Download or read book Improving the Quality of Long Term Care written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2001-02-27 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the issues confronting America is long-term care for frail, older persons and others with chronic conditions and functional limitations that limit their ability to care for themselves. Improving the Quality of Long-Term Care takes a comprehensive look at the quality of care and quality of life in long-term care, including nursing homes, home health agencies, residential care facilities, family members and a variety of others. This book describes the current state of long-term care, identifying problem areas and offering recommendations for federal and state policymakers. Who uses long-term care? How have the characteristics of this population changed over time? What paths do people follow in long term care? The committee provides the latest information on these and other key questions. This book explores strengths and limitations of available data and research literature especially for settings other than nursing homes, on methods to measure, oversee, and improve the quality of long-term care. The committee makes recommendations on setting and enforcing standards of care, strengthening the caregiving workforce, reimbursement issues, and expanding the knowledge base to guide organizational and individual caregivers in improving the quality of care.
Download or read book For Profit Enterprise in Health Care written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[This book is] the most authoritative assessment of the advantages and disadvantages of recent trends toward the commercialization of health care," says Robert Pear of The New York Times. This major study by the Institute of Medicine examines virtually all aspects of for-profit health care in the United States, including the quality and availability of health care, the cost of medical care, access to financial capital, implications for education and research, and the fiduciary role of the physician. In addition to the report, the book contains 15 papers by experts in the field of for-profit health care covering a broad range of topicsâ€"from trends in the growth of major investor-owned hospital companies to the ethical issues in for-profit health care. "The report makes a lasting contribution to the health policy literature." â€"Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law.
Download or read book Improving the Quality of Care in Nursing Homes written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1986-02-01 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As more people live longer, the need for quality long-term care for the elderly will increase dramatically. This volume examines the current system of nursing home regulations, and proposes an overhaul to better provide for those confined to such facilities. It determines the need for regulations, and concludes that the present regulatory system is inadequate, stating that what is needed is not more regulation, but better regulation. This long-anticipated study provides a wealth of useful background information, in-depth study, and discussion for nursing home administrators, students, and teachers in the health care field; professionals involved in caring for the elderly; and geriatric specialists.
Download or read book Finance Budgeting Quantitative Analysis written by Brian Garavaglia and published by Hcpro, a Division of Simplify Compliance. This book was released on 2013-04-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finance, Budgeting & Quantitative Analysis Finance, Budgeting & Quantitative Analysis: A Primer for Nursing Home Administrators is a comprehensive guide designed specifically to help long-term care managers produce, present, and defend the departmental budget. Author Brian Garavaglia, Ph.D., FACHCA, offers new and updated tips and tools that break down the confusing and often foreign, financial side of healthcare. This one-of-a-kind resource offers step-by-step instructions, and helpful charts that translate the confusing language, number crunching, and report reading into information that managers can apply to budget planning and preparing in long-term care settings. Finance, Budgeting & Quantitative Analysis: A Primer for Nursing Home Administrators will give you: Concise explanations of the finance and budget cycle in nursing homes for non-financial professionals Real-world examples and case studies that illustrate the right way to manage finance and budgeting All the forms necessary to successfully manage the budget Clarification of how revenue and budgeting intersect and the effect it has on the bottom line Description of the SNF and PPS revenue challenges and how they affect financial planning Table of Contents Chapter 1: The General Accounting Procedure Chapter 2: Financial Statements Chapter 3: Debits, Credits, and Postings to Accounts Chapter 4: The Accounting Cycle Chapter 5: Inventory Chapter 6: Planning and Budgeting Chapter 7: Cost Containment in Long-Term Care Chapter 8: PPDs As the Benchmark for Measurement Chapter 9: Labor Costs Chapter 10: The Staff Chapter 11: Medicaid, Medicare, and Third-Party Payment Chapter 12: The Financial Implications for Insurance Policies Chapter 13: Consolidated Billing and the MDS Chapter 14: Quantitative Analysis for Long-Term Care Administrators Traditional Scientific Tenets Chapter 15: Common Quantitative Analytical Techniques for Healthcare Administration Chapter 16: Correlation: The Importance of Measuring Relationships between Variables Chapter 17: Inferentially Based Statistical Procedures Chapter 18: The Time Value of Money Chapter 19: Planning Through the Use of Networks Chapter 20: Economic Principles Chapter 21: Mathematical Review Chapter 22: References and Suggested Readings Tools When you purchase this book, you will also receive on-line access to a number of valuable tools, which you can download straight to your desktop, then customize to fit your specific needs.
