TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Perceptions about compliant flooring from senior managers in long-term care
JO  - Journal of housing for the elderly
A1  - Lachance, Chantelle C.
A1  - Zaborska, Valeriya O.
A1  - Leung, Pet-Ming
A1  - Feldman, Fabio
A1  - Robinovitch, Stephen N.
A1  - Mackey, Dawn C.
SP  - 194
EP  - 210
VL  - 32
IS  - 2
N2  - This study explored barriers and facilitators to adoption of compliant flooring as a fall injury prevention strategy within long-term care from the perspective of 18 long-term care senior managers. In-depth interviews were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed using the Framework Method. The most important organizational facilitators to adoption were potential for injury prevention and long-term care staff's openness to change. The most important organizational barriers to adoption were negative effects to long-term care staff and financial considerations (i.e., cost and lack of funding). The most important general organizational considerations were uncertainties about clinical effectiveness, effects on long-term care staff, and flooring performance. Overall, compliant flooring was viewed positively for long-term care. The findings also suggest an opportunity for knowledge translation to inform long-term care senior managers about the existing evidence on compliant flooring.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0276-3893
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02763893.2018.1431584
ID  - ref1
ER  -