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Turn-Turn-Turning the Tables on a Pervasive Problem in Long-Term Care

May 6, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post

Yap and her co-investigators developed a cost-effective, nurse-led intervention that aimed to reduce the prevalence of pressure ulcers in long-term care facilities through a musical prompting system.

Effects of Nursing Practice Environments on Quality Outcomes in Nursing Homes

December 1, 2010 | Journal Article

A supportive nursing practice environment is associated with fewer pressure ulcers and fewer deficiency citations in this study of New Jersey nursing homes.

Moving to Music

January 12, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post

"We've had classical. We've had rock. We've had country. We've had instrumental. You can see the staff and residents bop their head[s] to different ones," Pam Larimore-Skinner, director of nursing at Signature HealthCare of Trimble County in Bedford ...

Timing in the Communication of Pain Among Nursing Home Residents, Nursing Staff, and Clinicians

July 1, 2004 | Journal Article

Pain is common among nursing home residents and a key 1990 study found that greater than 70 percent of residents reported pain. In the last 10 years, research has addressed various barriers to pain relief. This new study examined the communication o ...

Prognostic Effect of Prior Disability Episodes Among Nondisabled Community-Living Older Persons

December 1, 2003 | Journal Article

Assessment of this sample at the 18-month marker was used as the baseline or zero-time for the present study.

Doing Better to Do Good

June 1, 2007 | Journal Article

The Impact of Strategic Adaptation on Nursing Home Performance.

Disparities in Nursing Home Quality

February 22, 2005 | Story

Universities examined characteristics of the nation's 17,000 nursing homes to determine why the quality of some nursing homes is so much worse than that of others.

Balancing Work, Family and Health Disparities

March 14, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post

Nursing home workers face health challenges because of competing work and family demands.

Leader Creates Program to Ensure Culturally Appropriate Care for Alaska Native Elders

October 17, 2012 | News Release

RWJF honors Kay Branch, MA, with a 2012 Community Health Leaders Award.

Geriatrics as a Team Sport: Grantee Wins CMS Innovation Award for Cost-Saving Senior Care Program

September 14, 2012 | Story

Expansion of a time-tested initiative, led by Health & Society Scholar Jose Pagan, may save millions while protecting the health of older Americans.

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