JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 6 , Pages 370-378 , July 2009

Beyond the Medical Model: The Culture Change Revolution in Long-Term Care

  • E. Foy White-Chu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Hebrew Senior Life/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to E. Foy White-Chu, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Lowry Medical Building, Suite 1B, 110 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02215.
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  • William J. Graves, BS

      Affiliations

    • St. Camillus Health Center, Whitinsville, MA
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  • Sandra M. Godfrey, RN

      Affiliations

    • St. Camillus Health Center, Whitinsville, MA
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  • Alice Bonner, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Massachusetts Senior Care Foundation, Newton Lower Falls, MA
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  • Philip Sloane, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research

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    Buffet-style dining and menu choice. Left: St. Camillus heat-and-serve cart. Food is cooked in a large kitchen and brought to the floor in a serving cart. Residents are able to walk or wheel up to the

    Buffet-style dining and menu choice. Left: St. Camillus heat-and-serve cart. Food is cooked in a large kitchen and brought to the floor in a serving cart. Residents are able to walk or wheel up to the cart and look at the food before ordering on a menu. Residents select on the menu the items they want and staff bring the menus to the cart; dietary service serves the requested food. Right: St. Camillus lunch menu, on which a resident has advocated for his/her choice.

PII: S1525-8610(09)00135-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.04.004

JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 6 , Pages 370-378 , July 2009