Care Provider Perceptions of Person-Centeredness in Geriatric Care
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Person-centeredness has been championed as a key principle of quality healthcare, but its application to the fourth aim of quality healthcare-workplace quality for the persons providing care-has received little attention. Drawing on notes and transcripts from four facilitated discussion groups with a total of 31 purposively selected participants, ranging from direct care workers to organizational leaders and academics working in aging, this special article describes insights gained about person-centeredness as it applies to the caregiving workforce. Three key issues emerged: person-centeredness varies by care setting due to differences in organization and client/patient needs; person-centeredness is not considered standard care; and person-centeredness consists of an interplay between leadership and care providers. A consistent point across all three issues is of variation, which can be addressed in part by identifying and addressing barriers at the individual and setting level to person-centered care.
Source: Journal of Applied Gerontology
Language: English
Subfield: General Health Professions
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $4,400
Funders: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung, University of Utah, Innovative Research Group Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Sick Kids Foundation, W. Garfield Weston Foundation, Kidney Research UK, European Commission, South African Medical Research Council, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Agence Nationale de la Recherche, Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung, Danmarks Grundforskningsfond, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Cairo University, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs, Rural Development Administration, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Vetenskapsrådet, China Scholarship Council, Beijing Municipal Health Commission, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, Education Department of Shaanxi Province, Novo Nordisk Fonden, Forsknings- och utvecklingsstyrelsen för Göteborg och Södra Bohuslän, Agriculture Research System of China, Shaanxi Science and Technology Association, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca, National Institutes of Health, Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Sichuan Province Science and Technology Support Program, College of Social and Behavioral Science, University of Utah, Tao Yuan General Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Beijing Nova Program, National Key Research and Development Program of China, Clarendon Fund, Key Research and Development Projects of Shaanxi Province, National Institute on Aging, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province, NextGenerationEU
OpenAlex ID: W7165684760