Community Advocate Helps Rural Poor Age in Their Own Homes
November 8, 2011 | Story
2011 Community Health Leader creates a program that educates residents of Arkansas' poorest region about health and health care services.
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Michigan Project Creates Screening System and Develops and Tests Quality Measures for Home-Based Medicaid Patients
May 31, 2011 | Program Results Report
The University of Michigan conducted development and evaluation work on the Michigan Managed Long-Term Care Initiative, which allows eligible adults to receive Medicaid-covered services in their homes.
Physician Evaluation and Management of Medicare Home Health Patients
November 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines physician management of Medicare patients receiving home health services. Patients under Medicare home health generally have complex medical needs and make heavy use of health care services, but little is known about the extent and type of physician supervision provided to these patients.
Teaching New Mothers Needed Skills
October 15, 2007 | Story
"Against all odds, our community health leaders continue to remind us of the difference that one person can make and we are exceedingly proud of their endeavors," says Judith Stavisky, MPH, MEd, RWJF senior program officer.
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.
Home Care Nurses' Descriptions of Important Agency Attributes
December 1, 2003 | Journal Article
Health administrators are seeking evidence-based strategies to improve job satisfaction and reduce staffing shortages.
Training Hispanic Home Health Aides Provides Health Care - and Jobs
January 29, 2002 | Program Results Report
The Hispanic Family Center of Southern New Jersey, located in Camden, N.J., developed the Community Health Group program.
Program Brings Better Care to Rural Mississippi's Home-Bound Ill
July 12, 2002 | Program Results Report
To determine family caregivers' needs for training, a project team at Alcorn State University School of Nursing conducted a survey for families with homebound elderly, chronically ill, and physically disabled individuals in southwest Mississippi.
Report Details Six Health Insurance Options for States to Cover Home Care Workers
March 27, 2008 | Program Results Report
The Service Employees International Union analyzed then-current approaches to providing health insurance to home care workers and identified and analyzed coverage options that presented replicable models.
Collaborative Learning for Home Health Providers Results in Improvements to Care
July 29, 2008 | Program Results Report
Staff at the Center for Home Care Policy and Research engaged home health agencies in two different learning collaboratives aimed at improving patient care.