We Need Better Nursing Home Staffing Levels ÛÒ You Can Help (Video)
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We Need Better Nursing Home Staffing Levels – You Can Help
We Need Better Nursing Home Staffing Levels – You Can Help The National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care recently launched a campaign to advocate for better nursing home staffing levels. Their contention, which I agree, is that higher staffing levels result in higher quality of care and can be...
US News Releases Top Nursing Homes (VIDEO)
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Nursing Home Care in Maine Something to Emulate
Recently U.S. News & World Report released its fifth annual list of best nursing homes. Its five-star rating system is based on Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services data related to care quality, health inspection findings and staffing levels.åÊ More than 15,000 nursing homes are included in the ratings, which...
CMS Updates Nursing Home Compare Site (Again)
The government’s Nursing Home Compare website now includes more information about surveyor inspection findings and antipsychotic medication usage. The site is intended to give consumers and others a detailed look at nursing homes’ operations and performances. The site is continually being tweaked and that is good news for consumers even...
Scripps Howard Analyzes Five Star Rating System
Scripps Howard conducted an analysis of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ServicesÛª Nursing Home Compare after Five Star introduction. Some nuggets: For-profit corporations, which account for about two-thirds of all nursing homes, generally get lower scores than those run by nonprofits groups. Homes with more nursing staff per patient,...
California Nursing Homes Mandated to Post Five Star
The controversial Five Star nursing home rating system got more controversial as Governor Schwarzenegger signed legislation requiring California nursing homes to post their rating effective January 1, 2011. The Five-Star Quality Rating System, which was launched in December 2008, uses data from nursing home surveys, staffing rates, and 10 quality...
Is Quality Better in Not for Profit Nursing Homes
See our guest blog at Long Term Living Magazine.
CMS Five Star Friend or Foe – Guest Blog
Read our guest blog at Advance in Long Term Care Management.