… associated with the early adoption of innovations in nursing homes. Early adopter institutions
are defined as the first 20% of facilities to adopt an innovation (Rogers 1983). Although the …

… memory, falls, mobility), assisted living and nursing home care, and teaching, at least during
… ' Diffusion of Innovations framework 9 to investigate the experiences of early adopters of the …

… of Innovation Theory, according to which diffusion of innovation … It suggests that the first step
of development is recognizing … ’ 49 adopter categories, though most were early adopters or …

… nursing homes that best exemplified settings engaged in sustained culture change innovation.
… In support of our first hypothesis, nursing homes that implemented culture change were …

… .4, 5 However, innovation does exist and nursing homes using highly … early adopters
discussed in this manuscript. Although nursing home IT adoption is in early stages, early adopters …

… practitioners and the first adopters of transformative care. In 1995, NCCNHR invited a
number of these practitioners to participate in a panel on quality of life innovations at its annual …

… study using a convenience sample of early CC adopters (compared with matched NH
controls) found early adopters to be more often nonprofit and affiliated with Continuing …

… to generalize these findings beyond nursing facilities in New Jersey, our finding … adoption
is, however, noteworthy. It suggests that even small homes are capable of formal CQI adoption, …

… Early adopters are those who favor the innovation early in the decision process. It … care
innovations in long-term care facilities would radically impact the quality of care in nursing homes. …

… through stages in the innovation-decision adoption process.10, 11 … early adopters versus
late adopters. In Model 3, we examined late adoption among those that were not early adopters…