Senior Housing
Can Health Care Reform Expand Patient-Centered Care in Rural Communities?
The patient-centered model of care is well-regarded as a means to address the needs of older adults with chronic diseases. The patient-centered model is not…
Mather LifeWays Institute on Aging Identifies 10 Senior Living Trends
Mather LifeWays Institute on Aging derived 10 top senior living trends after surveying 600 senior living organizations representing more than 1,000 communities from 15 states.…
Incorporating Group Activities and Community/Medical Services in CCRCs
Katherine Marx and colleagues conducted a multi-year exploratory study of older adults’ participation in group activities and use of community and medical services one year…
Measuring Person-Centered Caregiving
Person-centered care has become the dominant model for dementia care in the US and UK. This model emphasizes that older adults who are receiving care…
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research: Older Adults with Disabilities Rely on Public Services
A recent study and policy note from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (Kietzman et al 2011) provides some needed context for discussions about…
Managing the Transition to Post-Acute and Long Term Care
Transitions to long-term care, assisted living, and other supportive living options are often made in difficult conditions, under the financial and time pressure that follows…
Culture Change: Gains for Residents and Providers
Long-term care communities are undergoing innovative changes in order to improve the quality of life of their residents. “Culture change” is an example of a…
Understanding How Nursing Home Quality is Measured
Public Health experts from the University of Pittsburgh published an article outlining the history of nursing home quality measurement. The article was the feature article…
Comparing Resident and Family Opinions about Nursing Home Satisfaction
Nursing homes routinely survey their residents and family members about their performance. Previously, little was known about how well the opinions of family and residents…
Commercial MDS Systems Linked to Higher Nursing Home Quality Scores
Questions about care quality have been raised as more hospitals and skilled nursing residences migrate their paperwork onto computer based information-technologies (IT). Consequentially, researchers have…
The State of Seniors Housing 2011
This research report on seniors housing operational performance includes data from over 1,700 senior apartments, independent living communities, assisted living residences and continuing care retirement…
Seniors Housing Construction Trends Report 2011
The 2011 Seniors Housing Construction Trends Report provides an overview of seniors housing construction starts taking place in the largest 100 metro markets in the…
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