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Nursing Homes

Journal Article
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
Journal Article
Forecasting the Nursing Home Population
In recent years, the rate of institutionalization among the elderly has been falling.
Jan 1, 2003
Journal Article
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
Journal Article
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
Journal Article
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
Journal Article
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
Journal Article
Incidence and Costs of Acute Medical Conditions in Long-Stay Incontinent Nursing Home Residents
Acute illness is very common among incontinent nursing home residents, and is generally diagnosed and treated at the nursing home site.
Jan 1, 2002
Journal Article
Nursing Home Reform Act.
Examines the organizational and aggregate resident characteristics of nursing homes associated with poor quality in the use of physical restraints.
Jan 1, 2002
Journal Article
Professional Association Membership by Nursing Facility Administrators and Quality of Care
The study suggests that these facilities do not do better because they have more resources or because they care for less-challenging residents.
Jan 1, 2002
Journal Article
Indicators of the Quality of Nursing Home Residential Care
Experts identified 19 specific care processes as valid and important measures of the quality of NH residential care.
Jan 1, 2002
Report
Quality Indicators for the Management of Urinary Incontinence in Vulnerable Community-Dwelling Elders
This paper describes incontinence quality indicators that can be applied to vulnerable community-dwelling elders who may be treated across the spectrum of care, from primary care physicians to surgical specialists.
Jan 1, 2001
Journal Article
Administrator Turnover and Quality of Care in Nursing Homes
In this article, the author examine the association between turnover of nursing home administrators and five important quality of care outcomes.
Jan 1, 2001
Journal Article
Alzheimer's Special Care Units and Top Management in Nursing Homes
The author discusses these results in terms of their significance of nursing homes and top management.
Jan 1, 2001

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Nursing Homes

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Convalescent Home

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Agne Ulyte

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