Culture Change in Nursing Homes:
How Far Have We Come?
Mary Jane Koren
A Commonwealth Fund/Pioneer Network Webinar
May 19, 2008
The Commonwealth Fund 2007
National Survey of Nursing Homes
• Examine the penetration of the culture
change movement at the national level.
• Measure the extent to which nursing
homes are adopting culture change
principles and practicing resident-centered
care.
• Assess benefits of adopting culture change
principles.
Today’s Speakers
• Michelle M. Doty, PhD
Associate Director of Research,
The Commonwealth Fund
• Bonnie Kantor, ScD
Executive Director,
Pioneer Network
• Karen C. Schoeneman, MPA
Project Officer, Division of Nursing
Homes, Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services