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Finding a Nearby Fitness Class Makes all the Difference in Rural Colorado

June 28, 2013 | Program Results Report

This sidebar tells how Louise Iacovetto, age 88, benefits from a senior wellness class, part of Aging Well, a program run by the Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association of Steamboat Springs.

What Works in Physical Activity Programs for Sedentary Older Adults? Best Practices Identifed and Put in a Web-Based Directory

August 11, 2010 | Program Results Report

The National Council on Aging identified 10 best practice physical activity programs, disseminated information on them via issue briefs and put information on the programs studied on a Web-based directory.

North Carolina's Direct Care Workforce Development Journey

July 1, 2009 | Journal Article

This case study of Better Jobs, Better Care: Building a Strong Long-Term Care Workforce specifically focuses on the work of one coalition, the North Carolina Partner Team, which succeeded in bringing together competing stakeholder groups.

Doing Better to Do Good

June 1, 2007 | Journal Article

The Impact of Strategic Adaptation on Nursing Home Performance.

Incubating Innovation in U.S. Health Care Policy

January 11, 2012 | Story

Lynn Etheredge's Ideas Facilitate Policy to Improve Quality and Reduce Costs.

Revolutionizing Elder Care

November 1, 2011 | Story

New York Times recognizes Green HouseĀ® model as, "the most comprehensive effort to reinvent the nursing home"

Innovative Nursing Care Model Goes Mainstream With 100th Home

September 28, 2011 | News Release

New poll, economic data underscores demand, viability of The Green House model.

Creating a Revolution in Nursing Homes: Putting Home and Heart In to Long-Term Care

September 26, 2011 | Story

RWJF Celebrates the 100th Green House Home.

Project Identifies 33 Indicators that a Community is "Elder-Friendly"

September 17, 2009 | Program Results Report

From June 1999 through September 2003, project staff with the Visiting Nurse Service of New York developed a survey and a process for communities to use to rate their "elder-friendliness" and use this information to take action to meet the needs of their elder population.

Researchers Identify Ways to Measure and Improve Home Health Care

March 22, 2005 | Program Results 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.

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