What makes nursing home residents thrive: a practical roadmap
A new Australian study identifies four concrete ways nursing staff help residents flourish: personalized care, autonomy, meaningful relationships, and better environments. The findings offer operators a blueprint for improving resident outcomes and staff satisfaction—increasingly critical as aged care faces staffing shortages and quality scrutiny worldwide.
Originaltitel: Promoting resident thriving in nursing homes: a qualitative study
<p>Aim: To explore how staff promote resident thriving in an Australian nursing home.</p><p>Design: Qualitative research design using content analysis.</p><p>Methods: Interviews were held with 14 nursing staff working in an Australian nursing home in March/April 2018. Data were analysed using qualitative content analysis.</p><p>Results: Four themes were revealed: promoting personalized care; promoting opportunities for autonomy; promoting connection and meaning; and promoting a curated environment.</p><p>Conclusions: Staff promoted resident thriving in relation to everyday care, activities, capabilities, relationships and the lived environment. Interventions that were perceived to promote thriving were described relative to the nurse, the resident, the care team and the wider nursing home context.</p>