Empowered Work Teams in Long-Term Care Strategies for Improving Outcomes for Residents and Staff By Dale E. Yeatts, Ph.D., Cynthia M. Cready, Ph.D., and Linda S. Noelker, Ph.D. Foreword by Mary Jane Koren, M.D., M.P.H.

About the Authors
Contributors
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Mary Jane Koren

Preface

Part I: Why Create Empowered Work Teams in Long-Term Care?

1. What We Know about Empowered Work Teams in Non-LTC Settings: Lessons Learned from the Past
   
   
2. The Use of Empowered Work Teams in Nursing Homes
   
   
3. The Potential for Empowered Work Teams in Assisted Living Communities
   Mauro Hernandez, Ph.D.
   
   
4. The Potential for Empowered Work Teams in Home Care Settings
   Katherina A. Nikzad, M.S.W., Keith A. Anderson, Ph.D., and Joseph E. Gaugler, Ph.D.
   
   

Part II: Research Findings: The Effects of Empowered Work Teams and Empowerment in LTC

5. The Effects of Empowered Work Teams in the Greenhouse Project
   Jude Rabig
   
   
6. The Effects of Empowered Work Teams Within Nursing Homes
   
   
7. The Effects of Empowerment on Direct Care Workers’ Job Performance and Work Attitudes
   
   
8. Knowledge as Empowerment: Improving Nursing Assistants’ Education and Training
   Linda S. Noelker, Farida K. Ejaz & Heather L. Menne
   
   

Part III: Implementing Empowered Work Teams in Long-Term Care

9. Initial Orientation for Empowered Work Teams
   
   
10. Training Managers and Nurses for Empowered Teams in Long-Term Care
    
    
11. Training Direct Care Workers for Empowered Teams in Long-Term Care
    
    
12. Maintaining Effective Teams in LTC: What Must Go Right and What Can Go Wrong

Appendix: Steps for Implementing Empowered Work Teams in Long-Term Care
References
Index