Tag archive for ‘quality care’
Report Examines Quality Improvements in U.S. Nursing Homes
The article from Long-Term Living discusses and links to a comprehensive report that examines the quality trends and positive evolution in the nation’s nursing homes.
Demonstration Project to Reward Nursing Homes that Provide High-Quality Care
Read this article from McKnight’s Long-Term Care News to learn about the nearly 200 nursing homes that are participating in a program that will pay them for improving the quality of care in their facility.
Nursing Homes Save Millions Using Care Improvement Program
The Quality Improvement Program of Missouri has improved the overall quality of care for residents and has saved 3.7 million for state participating facilities and healthcare providers. Learn more about this program in an article from Long-Term Living.
Reinventing Nursing Homes By Putting Patients First
We at Basic American Comfort.com are happy every time to read that more and more the long-term care changes from an institutionalized industry where money and regulations seem to drive decisions, to a caring group of people taking care of others that need this in a human and respectful way. This can be attributed to [...]
Long-Term Care Solutions Debated at Conference
In today’s Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Daveen Rae Kurutz cites several health care professionals that work in Pennsylvania and attended an annual statewide conference that focuses on changing the long-term care environments. Most attendants believe the medical care is good, but the problem is that the nursing homes are to institutionalized and don’t emphasize the human side [...]
Better Jobs Better Care: Improve Workforce Quality
Better Jobs Better Care is a research and demonstration program with the mission to change policies and practices in long-term care to improve workforce quality. Their website tells you more about their mission and background, and is especially useful as a resource on the long-term care workforce.
Rethinking Turnover
On the ADVANCE for Long-Term Care Management’s blog Kevin McMahon makes a point that turnover of staff in long-term care facilities does not serve as a correct indication of quality of care. He gives several examples from his own facility that show why turnover is unavoidable and sometimes even beneficial.
November As National Family Caregivers Month
November is National Family Caregivers Month, a month in which the country pays special attention to the millions of family caregivers who embody the majority of long-term care and do everything they can to improve other people’s quality of life with their devoted, unconditional care. This year’s theme is “Speak Up” and we at Basic [...]
NY State Health Department Funds Nursing Home Projects
EmpireStateNews.net announced yesterday that 37 long-term care providers across New York State have been awarded funding for projects that improve the quality of care of nursing home residents.
Beyond Inspection Reports in Niagara
Paul Forsyth of NiagaraThisWeek.com writes about Dominic Ventresca’s perspective on ensuring quality care in Canadian long-term care homes.
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