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Out of the shadows
— envisioning a brighter future for long-term care in America | | Author(s) | Vincent Mor, Edward Alan Miller |
| Corporate Author | Brown University Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, USA; National Commission for Quality Long-term Care, US |
| Publisher | Electronic format only, Providence, Rhode Island, 2006 |
| Pages | 100 pp |
| Source | Download (11/6/07) from website: http://www.chcr.brown.edu/ContactFrameset.htm |
| Keywords | Health services ; Long term ; Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Social policy ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The National Commission for Quality Long-Term Care was established in 2004 to evaluate the quality of long-term care in the United States; to identify factors influencing the ability to improve quality of care; and to recommend national goals for quality improvement in long-term care. This report is the product of an in-depth examination of the literature, statistical analyses of data, and testimony provided to the Commission by outside parties. It is also informed by interviews conducted with 39 individuals including 14 commissioners. In addition to describing the current state of the problem, the report examines six areas of concern to policymakers: financing and insurance; supporting and educating caregivers; the challenges of changing the physical and organizational environments in which services are delivered; recruiting and retaining a qualified workforce; designing a more effective regulatory control system; and adapting and integrating health information technology to long-term care. Additional information may be found at the website of the New School for Social Research in New York, which assumed administrative responsibility for the Commission in Spring 2006 (www.qualitylongtermcarecommission.org). (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060711206 E |
| Classmark | L: 4Q: KW: LHB: TM2: 7T |
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