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April 1, 2007 | Journal Article
The prevalence of Medicaid nursing home use in the last year ranged from 23 percent for those aged 74 and younger to 60 percent for those aged 85 and older.
December 1, 2002 | Program Result
The Jewish Center for Aged, a 275-bed long-term care facility in Chesterfield, Mo., established a restorative nursing program intended to enhance the safety and comfort of residents.
January 1, 2001 | Program Result
Health Research in Albany, N.Y., conducted a three-year demonstration project that examined differences in cost and quality among four alternative staffing models allowed under Medicaid for delivering primary care services in nursing homes.
January 1, 2007 | Program Result
The Green House(TM) is a model of skilled long-term care designed to transform traditional skilled nursing facilities into homes providing meaning and growth for the people who live and work in them.
August 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
The “culture change” movement is transforming long-term care by promoting more home-like facilities and providing more options for consumers to receive care how and where they want it, in their communities.
September 1, 2011 | Survey/Poll
Pre-retirees may underestimate health, financial challenges of retirement, poll from NPR, RWJF and Harvard School of Public Health shows.
October 6, 2009 | Program Result
From 2003 to 2007, Richard Johnson, PhD, and researchers from the Urban Institute and RTI International examined the impact of the changing structure of families on long-term care.
September 5, 2008 | Program Result
Researchers with the Center for Health and Long-Term Care Research interviewed nearly 1,500 individuals with long-term care insurance policies and followed them for up to two years.
January 11, 2010 | Journal Article
Antipsychotic prescribing patterns vary by nursing home and appear to be more a matter of facility prescribing culture than residents' clinical status.
December 1, 2006 | Program Result
Thomas's RWJF audience included program officer David C. Colby, Ph.D., a member of what was then the foundation's Supportive Services Team. The team's portfolio included long-term care, and Colby was on the lookout for promising new approaches that ...