Care of the Elderly - The Commonwealth Fund

Care of the Elderly

Providing accessible, affordable, and high-quality long-term care services to an aging population presents great challenges. A grassroots movement in the nursing home field proposes a radical departure from the traditional nursing home model—in effect a 'culture change.'

What's New in Care of the Elderly

Supporting Culture Change: Working Toward Smarter State Nursing Home Regulation

To move toward a new model of nursing home regulation, the states and federal government must strike a balance between the traditional regulatory approach to weed out substandard facilities and a partnership model aimed at promoting high performance. This Commonwealth Fund issue brief highlights the importance of how such a model is structured, as well as the need to adequately train and educate regulatory staff and providers about culture change.

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Supporting Culture Change: Working Toward Smarter State Nursing Home Regulation

October 9, 2009

Long-Term Care Specialists Agree on Need for Reform

September 9, 2009

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Family Council Manual and Toolkit: A Guide for Creating and Sustaining Effective Nursing Home Family Councils

August 28, 2009

Resident-Centered Regulation: Achieving Resident-Centered Nursing Home Care Through the Regulatory Process

August 28, 2009

View all »Surveys & Data

The Commonwealth Fund/"Modern Healthcare" Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey: Views on Long-Term Care

July 21, 2008

The Commonwealth Fund 2007 National Survey of Nursing Homes

May 9, 2008

Multimedia

Long-Term Care Surveyors Reflect on Achieving Resident-Centered Care

Remembering Philanthropist Harvey Picker

Harvey Picker

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