nursing homes

Quality Improvement

Building a Statewide Task Force to Address Antipsychotic Drug Use in Older Adults

09/10/2021

Sandra Fitzler, BSN

Emily Patry, MS

Rebekah Gardner, MD

Alyssa J. DaCunha, MPH

Stefan Gravenstein, MD, MPH

Researchers used a Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement approach, and convened a task force of experts from health care and pharmacy settings as well as academic, state government, and advocacy groups to explore contributing factors...

Researchers used a Quality...

09/10/2021

Annals of Long-Term Care

Practical Research

Associations Between Quality of Life and Outdoor Access in Nursing Homes: A Cross-Sectional Study

06/14/2021

Suzanne M Dyer

Enwu Liu

Emmanuel Gnanamanickam

Stephanie L Harrison

Rachel Milte

Maria Crotty

The aim of this analysis is to examine the association between provision of independent access to outdoor areas at the NH level and actual use of outdoor areas by the residents with health-related QoL (HR-QoL) in a population of residents of...

The aim of this analysis is to...

06/14/2021

Annals of Long-Term Care

Meaningful Use of Antidepressants in Long-term Care Facilities

03/28/2019

Alicia Harbison, DO

Joseph Mwesige, MD, MPH, CMD, FACP

The goal of this quality improvement project was to implement a process in a long-term care facility in rural New York to decrease use of antidepressants among 55 residents by 25% within 3 months of implementation, while monitoring their...

The goal of this quality...

03/28/2019

Annals of Long-Term Care