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Improving the quality of long-term care
- Editors:
- WUNDERLICH Gooloo S., KOHLER Peter O.
- Publisher:
- National Academy Press
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 343p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Washington, DC
Among the issues confronting America is long term care for older people and others with chronic conditions and disabilities that limit their ability to care for themselves. This book takes a comprehensive look at the quality of care and quality of life in long term care situations, including nursing homes, home health agencies, residential care facilities, and a range of other settings. It describes the current state of long term care, identifying problem areas and offering recommendations for federal and state policy makers. It also explores the 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.
Long-term care and a good quality of life: bringing them closer together
- Author:
- KANE Rosalie A.
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 41(3), June 2001, pp.293-304.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Long-term care polices and programmes in the United States suffer from a major flaw: they are balanced toward a model of nursing home care that, regardless of its technical quality, tends to be associated with poor quality of life for consumers. This article argues that quality-of-life outcomes are minimized in current quality assessment and given credence only after health and safety outcomes are considered. Five trends are reviewed that might lead to a more consumer-centred emphasis on quality of life: the disability rights movement, the emphasis on consumer direction, the growth of assisted living, increasing attention to physical environments, and efforts to bring about culture change in nursing homes. Building on these trends, the article concludes with strategies to move beyond current stalemates and polarised arguments toward forms of long-term care that are more compatible with a good quality of life.
Creating a home from home: a guide to standards
- Author:
- RESIDENTIAL FORUM
- Publisher:
- Residential Forum
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 100p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Guide presenting a new approach to setting and judging standards in residential homes in the United Kingdom. Focuses on quality of life of residents as the starting point for more practical issues. Puts the needs, wishes and convenience of users first.