| CHOOSING A NURSING HOME | MEDICARE PART D | NURSING HOME RESEARCH |
| Mass Dep't of Public Health's 3 Key Steps When Choosing A Nursing Home |
Overview of Medicare Part D from Non-Profit MassResources.org | Consumer Reports: Non-Profit Nursing Homes More Likely to Provide Good Care than For-Profit Corporations |
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1.) Research |
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| Medicare's Nursing Home Checklist | Medicare Drug Coverage: Info from Wikipedia | Staffing Levels Impact Quality of Care at Nursing Homes |
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Provides a detailed checklist for rating different nursing homes visited based upon, Quality of Life, Quality of Care, Nutrition and Hydration, and Safety.
Nursing Home Checklist Tool |
Here Wikipedia provides a scholarly overview of the Medicare Part D program.
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"The preponderance of evidence, from a number of studies, using different types of quality measures, shows a positive ]
relationship between nursing staff levels and quality of nursing home care." Source: Institute of
Medicine, Division of Health Care Services, 1996 |