JAMDA
Volume 11, Issue 7 , Pages 511-518 , September 2010

The Complexity of Implementing Culture Change Practices in Nursing Homes

  • Samantha Sterns, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Samantha Sterns, PhD, Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, Brown University, Box G-S121–6, 121 S. Main Street, Providence, RI 02912.
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  • Susan C. Miller, PhD
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  • Susan Allen, PhD

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 This study was made possible through funding from the Retirement Research Foundation (#2008-086), and by the Commonwealth Fund's generous sharing of its survey data.The authors have no conflicts of interest.

PII: S1525-8610(09)00405-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.11.002

JAMDA
Volume 11, Issue 7 , Pages 511-518 , September 2010

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