Quality Improvement | Leadership | Resident & Family Satisfaction | Clinical Practice | Culture Change | Quality of Life | Workforce | Web Links
Quality Improvement
Leadership
Resident & Family Satisfaction
Clinical Practice
Restraints
Fall Reduction
Dementia
Nutrition
Preventing Abuse and Neglect
General
- The Borun Center for Gerontological Research Learning Modules – Topics include weight-loss prevention, incontinence management, pain screening, pressure ulcer prevention, mobility decline prevention, quality-of-life assessment. Modules include guidelines, assessment protocols, quizzes, discussion, Q & A, and background research.
- A Consumer’s Guide to Nursing Facilities (AHCA/NCAL Bookstore: Brochure)
- Everybody Wins! (AHCA/NCAL Bookstore: Video Library) – Includes training manual, handouts, six different videos. Solutions to wandering, aggressive residents and falls.
Culture Change
Quality of Life
Workforce
Consistent Assignment
Staff Development/Retention
Staff Satisfaction
Web Links
Quality Improvement
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) - www.ahrq.gov
Evidence-based information on health care outcomes, quality, and cost, use, and access.
American Society for Quality - www.asq.org
General information about quality, including healthcare.
Baldrige National Quality Program - www.quality.nist.gov
Information about the Baldrige process, Baldrige National Quality Award, award recipients, publications, and the annual Quest for Excellence Conference.
The Benchmarking Exchange – www.benchnet.com
Online Baldrige self-assessment.
Certified Professional in Health Quality (CPHQ) – www.cphq.org
Recognizes professional and academic achievement by individuals in the field of healthcare quality management. Includes information about quality management/ improvement, case/care/disease/utilization management, and risk management.
Culture Change Now - www.culturechangenow.com
Private organization with resources for culture change including a magazine.
Exceptionalnurse.com - www.exceptionalnurse.com
Information and resources for nursing students (potential or otherwise) who have disabilities.
Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing – www.hartfordign.org
Resources for geriatric nurses, including the Nurses Improving Care for Health System Elders (NICHE conference).
Institute for Healthcare Improvement - www.ihi.org
A general resource to improve healthcare quality worldwide.
Institute of Medicine - www.iom.edu
Links to current projects, events, and reports addressing health care services and the quality of care.
International Society for Quality in Health Care - www.isqua.org.au
ISQua, The International Society for Quality in Health Care, is a non-profit, independent organization based in Australia with members in over 70 countries.
Long Term Care Nursing Leadership & Management – http://ltcnurseleader.umn.edu
Supports and fosters professional development and education for nurse leaders in long term care facilities.
MedQIC – Medical Quality Improvement Community - www.medqic.org
Supports Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) and providers in using and sharing quality improvement resources.
National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) – www.nahq.org
The nation's leading organization for healthcare quality professionals and its goal is to promote the continuous improvement of quality in healthcare by providing educational and development opportunities for professionals at all management levels and within all healthcare settings.
National Quality Forum – www.qualityforum.org
Information regarding advances in the science of quality measurement, in health information systems, and in our understanding of how to effect change in clinical practice.
National Quality Measures Clearinghouse - www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov
A database and web site for information on specific evidence-based health care quality measures and measure sets.
National Commission for Quality in Long-term Care – www.ncqltc.org
Information regarding progress in the Quality First Initiative.
National Guideline Clearinghouse - www.guideline.gov
A comprehensive database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents.
Nursing Home Quality Initiative (NHQI) - www.cms.gov/quality/nhqi/
Information regarding the quality measures for all Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing homes.
Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute - www.paraprofessional.org
Information regarding culture change in long term care.
Pioneer Network - www.pioneernetwork.net
Advocates and facilitates deep system change in our culture of aging. Their vision is a culture of aging that is life-affirming, satisfying, humane, and meaningful.
QI Macros –- www.quantum-i.com
Six Sigma reference—explanation, training, and QI macros for Excel.
Sharing Innovations in Quality –- http://siq.air.org
A repository of information on clinical standards and guidelines useful to surveyors and to professionals in the nursing home setting.
Wellspring Innovative Solutions, Inc. – www.wellspringis.org
Wellspring's mission is to provide a leadership structure and process that others can use to support ongoing clinical improvement and business opportunities.
