Predicting turnover rates among the staff of English and Welsh old people's homes

Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing a Change Initiative in Long-Term Care Using the INTERACT® Quality Improvement Program

“…27,28,29,30 This is especially troubling when implementing a major change initiative that requires extensive staff training. It was evident from the participant reports that without this consistency of management and staff and the desired change may be delayed or abandoned altogether.…”

Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing a Change Initiative in Long-Term Care Using the INTERACT® Quality Improvement Program

“…27,28,29,30 This is especially troubling when implementing a major change initiative that requires extensive staff training. It was evident from the participant reports that without this consistency of management and staff and the desired change may be delayed or abandoned altogether.…”

Assessing Resident Safety Culture in Six Nursing Homes in Belgium

“…Previous studies already identified the high rate of staff turnover in nursing homes to be an issue of concern. In reviewing staff turnover in English and Welsh nursing homes in the early 1980s, Knapp and Missiakoulis 37 already determined that high turnover rates are likely to influence the quality of care. Moreover, Castle and Engberg 38 found that decreases in the quality of care (i.e., rates of physical restraint use, catheter use, contractures, pressure ulcers, psychoactive drug use, and certification survey quality of care deficiencies) are associated with increases in staff turnover.…”

Medicaid Home Care Services and Survival in New York City

“…The literature currently supports the idea that staff turnover has an adverse effect on a variety of quality measures in nursing homes (Burgio, Fisher, Fairchild, Scilley, & Hardin, 2004;Castle, 2001;Castle & Engberg, 2005;Zimmerman, Gruber-Baldini, Hebel, Sloane, & Magaziner, 2002). Additional consequences of high turnover in nursing homes have been lower standards of care, increased workload for the remaining staff, and higher costs for the facility (Caudill & Patrick, 1991;Knapp & Missiakoulis, 1983;Staw, 1980). Despite these findings, there has been insufficient attention to the relationship between staff turnover and staffing levels.…”

Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing a Change Initiative in Long-Term Care Using the INTERACT® Quality Improvement Program

“…27,28,29,30 This is especially troubling when implementing a major change initiative that requires extensive staff training. It was evident from the participant reports that without this consistency of management and staff and the desired change may be delayed or abandoned altogether.…”

Assessing Resident Safety Culture in Six Nursing Homes in Belgium

“…Previous studies already identified the high rate of staff turnover in nursing homes to be an issue of concern. In reviewing staff turnover in English and Welsh nursing homes in the early 1980s, Knapp and Missiakoulis 37 already determined that high turnover rates are likely to influence the quality of care. Moreover, Castle and Engberg 38 found that decreases in the quality of care (i.e., rates of physical restraint use, catheter use, contractures, pressure ulcers, psychoactive drug use, and certification survey quality of care deficiencies) are associated with increases in staff turnover.…”

Medicaid Home Care Services and Survival in New York City

“…The literature currently supports the idea that staff turnover has an adverse effect on a variety of quality measures in nursing homes (Burgio, Fisher, Fairchild, Scilley, & Hardin, 2004;Castle, 2001;Castle & Engberg, 2005;Zimmerman, Gruber-Baldini, Hebel, Sloane, & Magaziner, 2002). Additional consequences of high turnover in nursing homes have been lower standards of care, increased workload for the remaining staff, and higher costs for the facility (Caudill & Patrick, 1991;Knapp & Missiakoulis, 1983;Staw, 1980). Despite these findings, there has been insufficient attention to the relationship between staff turnover and staffing levels.…”

Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing a Change Initiative in Long-Term Care Using the INTERACT® Quality Improvement Program

“…27,28,29,30 This is especially troubling when implementing a major change initiative that requires extensive staff training. It was evident from the participant reports that without this consistency of management and staff and the desired change may be delayed or abandoned altogether.…”

Assessing Resident Safety Culture in Six Nursing Homes in Belgium

“…Previous studies already identified the high rate of staff turnover in nursing homes to be an issue of concern. In reviewing staff turnover in English and Welsh nursing homes in the early 1980s, Knapp and Missiakoulis 37 already determined that high turnover rates are likely to influence the quality of care. Moreover, Castle and Engberg 38 found that decreases in the quality of care (i.e., rates of physical restraint use, catheter use, contractures, pressure ulcers, psychoactive drug use, and certification survey quality of care deficiencies) are associated with increases in staff turnover.…”

Medicaid Home Care Services and Survival in New York City

“…The literature currently supports the idea that staff turnover has an adverse effect on a variety of quality measures in nursing homes (Burgio, Fisher, Fairchild, Scilley, & Hardin, 2004;Castle, 2001;Castle & Engberg, 2005;Zimmerman, Gruber-Baldini, Hebel, Sloane, & Magaziner, 2002). Additional consequences of high turnover in nursing homes have been lower standards of care, increased workload for the remaining staff, and higher costs for the facility (Caudill & Patrick, 1991;Knapp & Missiakoulis, 1983;Staw, 1980). Despite these findings, there has been insufficient attention to the relationship between staff turnover and staffing levels.…”