new home buyers in united states are becoming more discriminating in their home buying decision. they are demanding quality construction at reasonable prices. the current state of construction market also gives construction buyers more ammunition to be more discriminate when they choose to purchase homes.  to be competitive and remain in business, housing contractors and developers must meet th...

For the past decade, policymakers have used public reporting of quality measures as a strategy to improve quality in nursing homes. In theory, public reporting might improve overall quality in two ways: first, if consumers choose nursing homes with better performance, and second, if public reporting encourages nursing homes to improve their performance. Has public reporting had its intended eff...

OBJECTIVE This study tests the research hypothesis that certified medical directors are able to use their training, education, and knowledge to positively influence quality of care in US nursing homes. DESIGN F-tag numbers were identified within the State Operations Manual that reflect dimensions of quality thought to be impacted by the medical director. A weighting system was developed based...

OBJECTIVES To examine whether quality of care differed for veterans in Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) nursing homes and those on contract in community nursing homes, and whether the VA was contracting with nursing homes providing better quality of care than other nursing homes. DESIGN Observational study using administrative databases from 1997 to 1999. SETTING Ten VA and 650 community...

New home buyers in United States are becoming more discriminating in their home buying decision. They are demanding quality construction at reasonable prices. The current state of construction market also gives construction buyers more ammunition to be more discriminate when they choose to purchase homes.  To be competitive and remain in business, housing contractors and developers must meet th...

objectives: the aim of this study was to compare the quality of life and mental health, among the elderly people who were living in nursing homes and elderly people who were members of retired club of shiraz city. methods & materials: this research was a descriptive cross-sectional study. the sample of study selected among the elderlys living in nursing homes in shiraz city (30 male & 30 female...

PURPOSE We used measures created to assess the quality of life (QOL) of nursing home residents to distinguish among nursing facilities. DESIGN AND METHODS We statistically adjusted scores for 10 QOL domains derived from standardized interviews with nursing home residents for age, gender, activities of daily living functioning, cognitive functioning, and length of stay, and then we aggregated ...