The senior living field offers housing and services tailored to meet a wide range of residents’ needs and preferences. The continuum typically ranges from senior apartments...
How are programs typically set up?
Jan 01, 2008
Some programs are organized around specific disease categories (for instance, stroke or cancer), others are organized around specific interventions (for instance, pain management or wound care) and some...
What additional resources are needed to launch a subacute care program?
Jan 01, 2008
Special resources generally include physical plant features such as a distinct unit (highly recommended by the National Subacute Care Association [NSCA]) and more and better-trained staff, especially physicians...
Subacute care falls between nursing home care and hospital care?
Jan 01, 2008
Yes. Subacute care generally is more intensive than traditional nursing facility care and less than acute care.
What is subacute care?
Jan 01, 2008
Many nursing facilities now are expanding into the field of subacute care, which serves patients needing complex care or rehabilitation.
What is a retirement community?
Jan 01, 2008
A retirement community usually provides independent-living housing plus services for older adults.
How does CMS collect information for Nursing Home Compare?
Jan 01, 2008
The nursing home quality information reported in Nursing Home Compare on www.medicare.gov comes from two CMS resources.
How do we know the quality measures are based on accurate data?
Jan 01, 2008
According to CMS, the quality measures (QMs) are calculated using information from the Minimum Data Set (MDS).
What are the measures that have been selected for the Nursing Home Quality Initiative?
Jan 01, 2008
Six “chronic” care quality measures are to be used for public reporting in the national rollout.
What is CLIA?
Jan 11, 2008
The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) established quality standards for all laboratory testing to ensure the accuracy, reliability and timeliness of patient test results regardless...