"Resident for a Day" : How a Simulation Experience Influences Future Leaders in "Culture Change"

Abstract

Many nursing homes are still providing resident care based on an outdated medical model, and although there has been a grassroots effort over the past decade to encourage a shift to a more social model, where person-centered care is delivered in a homelife environment, finding war to influence leaders to take on the challenge of undergoing such a transformation has been difficult. One way to influence industry-wide leaders is to integrate applied experiences into educational programming for future professionals. In this study we examined how a 24-hour simulation experience can influence future leaders of long tem care organizations to implement culture change.