Love or money? Quality of area nursing homes varies widely.
Byline: Thomas Caywood The quality of the region's nursing homes overall ranks below the state average, and some local nursing homes have been reprimanded in recent years for physical and sexual abuse, neglect and other serious mistreatment of elderly residents, according to state reports. Health...

Simpler frailty assessment recommended for nursing homes.
SALT LAKE CITY -- Diagnosing frailty in a nursing home resident can be a time-consuming undertaking. According to Dr. John E. Morley, a generally accepted definition of frailty is useful but not practical for most nursing homes because they don't have the time or the staff to...

Nursing homes to get new rating system.
The federal government will soon be rating the nation's nursing homes on a five-star quality scale. Kerry Weems, acting administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, announced the plan during a teleconference. The new rating system will give patients and their families an easy way...

CMS plans five-star rating system for nursing homes.
The federal government will soon be rating the nation's nursing homes on a five-star quality scale. Kerry Weems, acting administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, announced the plan during a teleconference. The new, simple rating system will give patients and their families an easy...

Preparedness lacking at nursing homes.
Despite caring for some of the nation's most vulnerable residents, many nursing homes are unprepared to face a disaster, a study published in July's AJPH found. Using data collected between 1997 and 2005, the study examined four emergency preparedness components at nursing homes: a written emergency plan,...

New 'Star' Rankings for Nursing Homes May Cloud the Big Picture.
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich., Dec. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Star ratings have made it easier for consumers to compare everything from crash test ratings for new cars to fancy restaurants. Now, people shopping for nursing home care have the same "at a glance" perspective now that Medicare has launched its new...

Publication of Quality Report Cards and Trends in Reported Quality Measures in Nursing Homes.
Quality report cards have become a major component of initiatives to enhance the quality of the American health care system. In addition to numerous private and state report cards, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) now provides web-based reports on the quality of health maintenance organizations (HMOs),...

Outsourcing veterans for long term care: comparison of community and state veterans' nursing homes.
ABSTRACT This study compares the characteristics of state veterans' nursing homes and community nursing homes with VA per-diem residentes between 1999-2002. A structure, process, and outcome model was used to examine whether there was any difference in the multi-dimensional quality measures among the three types of community...

The staffing--outcomes relationship in nursing homes.
The quality of care in nursing homes has long been an issue of concern to policy makers and the public. Following the Institute of Medicine report that documented serious abuses and quality of care problems (IOM 1986), intense scrutiny and extensive regulations have led to substantial improvements in the...