ENHANCING PERSON-CENTERED PLANNING FOR ADULTS LIVING WITH DISABILITIES USING DYNAMIC ORGANIZATION CULTURE

A systematic review was conducted to establish the effectiveness of a dynamic organizational culture in enhancing person-centered planning (PCP) for adults living with disabilities. An in-depth search on PCP showed a major gap in research on the characteristics, and incentives for and barriers to a successful PCP. This is because most studies on PCP focus on practices, benefits and outcomes. An electronic literature search was conducted using search engines such as Rehabilitation Reference Center, ProQuest/Dissertations and Theses, Cochrane Library, PubMed, CINAHL, Eric, PsychInfo and OVID. The search generated over 350 journal articles that discussed conditions and interventions related to the key words used in the search. One hundred and fifty articles were excluded due to duplication, and a total of 180 articles were dropped after reviewing their abstracts. The full texts of 20 journal articles were appraised to determine their importance to the adoption of dynamic organizational culture and the improvement of PCP for adults with disabilities. During further critical appraisal using Jadad and PEDro quality analysis scales, 11 articles with the poorest scores were excluded. This brought the total number of studies reviewed to nine. The results of the nine studies included in this review showed that a dynamic organizational culture may enhance PCP and improve the quality of care for adults living with disabilities.