Question

Summarizes and analyzes the development of both the Resource Dependency Theory and Institutional Theory.in a nursing home?

Answer 1

The resource dependency theory is considered as the study of external resources that have an impact over the behavior of the healthcare organization or nursing home. Development of the resource dependency theory in nursing home showcase their organizational success. It develops on the basic principle that nursing homes must engage in multiple transactions with other organizations in order to gain maximum resources. Development of the resource dependency theory foster a culture of accountable care organizations. Organizational characteristics such as the percentage of Medicaid inpatient discharge, number of nursing home beds, electronic health record implementation and health care system membership impact the growth of the nursing home.

The institutional change theory in nursing homes have an impact over the development of some formal structures within the nursing homes. These formal structures are more profound than market pressures. The institutional change is a collective and centralized process. Development of the institutional change thus involve choices specified by a collective political entity. The institutional change theory in nursing homes examine the nature of external demands and the responses of internal members to those demands. Development of institutional theory thus foster change in the institutionalized environment of the nursing home and help the organization provide long-term care facilities and home care to patients.