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Congressional Budget Office’s Report on Health Care Reform Bill
, Operational Resources, Policy & Regulation, Policy, Regulation & News, Senior HousingThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued their report on the budgetary impact of the major health care form bills recently passed by the House of…
Read MoreRobert Wood Johnson Publication Outlines the Impact of Chronic Conditions
, Operational Resources, Policy & Regulation, Policy, Regulation & News, Senior HousingA newly published chart book released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health provides updated data on chronic…
Read MoreFew Consumers Do Use the Nursing Home Report Card
, Aging & Social Factors, Aging & Wellness, Senior Housing, Supply & DemandNew research from the University of Pittsburgh indicates that only 12% of consumers remember factoring in the Nursing Home Report card in their decisions to…
Read MoreChallenges in Monitoring Quality of Care in Residential Care for Older Adults
, Operational Resources, Operations, Senior HousingInformation to help nursing homes monitor their quality of care has been available for some time through the Online Survey Certification and Reporting System (OSCAR)…
Read MoreThe State of Seniors Housing 2010
, Long-term Care, Operational Resources, Operations, Senior HousingThe 2010 report includes data unavailable anywhere else from a national sample comprised of nearly 200,000 units in almost 1,500 independent living communities, assisted living…
Read More2010 SH Liability Insurance, Health Benefits & Workers Compensation Report
, Operational Resources, Operations, Senior HousingData collected from a sample of more 200,000 market-rate seniors housing units in the U.S. is summarized in this 26-page report published by the American…
Read MoreAssessing the Future of Assisted Living
, Aging & Social Factors, Aging & Wellness, Senior Housing, Supply & DemandA new book published late last year reviews the variety of factors that shape assisted living and its appeal to older consumers. The book entitled…
Read MoreThe Impact of Inspection Visit Policy on Assisted Living in California
, Operational Resources, Policy & Regulation, Policy, Regulation & News, Senior HousingIn 2004, California changed the annual inspection practice of its assisted living residences (ALs) in an attempt to create a more problem-driven inspection system. A…
Read MoreContinuity of Care for Medicare Patients Declined Significantly
, Operational Resources, Policy & Regulation, Policy, Regulation & News, Senior HousingContinuity of care is an important element in the provision of quality health care. Continuity of care is defined as continuity in information, in care…
Read MoreAmerican Society on Aging Launches New LGBT Aging Website
, Operational Resources, Policy & Regulation, Policy, Regulation & News, Senior HousingThe American Society on Aging (ASA) recently launched a new website devoted to issues specific to aging lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) Americans. The…
Read MoreFrontline Worker Satisfaction and the Quality of Supervision in Long-Term Care
, Operational Resources, Operations, Senior HousingNew research published in the Journal of Aging and Health stresses that the job satisfaction of frontline long-term care (LTC) staff reflects the quality of…
Read More2009 Overview of Assisted Living
, Long-term Care, Operational Resources, Senior HousingThis report is a collaborative effort between the American Seniors Housing Association and the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, National Center…
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