Maintaining Continence in Nursing Home Residents Through the Application of Industrial Quality Control

John F. Schnelle, Dan Newman, Marilyn White, June Abbey, Kenneth A. Wallston, Toni Fogarty, Marcia G. Ory

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Abstract

Supervisory nurses in seven nursing homes were taught how to implement a quality control management system that permitted the time-efficient assessment of how well a prompted voiding toileting program continued to be implemented by indigenous nursing aides. Random-hour wet checks taken during the 6-month management period revealed a reduction in wetness from 43% to 21% (p <.0001), which was sustained over the full 6-month period.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)114-121
Number of pages8
JournalGerontologist
Volume33
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 1993

Keywords

  • Care behaviors
  • Staff management

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Gerontology
  • Geriatrics and Gerontology

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