Nursing Home Environments

Nursing home environments.

*** Note: Figures may be missing from this format of the document *** Note: Slack Inc. requests that interested viewers (Scholars and Researchers) understand that these articles can be accessed for their personal and reference use. The articles should not be reproduced in large quantities for distribution in classrooms or seminars without obtaining the rights from Slack Incorporated. We provide...

Developing a Typology of Nursing Home Environments

Nursing homes are complex environments with large numbers of features that may impact resident quality of life. Multivariate analysis of the effects of individual features is difficult because many features are potentially confounded with one another. We used cluster Howard B. Degenholtz, PhD (E-mail: [email protected]), is Associate Professor, Health Policy & Management, Graduate School of Public...

Nursing Home

Nursing Home Residents

Nursing Home Initiative

Currently, 1.6 million elderly and disabled people receive care in about 17,000 nursing homes across the United States. In 1987, Congress passed major nursing home reforms that defined the role of the State survey and certification process in determining the compliance of nursing homes with Federal standards. In 1998, the President announced new steps to increase Federal oversight of nursing ho...