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.
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Green Houses Growing in Numbers Across the States
June 24, 2008 | Chart
Learn more about development plans under way across the United States in this detailed, state-by-state breakdown.
Nursing Home Use by Dual-Eligible Beneficiaries in the Last Year of Life
April 1, 2007 | Journal Article
The prevalence of Medicaid nursing home use in the last year ranged from 23 percent for those aged 74 and younger to 60 percent for those aged 85 and older.
Doing Better to Do Good
June 1, 2007 | Journal Article
The Impact of Strategic Adaptation on Nursing Home Performance.
Green House Model Featured in Parade Magazine
June 1, 2009 | Story
The autonomy it provides its residents has led to the 50th Green House opening in the United States a full year earlier than anticipated.
How Do Nursing Homes Manage Their Residents' Pain? Not Very Well
January 1, 2003 | Program Result
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:
Minneapolis Integrated Provider Network Reduces Hospitalization of Nursing Home Residents and Shares Risk Among Providers
August 1, 2003 | Program Result
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.
Who Will Care for the Elderly?
December 1, 2003 | Program Result
The Florida State University Research Foundation convened a conference addressing the central concerns facing families, care providers and policymakers about nursing home care.
Nursing Home Residents Fare Better with a Dedicated Team of Medical Practitioners
January 1, 2002 | Program Result
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.
Nursing Homes Affiliated with Nursing Schools Improve Care
February 1, 2002 | Program Result
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.