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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Prevention of Unintentional Weight Loss in Nursing Home Residents: A Controlled Trial of Feeding Assistance

Twice-daily feeding assistance promotes food and fluid intake and weight gain in nursing home residents at risk for weight loss. Delivery of snacks between meals requires less staff time than at mealtime and thus may be more practical to implement.

Aug 1, 2008
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Nursing Home Assessment of Cognitive Impairment: Development and Testing of a Brief Instrument of Mental Status

Tests the accuracy of a brief cognitive assessment of nursing home (NH) residents and to determine whether facility nurses can reliably perform this assessment.

Jan 1, 2008
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What the Resident Meant to Say: Use of Cognitive Interviewing Techniques to Develop Questionnaires for Nursing Home Residents

This study demonstrates how cognitive interviews can be used to improve questionnaires intended for nursing home residents.

Jan 1, 2008
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The Relationship of Reported Pain Severity to Perceived Effect on Function of Nursing Home Residents

Finds that questions addressing the effect of pain on day-to-day functions are an important addition to standardized pain assessments in nursing homes, particularly for persons who report intermediate levels of pain severity.

Jan 1, 2008
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Further Examination of the Influence of Caregiver Staffing Levels on Nursing Home Quality

Weak empirical evidence exists showing that nursing home staffing levels influence quality of care.

Jan 1, 2008
Journal Article

The Influence of Agency Staffing on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes

Data from a large sample of nursing homes were used to examine the cross-sectional association between use of agency staff, regular staff, and quality.

Jan 1, 2008
Journal Article

Nurse Aide Agency Staffing and Quality of Care in Nursing Homes

Nurse aide agency staff of less than 14 full-time equivalents per 100 beds has little influence on quality in nursing homes, whereas nurse aide agency staff of more than 25 full-time equivalents per 100 beds has a substantial influence on quality.

Jan 1, 2008

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RAND Topic:
Nursing Homes

Topic Synonyms:
Convalescent Home

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