Measuring Quality of Elder Care in Belize

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Friday, 21 July 2006

This presentation is part of : Culturally Competent Care Practices

Joyce Cappiello, RN, MS, FNP, Nursing, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA, Kerryellen G. Vroman, PhD, OTR/L, Occupational Therapy, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA, and Susan A. Levandoski, BSN, RNC, Nursing, Midcoast Senior Health Center, Brunswick, ME, USA.

Learning Objective #1: demonstrate the use of the Observable Indicators of Nursing Home Care Quality Instrument (OINHCQI).
Learning Objective #2: understand the applicability of the OINHCQI to assessing institutional elder care in a developing country.

This presentation will speak to the challenges of measuring quality of nursing care in an institutional setting in a developing country. This study used the Observable Indicators of Nursing Home Quality Care Instruments (OINHCQI) to determine the physical environment and direct care characteristics of three elder care facilities in Belize. Although this instrument has demonstrated reliability and validity in western cultures, this tool’s use in a developing country is novel. The values of the Belizean culture were found to be consistent with and measurable by the indicator items of the OINHCQI. The initial findings of this OINHCQI study showed that the simplicity and replicability were an advantage to any health care provider working in a diverse setting.

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