Operations
The Factors Driving Staff Burnout in Long Term Care
,Researchers in Virginia recently conducted a study of assisted living facilities in their area in order to understand worker burnout. Despite a lot of research…
The Impact of Home Health Compare on Home Health Care Quality
,New research indicates that significant quality improvements have resulted from the reporting initiative in the Medicare program, Home Health Compare (HHC). Researchers at Penn State…
Challenges in Monitoring Quality of Care in Residential Care for Older Adults
,Information to help nursing homes monitor their quality of care has been available for some time through the Online Survey Certification and Reporting System (OSCAR)…
The State of Seniors Housing 2010
,The 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…
2010 SH Liability Insurance, Health Benefits & Workers Compensation Report
,Data 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…
Frontline Worker Satisfaction and the Quality of Supervision in Long-Term Care
,New 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…