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Nursing Homes

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State Variability in Indicators of Quality of Care in Nursing Facilities

Compares state-level physical restraint use, urethral catheterization, contractures, pressure ulcers, and psychoactive medication use as indicators of quality of care in nursing facilities.

Jan 1, 2005
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Challenges in Measuring Nursing Home and Home Health Quality: Lessons from the First National Healthcare Quality Report

Further developmental work is needed to address many of these issues to improve the usefulness of these quality measures in future NHQR reports.

Jan 1, 2005
Journal Article

Function and Response of Nursing Facilities During Community Disaster.

The authors sought to describe the role and function of nursing facilities after disaster.

Jan 1, 2004
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Nursing Homes with Persistent High and Low Quality

This article examines the concentration of low- and high-quality care within particular nursing facilities over time.

Jan 1, 2004
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Use of Resident Satisfaction Surveys in New Jersey Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities

The authors found 86% of nursing homes and 88% of assisted living facilities to be using resident satisfaction surveys.

Jan 1, 2004
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Feasibility of Quality Indicators for the Management of Geriatric Syndromes in Nursing Home Residents

Steps of care critical to the assessment and management of geriatric syndromes in NHs were identified.

Jan 1, 2004
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Quality Indicators for the Management of Medical Conditions in Nursing Home Residents

Nursing home quality measures for medical conditions must account for exclusions related to poor prognosis and advanced dementia.

Jan 1, 2004
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Reporting Quality of Nursing Home Care to Consumers: The Maryland Experience

Despite its potentially controversial nature and many methodological challenges, the system has been well received by both the public and the industry.

Mar 1, 2003
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Forecasting the Nursing Home Population

In recent years, the rate of institutionalization among the elderly has been falling.

Jan 1, 2003
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Is Nursing Home Demand Affected by the Decline in Age Difference Between Spouses?

The authors investigate whether declines in the age difference between spouses has influenced widowhood and nursing home demand.

Jan 1, 2003
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Does an Exercise and Incontinence Intervention Save Healthcare Costs in a Nursing Home Population?

Cost of implementing these interventions for frail nursing home residents unlikely to be offset by savings in medical care costs in this population.

Jan 1, 2003
Journal Article

Quality Improvement Implementation in Nursing Home

Quality improvement implementation is most likely to be successful in those VA nursing homes with an underlying culture that promotes innovation.

Jan 1, 2003
Journal Article

The Effect of Administrative Resources on Care in Nursing Homes

This article evaluates whether the hours spent on the job by nursing home administration have an effect on the quality of care.

Jan 1, 2003
Journal Article

Adherence to Pressure Ulcer Prevention Guidelines: Implications for Nursing Home Quality

The low level of adherence and high level of variation to many best-care practices for PU prevention indicate a continued need for quality improvement

Jan 1, 2003
Journal Article

Consumer Satisfaction in Long-Term Care: State Initiatives in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities

The authors report the results of a survey of state initiatives that measure resident satisfaction in nursing homes and assisted living facilities.

Jan 1, 2003
Journal Article

Providing Outcomes Information to Nursing Homes: Can It Improve Quality Care?

This study examined whether providing outcomes information to 120 nursing homes facilitated improvements in quality over a 12-month period.

Jan 1, 2003
Journal Article

Searching for and Selecting a Nursing Facility

306 resident interviews matched with 306 family member interviews examining factors associated with the search for and selection of a nursing facility

Jan 1, 2003
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Strategic Groups and Outcomes in Nursing Facilities

Author hypothesizes that prospector nursing facilities will have the highest quality outcomes, followed by defender, analyzer, and reactor facilities.

Jan 1, 2003
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Quality of Care in Nursing Homes: An Analysis of Relationships Among Profit, Quality, and Ownership

Recent work has highlighted a negative correlation between proprietary status and nursing home quality of care.

Jan 1, 2003
Journal Article

Reforming Care for Persons Near the End of Life: The Promise of Quality Improvement

Most people in developed countries will live with a serious, eventually fatal, chronic condition for months or years before dying.

Jan 1, 2002

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RAND Topic:
Nursing Homes

Topic Synonyms:
Convalescent Home

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