Table 1.
Profile of hospital participants (N=180)
| n (%) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hospital Type
| ||
| US Acute Care Hospital | 166 (92.2) | |
| Canadian Acute Care Hospital | 14 (7.8) | |
| Bed Size | ||
| Small (0–200) | 51 (28.3) | |
| Medium (201–400) | 70 (38.9) | |
| Large (400+) | 59 (32.8) | |
| Teaching Status | ||
| Academic Medical Center | 38 (21.1) | |
| Teaching | 76 (42.2) | |
| Non-teaching | 66 (36.7) | |
| External recognition | ||
| Magnet®† | 72 (40.0) | |
| Baldridge ‡ | 9 (5.0) | |
| AARP § | 6 (3.3) | |
| Administrative units | ||
| Hospital-wide geriatric administrative units? | 27 (15.0) | |
| Geriatric Service Line | 57 (31.7) | |
| Geriatric medical department | 60 (33.3) | |
| Specialized units | ||
| Gero-psych unit | 37 (20.6) | |
| Dementia unit | 9 (5.0) | |
| Hospice unit | 35 (19.4) | |
| Geriatric Emergency Department | 12 (6.7) | |
| Geriatric Acute Care Programs | ||
| Comprehensive geriatric assessment | 104 (57.8) | |
| Mobile ACE (Acute Care of Elderly) | 20 (11.1) | |
| Palliative care | 42 (23.3) | |
| Transitional care | 79 (43.9) | |
| Non-acute programs | ||
| Senior membership program | 43 (23.9) | |
| Comprehensive geriatric assessment | 87 (48.3) | |
| Dementia evaluation program | 103 (55.4) | |
| Geriatric primary care | 101 (56.1) | |
| Non-acute affiliations | ||
| Sub-acute care | 66 (36.7) | |
| Long term nursing home care | 41 (22.8) | |
| Assisted living | 28 (15.6) | |
| Home health | 110 (61.1) | |
| In-patient hospice care | 102 (57.3) | |
| Home hospice care | 86 (47.8) | |
| Adult day care | 30 (16.7) | |
The Magnet Recognition Program® “recognizes health care organizations for quality patient care, nursing excellence and innovations in professional nursing practice” (http://www.nursecredentialing.com/Magnet/ProgramOverview.aspx).
The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is given to organizations that have demonstrated an “outstanding system for managing its products, services, human resources, and customer relationships. As part of the evaluation, an organization is asked to describe its system for assuring the quality of its goods and services. It also must supply information on quality improvement and customer engagement efforts and results” (http://www.nist.gov/baldrige/).
The AARP Best Employers for Workers over 50 program,”cosponsored by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), awards businesses and organizations that have implemented new and innovative policies and best practices in talent management. These organizations are creating road maps for others on how to attract and retain top talent in today’s multigenerational workforce” (http://www.aarp.org/work/employee-benefits/best_employers/).