Americans are living longer, yet more people can expect to have some sort of disability in their later years of life. Innovative approaches to long-term care, such as re-imagining nursing home care, may improve quality and provide more choices.
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Better Jobs Better Care: Building a Strong Long-Term Care Workforce
April 27, 2011 | Program Result Report
Better Jobs Better Care supported changes in long-term-care policy and provider practices to reduce high vacancy and turnover rates among the paraprofessionals who provide direct care to older adults and to improve the quality of that care.
Foundation Work in Long-Term Care
January 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Health foundations have invested in services, research, and advocacy to improve the financing and delivery of long-term services and supports. This article describes some of the broad array of approaches they have taken.
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.
Why are Hospital Costs Lower in Canada Where Hospital Stays Last Longer?
November 1, 1996 | Program Result Report
The University of Michigan Medical School compared the utilization of all diagnostic imaging and selected laboratory tests for patients from eight hospitals in Canada and the United States.
The Better Jobs Better Care Management Practice Change Initiatives
September 7, 2010 | Report
The Better Jobs, Better Care demonstration provided grants and technical assistance to coalitions of providers, workers, consumers, and policy makers to improve the quality of jobs of long-term care (LTC) direct care workers (DCWs), improve recruitment and retention, and strengthen capacity to meet future demand.
Revolutionizing Elder Care
November 1, 2011 | Story
New York Times recognizes Green House® model as, "the most comprehensive effort to reinvent the nursing home"
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.
Pennsylvania: Forming Regional Coalitions in a Large State
April 25, 2011 | Program Result Report
The lead agency for the 40-member Pennsylvania coalition for the Better Jobs Better Care project divided the state into five regions in order to provide a local focus on long-term care worker issues in the large state.
Person-Centered Care for Nursing Home Residents
January 7, 2010 | Journal Article
The culture-change movement is a broad-based effort to transform nursing homes from impersonal health care institutions into true person-centered homes offering long-term care services. The movement encompasses almost three decades of consumer advocacy coupled with legal, legislative, and policy work aimed at improving both the quality of care and the quality of life in nursing homes.
Sizing Up the Market for Assisted Living
January 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Assisted living has emerged as an important housing and long-term care option for older Americans. In this study the authors used primary data that they collected on county-level assisted living supply to gain a fuller understanding of this sector nationally.