Associations
American Academy of Physician Assistants - www.aapa.org
American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging - www2.aahsa.org
The American Association Nurse Assessment Coordinators - www.aanac.org
American College of Health Care Administrators - www.achca.org
American College of Healthcare Executives - www.ache.org
American College of Medical Quality - www.acmq.org
The American College of Nurse Practitioners – www.nurse.org
American Geriatrics Society - www.americangeriatrics.org
American Health Care Association - www.ahca.org
American Health Quality Association - www.ahqa.org
American Medical Directors Association - www.amda.com
American Nurses Association - www.ana.org
American Occupational Therapy Association – www.aota.org
American Physical Therapy Association – www.apta.org
American Society Consultant Pharmacists - www.ascp.com
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association – www.asha.org
The American Therapeutic Recreation Association - www.atra-tr.org
Dietary Managers Association - www.dmaonline.org
Direct Care Alliance - www.directcarealliance.org
The Gerontological Society of America - www.geron.org
HealthCare Information Management Systems Society - http://www.himss.org/
Hospice & Palliative Nurses Association – www.hpna.org
National Association of Directors of Nursing Administration in Long Term Care - www.nadona.org
National Association of Health Care Assistants - www.nahcacares.org
The National Association of Healthcare Consultants - www.healthcon.org
National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers - www.caremanager.org/
National Association of Social Workers - www.socialworkers.org
National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses, Inc. – www.nflpn.org
National Gerontological Nursing Association – www.ngna.org
National League of Nursing - www.nln.org
National Network of Career Nursing Assistants - www.cna-network.org
National Therapeutic Recreation Society - www.nrpa.org
Research
The Borun Center for Gerontological Research Learning Modules - http://borun.medsch.ucla.edu/default.htm
The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research – www.shepscenter.unc.edu
Center for Health Systems Research and Analysis (CHSRA) - www.chsra.wisc.edu/
The Commonwealth Fund - www.cmwf.org
Emory Center for Health in Aging - www.cha.emory.edu
Institute for the Future of Aging Services (IFAS) – www.futureofaging.org
National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) – www.npuap.org
Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Service – www.hsrd.research.va.gov
Government/Accreditation/Credentialing
American Nurses Credentialing Center – www.nursingworld.org
Information regarding certifications, accreditations, and the magnet program.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) – www.cms.gov
Part of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Provides information for professionals, governments, consumers, and public affairs.
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations – http://www.jcaho.org/
Evaluates and accredits more than 16,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States. An independent, not-for-profit organization, JCAHO is the nation's predominant standards-setting and accrediting body in health care.
National Institute on Aging – www.nia.nih.gov
URAC (American Accreditation HealthCare Commission) – www.urac.org
“Promoting Health Quality through Accreditation” - accredits healthcare organizations, including hospitals, health plans, provider groups; also accredits healthcare web sites (for a fee).
Consumer
AHCA’s Consumer Information Website – www.longtermcareliving.com
Provides consumers with information regarding nursing homes, assisted living/residential care, and other types of long term care.
National Citizens Coalition for Nursing Home Reform (NCCNHR) – www.nccnhr.org
Formed because of public concern about substandard care in nursing homes, NCCNHR is the outgrowth of work first achieved by advocates working for Ralph Nader and later for the National Gray Panthers.
National Long-term Care Ombudsman Resource Center – http://www.ltcombudsman.org/default.cfm
Provides support, technical assistance and training to the 53 State Long Term Care Ombudsman Programs and their statewide networks of almost 600 regional (local) programs.
Grants
Administration on Aging (HHS) - http://www.aoa.dhhs.gov/doingbus/doingbus.asp
Provides grant funding to states and territories, recognized Native American Tribes and Hawaiian Americans, as well as nonprofit organizations, including faith-based and academic institutions.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (HHS) - http://www.ahrq.gov/fund/awrdrsrc.htm
Award conditions, general information, and web-based resources for organizations receiving funding support through AHRQ grants.
Archstone Foundation - http://www.archstone.org
The Archstone Foundation is a private grant-making organization, whose mission is to contribute towards the preparation of society in meeting the needs of an aging population. Priority is given to proposals serving the Southern California region.
CFDA (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance) - http://12.46.245.173/cfda/cfda.html
Contains all federal grant programs.
The Commonwealth Fund - http://www.cmwf.org
A private foundation that supports independent research on health and social issues and makes grants to improve health care practice and policy.
Council on Foundations - http://www.cof.org
The Council on Foundations is a membership organization of more than 2,000 grant-making foundations and giving programs worldwide.
Foundation Center - http://fdncenter.org
Collects, organizes, and communicates information on U.S. philanthropy.
Foundations On-Line - http://www.foundations.org
A national directory of links to foundations and grants.
Grants.gov - http://www.grants.gov
Allows organizations to electronically find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all federal grant-making agencies.
Grantsmanship Center - http://www.tgci.com
Information on researching grants, writing grant proposals, and negotiating with funding sources.
Grants Net (US Dept. of Health and Human Services) - http://www.hhs.gov/grantsnet/grantinfo.htm
All of these are included in CFDA and Grants.gov; there is no specific, centralized HHS list of grants.
Health Resources and Services Administration (HHS) - http://www.hrsa.gov/grants/preview/default.htm
Kaiser Family Foundation - http://www.kff.org
Offers a small number of grants each year.
National Institutes of Health - http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-02-162.html
The Institute supports basic research on aging as well as intervention studies and clinical geriatric research. It does not support provision of services.
Pew Chartitable Trusts (HHS) - http://www.pewtrusts.org/grants/grants_item.cfm?image=img3&program_area_id=4
Designed to respond to rapidly changing conditions in the health and human services policy environment, both nationally and locally (Philadelphia).
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - http://rwjf.org/
The Foundation funds projects of many types, including service demonstrations, the gathering and monitoring of health-related statistics, training and fellowship programs, policy analysis, health services research, technical assistance, public education, communications activities, and evaluations.