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December 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
The Jewish Center for Aged, a 275-bed long-term care facility in Chesterfield, Mo., established a restorative nursing program intended to enhance the safety and comfort of residents.
December 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
In 1999, Milan Basta, M.D., Ph.D., Potomac, Md., reviewed Medicaid nursing home reimbursement policies and their impact on palliative care. Because nearly 70 percent of nursing home residents depend on Medicaid to pay for their care, its policies affect the care that dying patients in nursing homes receive.
January 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
Health Research in Albany, N.Y., conducted a three-year demonstration project that examined differences in cost and quality among four alternative staffing models allowed under Medicaid for delivering primary care services in nursing homes.
January 25, 2007 | Program Result Report
The Green House(TM) is a model of skilled long-term care designed to transform traditional skilled nursing facilities into homes providing meaning and growth for the people who live and work in them.
January 25, 2007 | Program Result Report
Mildred Adams moved into a Green House in Tupelo, Miss., in the spring of 2003. In her previous large, long-term care facility, she seldom spoke, was disengaged, and had stopped feeding herself.
January 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
In 1999, investigators at Brown University Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research prepared a monograph describing the prevalence of pain and the variation in its treatment among nursing home residents in 11 states. Using 1996 data, Vincent Mor, Ph.D., and Joan M. Teno, M.D., M.S., and a team of investigators evaluated three groups of nursing home residents:
August 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
Fairview Foundation in Minneapolis created and evaluated Fairview Partners, an integrated health network of providers working together to improve the quality and delivery of health services to chronically ill nursing home patients.
December 31, 2003 | Program Result Report
The Florida State University Research Foundation convened a conference addressing the central concerns facing families, care providers and policymakers about nursing home care.
January 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
A project team at the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine, studied the long-term care being provided to nursing home residents using different models of HMO primary care.
February 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
Evaluators at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center conducted a formal evaluation and a follow-up study of the 1982-1987 Teaching Nursing Home Program.