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Nursing Home Selection: How Do Consumers Choose?

Volume I: Findings from Focus Groups of Consumers and Information Intermediaries

by Lisa R. Shugarman, Julie A. Brown

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More than a million elders enter a nursing facility each year, yet we know little about how consumers of skilled and long-term nursing care select the facility to which they or their loved ones will be admitted. Consumers increasingly need useful and reliable information about their health- and social care options, including nursing homes. This study uses qualitative methods to (1) systematically review the existence and accessibility of Internet-based resources intended to support the decision to enter a nursing facility and select the appropriate facility for one’s needs and preferences; (2) examine how consumers select a nursing home; (3) explore if and how existing information resources are used in the decision-making process; and (4) identify gaps in needed information resources.

Table of Contents

  • Chapter One

    Introduction

  • Chapter Two

    Background and Conceptual Framework

  • Chapter Three

    Approach and Methods

  • Chapter Four

    Results and Findings

  • Chapter Five

    Summary

  • Chapter Six

    Areas for Further Examination and Research

  • Chapter Seven

    References

  • Appendix A

    Focus Group Methods

  • Appendix B

    Study Strengths and Limitations

  • Appendix C

    Focus Group Protocols

  • Appendix D

    Characteristics of Information Intermediaries

  • Appendix E

    Characteristics of Consumers

  • Appendix F

    Key Characteristics Informing Nursing Home Selection

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