Policy without technology: a barrier to improving nursing home care.

@article{Schnelle1997PolicyWT,
  title={Policy without technology: a barrier to improving nursing home care.},
  author={John F. Schnelle and Joseph G. Ouslander and P A Cruise},
  journal={The Gerontologist},
  year={1997},
  volume={37 4},
  pages={
          527-32
        }
}
Standards of care are written for nursing homes without a realistic assessment of whether there is an intervention protocol or resources to meet these standards. This situation produces unfair pressures on nursing home providers, who react with paper compliance strategies, and creates a barrier to implementing new interventions that do meet care standards once they are developed. This article explores this barrier and illustrates examples of interventions that have been attempted in nursing… 
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