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| An examination of nursing home personnel's perceptions of residents' autonomy | | Author(s) | Larry C Mullins, Linda Moody, Rachel L Colquitt |
| Journal title | Journal of Applied Gerontology, vol 17, no 4, December 1998 |
| Pages | pp 442-461 |
| Keywords | Independence ; Rights [elderly] ; Nursing homes ; Patients ; Personnel ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Autonomy, especially of nursing home residents, concerns the essence of values such as personal freedom and independence. This study examined Collopy's six polar dimensions of autonomy from the perspective of 202 nursing home staff from a sample of 15 nursing homes in West Central Florida. Using regression analysis, autonomy was examined with respect to four categories of variables: nursing home staff background factors, nursing home staff attitudinal issues, staffing issues, and formal facility and resident characteristics. The results confirmed that autonomy is a complex construct with considerable subtlety. The most predictive set of variables overall include race, educational attainment, and employee type. The results are discussed with respect to their implications for care. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990104403 A |
| Classmark | C3: IKR: LHB: LF: QM: 7T |
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