
Practical Strategies to Transform Nursing Home Environments: Towards Better Quality of Life (pdf)
Meaningful Life
Psychosocial Needs of the Elderly (pdf)
Eden Alternative -- Meaningful Life Resources
Long Term Care and a Good Quality of Life: Bringing Them Closer Together (pdf) (Abstract)
Eldercare Communications (link to purchase training videos)
PEAK Culture Change modules on Activities (part 1 (pdf) and part 2 (pdf)), Community (pdf), Dementia (pdf), Diversity (pdf), End of Life (pdf), Family and Community (pdf), Resident Spiritual Needs (pdf), Sexuality (pdf)
Education and Training
As you are working on the PEAK 2.0 criteria, you may find that there are particular areas where training is needed. For instance, you may be working on the core Sleep and want key staff members to learn more about undisturbed sleep practices. Here are a few organizations to look to for educational opportunities in person-centered care.
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Don't forget to check with your state and national associations for educational opportunities in person-centered care.
Organizational Change & Leadership
Books
Burke, W.W. (2014). Organization Change: Theory and Practice. SAGE Publications: Thousand Oaks, CA
Schein, E. H. (2010). Organizational Culture and Leadership (4th ed.). Jossey-Bass: San Francisco, CA
Kouzes, J. M. & Posner, B. Z. (2012). The Leadership Challenge (5th ed.). John Wiley & Sons
Videos
Other Resources
What is Culture Change/Person Centered Care?
PEAK Nursing Homes Educational Modules
Changing Minds: An Introduction to Person-Centered Care
Why Person Centered Care?
Pioneer Network Case Studies (pdf)
Person-Centered Care Leadership Fact Sheet (pdf)
Implementation Information
Implementing Change in Long-Term Care: A Practical Guide to Transformation (pdf)
Person-Centered Practice Approach (pdf)