Christopher Brunt: The Economics of Long-Term Care: Care Incentives, Financial Pressure, and Quality Implications in Nursing Homes
Published: | 2:30 pm | Posted in: Events, Healthy Aging, Long-Term Care, Nursing Home Care, Nursing Home Financing and Regulations, Research
How does long-term care (LTC) work, who pays for it, and is it financially sustainable? This presentation addresses these questions by mapping the key components of LTC, its formal and informal costs, insurance structures, and payer sources, before examining the looming fiscal pressures suggested by National Health Expenditure projections.
U.S. Nursing Home Violations of International and Domestic Human Rights Standards
Published: | 10:08 pm | Posted in: Nursing Home Care
We present a review of the international covenants and conventions and U.S. domestic laws and regulations that are designed to protect nursing home residents in the United States. Based on a review of research studies, government reports, and news reports, we found extensive evidence of widespread and systematic abuse and neglect of nursing home residents […]
The Nursing Home Culture-Change Movement: Recent Past, Present, and Future Directions for Research
Published: | 7:33 pm | Posted in: Nursing Home Care
This article uses a retrospective approach to critique the research base underlying the nursing home culture-change movement—an effort to radically transform the nation’s nursing homes by delivering resident-directed care and empowering staff. The article traces the development of the movement from its inception 10 years ago to 2005, when the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid […]