Tag: nursing home quality

Ten Caregivers of Seniors Earn "Caring Champion" Awards

Selena Brown’s senior care journey began caring for her grandmother at the young age of 14 and lasted through her high school years. Later, she served in the United States Army, learning more about loyalty, commitment and dedication — traits that shine through in her current work as a professional...

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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...

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A New Resource for Finding Information about the Quality of Nursing Homes

I recently came across a resource for family and friends faced with having to find a nursing home for a loved one.åÊ The Informed Patient Institute (IPI) is a non-profit organization that has identified and evaluated all of the nursing home report cards in the country.åÊ IPI doesn’t rate individual...

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AHCA Announces Quality Award Winners

The American Health Care Association (AHCA), one organization that represents nursing and assisted living providers, announced their quality award winners last month at their annual convention.åÊ AHCA’s National Quality Award Program is based on the core values and criteria of the Baldrige National Quality Award Program. I am linking you...

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AHCA Announces Nursing Home Quality Winners

The American Health Care Association and the National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) announced the recipients of the 2012 National Quality Award program. A total of 458 skilled nursing or assisted living facilities from across the country earned a Bronze, Silver or Gold from the three-tiered award program which commends...

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Here’s a Good Nursing Home Story

The following is a guest blog by Linda Dickey. After 15 years of widowhood, at 89, my mom sold her condo in Lake Worth, FL, and moved to a rental apartment in a nearby retirement facility. For a few months, everything seemed to be fine. Then she had a sudden...

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