Download or read book Nursing Staff in Hospitals and Nursing Homes written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1996-03-27 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hospitals and nursing homes are responding to changes in the health care system by modifying staffing levels and the mix of nursing personnel. But do these changes endanger the quality of patient care? Do nursing staff suffer increased rates of injury, illness, or stress because of changing workplace demands? These questions are addressed in Nursing Staff in Hospitals and Nursing Homes, a thorough and authoritative look at today's health care system that also takes a long-term view of staffing needs for nursing as the nation moves into the next century. The committee draws fundamental conclusions about the evolving role of nurses in hospitals and nursing homes and presents recommendations about staffing decisions, nursing training, measurement of quality, reimbursement, and other areas. The volume also discusses work-related injuries, violence toward and abuse of nursing staffs, and stress among nursing personnelâ€"and examines whether these problems are related to staffing levels. Included is a readable overview of the underlying trends in health care that have given rise to urgent questions about nurse staffing: population changes, budget pressures, and the introduction of new technologies. Nursing Staff in Hospitals and Nursing Homes provides a straightforward examination of complex and sensitive issues surround the role and value of nursing on our health care system.
Download or read book Health Care Financing Review written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Aging Well written by Jean Galiana and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-03-20 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book outlines the challenges of supporting the health and wellbeing of older adults around the world and offers examples of solutions designed by stakeholders, healthcare providers, and public, private and nonprofit organizations in the United States. The solutions presented address challenges including: providing person-centered long-term care, making palliative care accessible in all healthcare settings and the home, enabling aging-in-place, financing long-term care, improving care coordination and access to care, delivering hospital-level and emergency care in the home and retirement community settings, merging health and social care, supporting people living with dementia and their caregivers, creating communities and employment opportunities that are accessible and welcoming to those of all ages and abilities, and combating the stigma of aging. The innovative programs of support and care in Aging Well serve as models of excellence that, when put into action, move health spending toward a sustainable path and greatly contribute to the well-being of older adults.
Download or read book Data Compendium written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Families Caring for an Aging America written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-12-08 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family caregiving affects millions of Americans every day, in all walks of life. At least 17.7 million individuals in the United States are caregivers of an older adult with a health or functional limitation. The nation's family caregivers provide the lion's share of long-term care for our older adult population. They are also central to older adults' access to and receipt of health care and community-based social services. Yet the need to recognize and support caregivers is among the least appreciated challenges facing the aging U.S. population. Families Caring for an Aging America examines the prevalence and nature of family caregiving of older adults and the available evidence on the effectiveness of programs, supports, and other interventions designed to support family caregivers. This report also assesses and recommends policies to address the needs of family caregivers and to minimize the barriers that they encounter in trying to meet the needs of older adults.
Download or read book Financing of Long term Care written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on Health and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Long Term Care Services in the United States 2013 Overview written by National Center for Health Statistics and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long-term care services include a broad range of services that meet the needs of frail older people and other adults with functional limitations. Long-Term care services provided by paid, regulated providers are a significant component of personal health care spending in the United States. This report presents descriptive results from the first wave of the National Study of Long-Term Care Providers (NSLTCP), which was conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). This report provides information on the supply, organizational characteristics, staffing, and services offered by providers of long-term care services; and the demographic, health, and functional composition of users of these services. Service users include residents of nursing homes and residential care communities, patients of home health agencies and hospices, and participants of adult day services centers.
Download or read book Real People Real Problems written by Jo Harris-Wehling and published by National Academies. This book was released on 1995 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Health Systems Policy Finance and Organization written by Guy Carrin and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2010-05-22 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is unique in its systematic approach to these three pillars of health systems analysis will give readers of various backgrounds authoritative material about subjects adjacent to their own specialties. Assembling such comparative materials is usually an onerous task because so many programs possess their own vocabularies, goals, and methods. This book will provide common grounds for people in programs as diverse as economics and finance, allied health, business and management, and the social sciences, including psychology. - Gives readers of various backgrounds authoritative material about subjects adjacent to their own specialties - Provides common grounds for people in programs as diverse as economics and finance, allied health, business and management, and the social sciences, including psychology
Download or read book Report written by United States. Congress Senate and published by . This book was released on with total page 2644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Role of Long term Care in Health Reform written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on Health Care and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Long term Care Financing written by United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
