Seniors Housing and Care Journal

STUDY SHOWS 'QUALITY OF LIFE' ISSUES MATTER MOST TO NURSING HOME RESIDENTS IN EVALUATING CARE

Wins GE Award for Best Research Paper

The white paper “Where Allies Part Ways and Strangers Converge: Nursing Home Performance in the Eyes of the Residents, Families, and State Surveyors” was announced by the National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industry (NIC) as the winner of the GE Award for Best Research Paper from its annual call for applied research papers. The article was printed in the 2010 Seniors Housing & Care Journal and analyzes nursing home performance ratings based on data from 89 nursing homes in 30 states.

The research and writing was conducted by three individuals: Vivian Tellis-Nayak, Ph.D., vice president - research, My InnerView; Bradley N. Shiverick, CPHQ, senior vice president, Healthcare Analytics; and Mauro Hernandez, Ph.D., Concepts in Community Living, Inc.

The results of the winning research revealed that nursing home residents tend to place great weight on quality of life issues, but families and state surveyors tend to focus more on quality of care issues. Residents and families both give their top ratings to the way staff show respect and ensure resident safety, and to the quality of care from nurses.


http://www.nic.org/press/2010/Oct20.aspx