JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 2 , Pages 98-106, February 2009

“Sometimes People Don't Fit in Boxes”: Attitudes Toward the Minimum Data Set Among Clinical Leadership in VA Nursing Homes

  • Patricia A. Parmelee, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Birmingham/Atlanta Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Decatur, GA
    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
    • Now at Center for Mental Health and Aging and Department of Psychology, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Patricia A. Parmelee, PhD, Center for Mental Health and Aging, Box 870315, 207 Osband Hall, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0315
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  • Susan E. Bowen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Birmingham/Atlanta Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Decatur, GA
    • ,
  • April Ross, MS

      Affiliations

    • Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Birmingham/Atlanta Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Decatur, GA
    • ,
  • Holly Brown, RN, MSN, GNP

      Affiliations

    • Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Birmingham/Atlanta Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Decatur, GA
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  • Joanna Huff, RN, MSN, GNP

      Affiliations

    • Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Birmingham/Atlanta Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Decatur, GA
    • Now at Park Springs Continuing Care Retirement Community, Stone Mountain, GA

published online 22 December 2008.

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 The title quote is a comment made by a study participant in response to the question, “In your opinion, what causes [the Minimum Data Set] to be inaccurate?”

 This research was supported by a research grant, IIR-03–241, from the US Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Service to the first author. None of the authors of this research had any conflict of interest.

PII: S1525-8610(08)00270-3

doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2008.08.004

JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 2 , Pages 98-106, February 2009

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