Job Perceptions and Intent to Leave Among Direct Care Workers
December 1, 2007 | Journal Article
The high rate of turnover among the ranks of direct care workers in the long-term care arena was explored in this study.
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Long-Term-Care Housing and Supportive Services
December 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
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 ...
Improving the Quality of Long-Term Care
December 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
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 ...
Researchers Identify Ways to Measure and Improve Home Health Care
March 1, 2005 | Program Result Report
From 1988 through 2003, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) supported the Development and Implementation of a Quality Improvement System for Home Health Care. The effort comprised six projects and was designed to improve the quality of home health, long-term and ambulatory care, and to study methods to improve health care quality in these settings.
A Moral Compass in Navigating Long-Term Care Decisions in New Jersey
March 22, 2005 | Program Result Report
The New Jersey Office for the Ombudsman for the Institutionalized Elderly, in collaboration with the Stein Ethics Network at the Cooper Health System in Camden, N.J., developed and organized the New Jersey Long-Term Care Ethics Network.
Measuring Healthcare Outcomes to Improve Quality of Care Across Post-Acute Care Provider Settings
October 1, 2004 | Journal Article
Post-acute care (PAC) is being provided more frequently across a number of settings including skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), rehabilitation facilities (RFs) and home health agencies (HHAs).
Consumers Union Offers 2000 Guide to Medigap Plans, Medicare HMOs, Nursing Homes
January 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The Consumers Union of the United States created the 568-page Consumer Reports Complete Guide to Health Services for Seniors, which was published by Three Rivers Press in 2000.
The IOM Evaluates the Quality of Long-Term Care
March 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The National Academy of Sciences - Institute of Medicine examined the quality of care for individuals in nursing homes and other long-term care settings and published a book, Improving the Quality of Long-Term Care.