'False accountability': The harmful consequences of bureaucratic rigour for aged care residents

Title: 'False accountability': The harmful consequences of bureaucratic rigour for aged care residents
Creator: Sturmberg, Joachim P.; Gainsford, Len
Relation: Australian Journal of General Practice Vol. 48, Issue 11, p. 803-808
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.31128/AJGP-04-19-4907
Publisher: Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2019
Description: Background: Public outrage about the treatment of aged care residents in some nursing homes has its origins in a failure in each facility’s accountability framework. There is an overwhelming focus on documentation of organisational structures and care processes, detracting from what really matters – whether the wellbeing of residents has been achieved. Objective: This article examines process- or action-oriented versus outcomes- or interaction-oriented accountability principles and their impacts on aged care residents’ care. Discussion: A ‘performance outcomes approach’ provides a more effective and efficient way to achieve high levels of care in aged care facilities. These findings are important in the context of potential recommendations arising from the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety.
Subject: aged care; healthcare; processes; residential aged care
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1474223
Identifier: uon:49240
Identifier: ISSN:2208-794X
Language: eng
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