Retirement and Health Poll
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.
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Are Patients with Serious Mental lllness More Likely to be Admitted to Nursing Homes with More Deficiencies in Care?
April 1, 2011 | Journal Article
A study to determine whether patients with serious mental illness (SMI) are admitted to nursing homes with acceptable quality of care as often as other patients found that patients with SMI were more likely to be admitted to nursing homes with more total and health care-related deficiency citations.
Quality of Care Can be Quantified, Allowing Nursing Homes to Improve by the Numbers
August 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
The New Jersey Department of Health and Social Services developed, implemented and tested a quality improvement program in 20 of New Jersey's approximately 360 nursing homes.
A Story from a Palliative Care Program for People Dying in Nursing Homes
May 15, 2008 | Program Result Report
If anything defines the transformation created by the palliative care initiative at the Pines it is the shift in the way staff members view their role in caring for patients, and the results of their greater involvement.
Continuous Quality Improvement as an Innovation
January 1, 2005 | Journal Article
There is preliminary evidence that the formal adoption of continuous quality improvement (CQI) in nursing homes contributes to improved clinical outcomes. This study identifies organizational factors that best predict formal CQI adoption. Data for t ...
Home to the Community - Helping Disabled Adults Return to the Community in Maine
August 27, 2003 | Program Result Report
The Alpha One Center for Independent Living in Portland, Maine, created the Home to the Community project to help people with disabilities leave nursing homes and reestablish their lives in the community.
The Green House Revolution in Nursing Homes
January 1, 2011 | Commentary
RWJF President Risa Lavizzo-Mourey speech at the celebration of the opening of the 100th Green House home in West Orange, NJ, on September 27, 2011.
The Green House Program
January 1, 2011 | Book
The Green House® Project which has received wide praise as an innovative approach to caring for the frail elderly. In this chapter of the Anthology, Irene Wielawski, a veteran investigative reporter, examines this program.
The Impact of Worker Health on Long Term Care
May 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Direct care workers who come to work with health issues impact productivity and patient care quality.
Medicare Part D Exclusion of Benzodiazepines and Fracture Risk in Nursing Homes
April 26, 2010 | Journal Article
Medicare Part D excluded reimbursements for benzodiazepines, controversial sedatives used in many nursing homes. This study analyzed changes in the number of benzodiazepine prescriptions and falls and fractures among nursing home residents before and after Medicare Part D.