Exploring person-centred care in relation to resource utilization, resident quality of life and staff job strain - findings from the SWENIS study

A critical challenge facing elderly care systems throughout the world is to meet the complex care needs of a growing population of older persons. Although person-centred care has been advocated as the "gold standard" and a key component of high-quality care, the significance of care utilis...

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Published in:BMC geriatrics 2020-11, Vol.20 (1), p.465-465, Article 465
Main Authors: Sköldunger, Anders, Sandman, Per-Olof, Backman, Annica
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aging
Allied health personnel
Burnout
Care and treatment
Cognitive ability
Costs
Cross-Sectional Studies
Data collection
Dementia
Geriatrics
Health aspects
Humans
Intervention
Job strain
Job stress
Management
Medicin och hälsovetenskap
Methods
Municipalities
Nursing home care
Nursing home patients
Nursing Homes
Occupational stress
Older people
Patient-Centered Care
Person-centred care
Psychological aspects
Quality of Life
Resource utilisation
Resource utilization
Surveys
Sweden
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Summary:A critical challenge facing elderly care systems throughout the world is to meet the complex care needs of a growing population of older persons. Although person-centred care has been advocated as the "gold standard" and a key component of high-quality care, the significance of care utilisation in person-centred units as well as the impact of person-centred care on resident quality of life and staff job strain in nursing home care has yet to be explored. The aim of this study was to explore person-centred care and its association to resource use, resident quality of life, and staff job strain. A cross-sectional national survey. Data on 4831 residents and 3605 staff were collected by staff working in nursing homes in 35 randomly selected Swedish municipalities in 2014. Descriptive statistics and regression modelling were used to explore associations between person-centred care and resource use, resident quality of life, and staff job strain. No association was found between person-centred care and resource use. Person-centred care was positively associated with resident quality of life and was negatively associated with staff perception of job strain. Person-centred care does not increase resource utilisation in nursing homes, but beneficially impacts resident quality of life and alleviates the care burden in terms job strain among staff.
ISSN:1471-2318
1471-2318
DOI:10.1186/s12877-020-01855-7