Nursing Home INFO - The nationwide nursing home directory
A nursing home directory listing over 17,000 nursing homes nationwide! Information on nursing homes, senior care, elder care, Medicare, ...
site: http://www.nursinghomeinfo.com/

NURSING HOME INFORMATION SITE
... work experience in nursing homes with a desire to help others with problems or questions related to nursing homes, Medicare, Medicaid, ...
site: http://www.angelfire.com/tn/NursingHome/index.html

The Truth About Nursing Homes
Information from Jeff Danglo LPN, LSW of Eldercare Consulting about how nursing homes operate and practical advice to receive good care.
site: http://www.jeffdanger.com/

Medicare.gov - Nursing Home Overview
The Nursing Homes section of Medicare.gov provides you with information relating to Medicaid and Medicare certified nursing homes throughout ...
site: http://www.medicare.gov/Nursing/Overview.asp

Medicare
Medicare.gov is a consumer beneficiary Website that provides access to information about Medicare, Medicare health plans, contact information ...
site: http://www.medicare.gov/

HealthGrades - Information on Hospitals, Doctors and Nursing Homes
Grades the performance of hospitals, physicians, health plans, nursing homes and other health care providers in the United States.
site: http://www.healthgrades.com/

CareScout: Nursing homes, assisted living, home health agencies: ...
Ratings of elder care nursing homes, assisted living facilities and home health agencies, plus advice on senior health topics.
site: http://www.carescout.com/

Consumer Reports: Nursing homes
... the 1987 nursing home reform law. Nursing Home Quality MonitorThe Consumer Reports Nursing Home Quality Monitor identifies nursing homes ...
site: http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/health-fitness/nursing-home-guide/0608_nursing-home-guide.htm

Now Available Updated June 2006
The American Health Care Association (AHCA) is a non-profit federation of affiliated state health organizations, together representing nearly ...
site: http://www.ahca.org/

American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
A national nonprofit organization representing 5,000 not-for-profit nursing homes, retirement communities, assisted living residences and ...
site: http://www.aahsa.org/

Predicting lawsuits against nursing homes in the United States, 1997-2001
Objectives. To examine how nursing home characteristics impacted the number of lawsuits filed against the facilities in the United States during 1997-2001.... (Continue Reading)

Continuing education test #101 based on nursing homes October 2005
How to use this self-study program * Take the Pre-Test before you begin to read this issue of Nursing Homes/Long Term Care Management. Online CE tests ...... (Continue Reading)

Continuing education test #95 based on nursing homes March 2005
How to use this self-study program * Take the Pre-Test before you begin to read this issue of Nursing Homes/Long Term Care Management. Online CE tests ...... (Continue Reading)

Many nursing homes need better fire and smoke protection
The recent Government Accountability Office report Nursing Home Fire Safety: Recent Fires Highlight Weaknesses in Federal Standards and Oversight, thoroughly ...... (Continue Reading)

Continuing education test #93 based on nursing homes January 2005
How to use this self-study program * Take the Pre-Test before you begin to read this issue of Nursing Homes/Long Term Care Management. Online CE tests ...... (Continue Reading)

Best-practices protocols can improve quality: Pennsylvania nursing homes got results with a program sponsored by their state health department
Pennsylvania, which has the third largest senior population in the United States, is in a unique position to lead in setting the standard of long-term ...... (Continue Reading)

What happens when hospital-based skilled nursing facilities close? A propensity score analysis
Objective. To assess the effects of hospital-based skilled nursing facility (HBSNF) closures on health care utilization, spending, and outcomes among ...... (Continue Reading)

Pioneering change in Kansas: the PEAK project: Kansas offers its nursing homes the tools needed to embrace culture change
Sharon didn't know where to turn. She desperately wanted to make a new life for herself. For the past four years she has worked as an aide at Windsor ...... (Continue Reading)

Personalized information management: it's almost here - information management systems in nursing homes
Question: Which of the following hardware/software solutions is the most likely way nursing homes will electronically collect data in the future? * Touch pads * Bar-code scanners * Palm tops... (Continue Reading)

Identification and evaluation of existing nursing homes quality indicators
We summarize work done to identify and evaluate existing quality indicators (QIs) for long-term care (LTC) settings. Indicators operationally defined ...... (Continue Reading)