Series on the basics of Culture Change

We often use the terms “Culture Change” and “Person-Centered Care” interchangeably. However, they are very different. Person-Centered Care is WHAT you do. Culture Change is really the WHY behind [...]

When people hear about Person-Centered Care, they say, “Of course! That’s what we all want for our loved ones and ourselves!” Or they say, “We already focus on the person, so we’re already [...]

  Person-Centered Care is an approach that frames care through the eyes of the person receiving that care. With Person-Centered Care, choices and actions are based entirely on the unique [...]

Culture Change is the common name given to the national movement for the transformation of older adult services based on person-centered values and practices. It focuses on individualizing care [...]

  Person-Centered Care means to focus on the resident as the locus of control and support the resident in making their own choices and having control over their daily lives. Person-Centered [...]

  Long-term care is founded on an institutional model, which is based on the premise that, We know what is best for you. Because of the health needs of the people we serve, we tend to focus [...]