Frontline caregiver daily practices: a comparison study of traditional nursing homes and the Green House project sites.

Objectives: To describe differences in frontline caregiver daily practice in two types of skilled nursing facility (SNF) settings, Green House (GH) homes and traditional SNF units, related to overall staffing (nursing and nonnursing departments), direct care and indirect care time per resident day, and staff time interacting with residents.

Design: Observational, interview, and survey study comparing frontline caregiver daily practice in GH homes and traditional SNFs.

Setting: Twenty-seven sites (GH homes and traditional SNF units).