Virginia Commonwealth University VCU Scholars Compass Theses and Dissertations Graduate School 2020 Relationship of demographic characteristics of occupational and physical therapists towards their knowledge and attitude on person-centered care in skilled nursing facilities Sadashiv R. Aggarwal Virginia Commonwealth University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd Part of the Occupational Therapy Commons, Other Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons, and the Physical Therapy Commons © The Author Downloaded from https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/6313 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at VCU Scholars Compass. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of VCU Scholars Compass. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. © Sadashiv R. Aggarwal 2020 All Rights Reserved Relationship of demographic characteristics of occupational and physical therapists towards their knowledge and attitude on person-centered care in skilled nursing facilities A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Virginia Commonwealth University by Sadashiv Ram Aggarwal MS Gerontology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, 2012 MS Physiotherapy (Osteomyology), Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India, 2006 BS Physiotherapy, GGSIPU, New Delhi, India, 2004 Dissertation Director: Tracey Gendron, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Gerontology Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia May 2020 iii Acknowledgements I will take this opportunity to give sincere gratitude to all those who have supported me throughout my graduate studies and dissertation research work and have played a very important and inspiring role in my development as a researcher. First, I want to thank my dissertation supervisors, Dr.