PhD Defence Mara Petronella Johanna Brouwers

Keywords: Relocation, Innovative living arrangements, nursing homes, dementia 
 

"Moving Towards Culture Change: Insights into relocating nursing home residents with dementia to innovative living arrangements"

This thesis investigated the impact of a relocation from a regular nursing home to an innovative living arrangement on residents, family caregivers and staff members. Due to an ongoing culture change within long-term care, innovative living arrangements are being developed that aim to meet the needs of residents and promote person-centred care. The development of these arrangements leads to an increase in relocations, which can have a negative impact on all stakeholders involved. More insight into the impact of and experiences with these relocations is highly warranted. This thesis showed that relocating can lead to a short term impact on residents. For all stakeholders involved, relocating was an impactful process. Relocating and simultaneously implementing a culture change was perceived as challenging. 

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