Quality Of Care

Patients receiving hospice care from for-profit providers report substantially worse care experiences than those who receive care from nonprofit hospice agencies, according to a Rand Corporation study.

Despite navigating unprecedented hardship and loss during the pandemic, there is evidence that care in nursing homes held steady in a number of quantifiable areas, according to the organization’s...

No one in the nursing home field wants to read a story like the one we’re about to tell. But it’s real, it’s important, and it hopefully provides food for thought — or motivation for action. Sheila...

High vaccination rates among staff and patient safety standards were among the common characteristics of thousands of nursing homes recognized as the “best” in the nation, according to ratings released...

At a time when there’s a greater push for community care over nursing and rehabilitation centers, it’s worth rethinking what quality means to the residents themselves. There are clear themes.

Caregiver retention is an important but nuanced metric for those looking to improve quality of care in nursing homes, an investigator has found.

Highly rated operations had 3% fewer newly admitted residents with Alzheimer’s. CNA wages and Medicaid add-ons may play a role in the findings, report investigators.

Five years after financial penalties went into place for hospitals with high readmission rates, experts are questioning whether falling return rates mean patients actually are faring better.

The baby boomer generation has been a transforming force on all sorts of institutions throughout their lives, and now with 10,000 baby boomers turning 65 every day, they’re transforming the long-term...

Culture change pays off by increasing the quality of care in nursing homes, according to a new study from Brown University.