Assessing and Expanding the Knowledge Base on Culture Change in Nursing Homes

Through literature review/environmental scan, case studies, and consultations with the project Technical Advisory Group, this project will assess and expand the knowledge base on culture change in nursing homes (NHs) and explore the potential for NH culture change as a strategy to drive improvement in quality of care and life for individuals living in NHs and in the quality of jobs of those employed by NHs.

Principal Investigator: Sheryl Zimmerman, Ph.D.

Funding: US DHHS

Total Project Period: 09/15/2011 – 07/31/2013