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Nursing Homes

Journal Article
Transforming Nurse Home Culture: Evidence for Practice and Policy
The nursing home culture change movement aims to improve resident quality of life and quality of care by emphasizing the deinstitutionalization of nursing home culture and focusing on person-centered care.
Feb 1, 2014
Brochure
Measuring the Quality of Health Care
RAND is engaged in developing and supporting the use of quality measures by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Jun 26, 2013
Journal Article
Consistent Assignment of Nurse Aides: Association with Turnover and Absenteeism
Consistent assignment refers to the same caregivers consistently caring for the same residents almost every time caregivers are on duty. This article examines the association of consistent assignment of nurse aides with turnover and absenteeism.
Jan 1, 2013
Journal Article
Giving Voice to the Vulnerable: The Development of a CAHPS Nursing Home Survey Measuring Family Members' Experiences
This survey measures family members' experiences of nursing home care, and the results contribute to the understanding of quality of care in nursing homes.
Oct 29, 2012
Blog
Giving
It seems obvious to ask nursing home residents about their own health. But until a quiet revolution that took place in 2010, it didn't work that way.
Oct 9, 2012
Journal Article
Refining Assessments of Elderly Patients
Significant changes to the Minimum Data Set (MDS), a standardized assessment of nursing home residents, aim to improve the tool's clinical utility.
Sep 1, 2012
Journal Article
Outcomes of Social Care for Adults: Developing a Preference-Weighted Measure
The aim of this study was to develop a measure of social care outcome, an equivalent to the quality-adjusted life year (QALY) in health, which could be used in a range of circumstances.
Mar 1, 2012
Journal Article
The Health Consequences of Relocation for Nursing Home Residents Following Hurricane Katrina
The authors examine whether the relocation of nursing home residents following Hurricane Katrina is associated with subsequent lower physical or mental health.
Nov 1, 2011
Journal Article
Quality of Care Provided in a Special Needs Plan Using a Nurse Care Manager Model
Vulnerable older adults enrolled in plans that use nurse care managers receive, on average, 69% of recommended care for geriatric conditions, compared with 53% for elders in plans without nurse care managers.
Oct 1, 2011
Journal Article
A Controlled Trial of an Intervention to Improve Urinary and Fecal Incontinence and Constipation
This study evaluates the effects of a multicomponent intervention to reduce fecal incontinence and urinary incontinence.
Aug 1, 2010
Journal Article
An Examination of Special Focus Facility Nursing Homes
This descriptive study of nursing home characteristics found that facilities targeted by a CMS improvement initiative typically have fewer nurses and nurse aides and higher rates of quality of care citations.
Jun 3, 2010
Journal Article
Medical Home Capabilities of Primary Care Practices That Serve Sociodemographically Vulnerable Neighborhoods
Primary care practices in sociodemographically vulnerable neighborhoods were more likely than other practices to have medical home capabilities (e.g., interpreters, multilingual physicians), making them potentially eligible for enhanced payments
Jan 1, 2010
Journal Article
A National View of Workplace Injuries in Nursing Homes
Data from a large sample of nursing homes were used to examine the cross-sectional association between workplace injuries and organizational factors, caregiver staffing levels, and quality.
Jan 1, 2009
Journal Article
Effects of Payment Changes on Trends in Post-Acute Care
Test how the implementation of new Medicare post-acute payment systems affected the use of inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs), skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), and home health agencies.
Jan 1, 2009
Journal Article
Annual Expenditures for Nursing Home Care: Private and Public Payer Price Growth, 1977 to 2004
Evaluates changes in private and public prices for annual nursing home care from 1977 to 2004, and compares nursing home price growth to overall price growth and growth in the price of medical care.
Jan 1, 2009
Journal Article
Why Not Just Ask the Resident? Refinement of a Preference Assessment Tool for Nursing Homes
Evaluates a draft preference assessment tool designed to replace the current Customary Routine section of the Minimum Data Set (MDS) for nursing homes.
Jan 1, 2009
Journal Article
Measuring the Quality of Care Provided to Dually Enrolled Medicare and Medicaid Beneficiaries Living in Nursing Homes
To adapt the Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders project nursing home (NH) specific quality indicators (QIs), for use with routinely collected data, and to evaluate which clinical conditions and types of care were inadequately measured using these data sources.
Jan 1, 2009
Journal Article
Factors Associated with Increasing Nursing Home Closures
The authors determine the rate of nursing home closures for 7 years (1999-2005) and examine internal, organizational, and external factors associated with these closures.
Jan 1, 2009
Journal Article
The Health Consequences of Using Physical Restraints in Nursing Homes
Using a national longitudinal sample of nursing homes residents we examine whether physical restraint use contributes to subsequent physical or psychological health decline.
Jan 1, 2009
Journal Article
Use of Postacute Care By Nursing Home Residents Hospitalized for Stroke or Hip Fracture: How Prevalent and to What End?
This study found that a high percentage of nursing home residents hospitalized for hip fracture and stroke (80% and 64% respectively) used Medicare-paid skilled nursing facilities, yet had outcomes similar to those who did not use such care.
Aug 1, 2008

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RAND Topic:
Nursing Homes

Topic Synonyms:
Convalescent Home

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