References

Fundamentals for a New Assessment Strategy
  1. Geron SM. The quality of consumer-directed long-term care. (2000). Generations; 24(3): 66-73.
  2. Kane RA. (2003). Definition, measurement, and correlates of quality of life in nursing homes: Toward a reasonable practice, research, and policy agenda. The Gerontologist; 43, Special Issue II, 28-36.
  3. Kane RA, Kling KC,Bershadsky B, Kane RL, Giles K, Degenholtz HB, Liu J, and Cutler LJ. (2003). Quality of life measures for nursing home residents. J Gerontology: Medical Sciences; 58:M240-M248.
  4. Simmon SF, Schnelle JF. (1999). Strategies to measure nursing home residents’ satisfaction and preferences related to incontinence and mobility care: Implications for evaluating intervention effects. The Gerontologist; 39(3):1-11.
  5. Simmons SF, Schnelle JF, Uman GC, Kulvicki AD, Lee KO, and Ouslander JG. (1997). Selecting nursing home residents for satisfaction surveys. The Gerontologist; 37(4):543-550.
  6. Simmon SF, Schnelle JF. (2001). The identification of residents capable of accurately describing daily care: Implications for evaluating nursing home care quality. The Gerontologist; 41(5): 605-611.
  7. Levy-Storms L, Schnelle JF, Simmons SF. (2002). A comparison of methods to assess nursing home residents’ unmet needs. The Gerontologist; 42(4):454-461.
  8. Cleary PD and McNeil BJ. (1988). Patient satisfaction as an indicator of quality care. Inquiry; 25: 25-36.

Quality of Life Assessment: Interveiw Protocol
  1. Simmons SF, Schnelle JF, Uman GC, Kulvicki AD, Lee KO, and Ouslander JG. (1997). Selecting nursing home residents for satisfaction surveys. The Gerontologist; 37(4):543-550.
  2. Simmon SF, Schnelle JF. (2001). The identification of residents capable of accurately describing daily care: Implications for evaluating nursing home care quality. The Gerontologist; 41(5): 605-611.
Resident-Centered Care
  1. Interpretive Guidelines State Operations Manual. Appendix P- Survey Protocol for Long Term Care Facilities. Part 1. http://www.cms.hhs.gov/manuals/. Revision 26, 08-17-07.
  2. Rahman A.N., Schnelle J.F. (2007). The Nursing Home Culture Change Movement: Recent, Past, Present, and Future Directions for Research. The Gerontologist (accepted). 
  3. Saliba D, Schnelle J. Indicators of the Quality of Nursing Home Residential Care. J Am Geriatr Soc 2002;50(8):1421-1430. 
  4. Wunderlich G.S. & Kohler P.O. (2001). Improving the Quality of Long-Term Care (Institute of Medicine Committee Report). Washington, DC: National Academy Press. 
  5. Rabig J., Thomas W., Kane R.A., Cutler L.J., & McAlilly S. (2006). Radical redesign of NHs: Applying the Green House concept in Tupelo, Mississippi. The Gerontologist, 46(4), 533-539. 
  6. Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Bester, Al. (2006). Flexibility as a management principle in dementia care: The Adards example. The Gerontologist, 46(4), 540-544.
  7. Weiner,A.S. & Ronch, J.L. (Eds.) (2004). Culture change in long-term care. New York: Haworth Press. 
  8. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. (2005). 8th round SOW contract. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Retrieved September 3, 2007. 
  9. Simmons SF, Schnelle JF. The Identification of Residents Capable of Accurately Describing Daily Care: Implications for Evaluating Nursing Home Care Quality. The Gerontologist 2001;41(5):605-611. 
  10. Simmons SF, Schnelle JF. Strategies to Measure Nursing Home Residents’ Satisfaction and Preference Related to Incontinence and Mobility Care: Implications for Continuous Quality Improvement. The Gerontologist 1999;39(3):345-355. 
  11. Chu L, Schnelle JF, Cadogan MP, Simmons SF. Using Minimum Data Set to Select Nursing Home Residents for Interviews About Pain. J Am Geriatr Soc 2004;52:2057-2061 
  12. Simmons SF & Levy-Storms L. (2006). The effect of staff care practices on nursing home residents’ preferences: Implications for individualizing care. Journal of Nutrition, Health, & Aging, 10(3):216-221. 
  13. Kane, R.A., Kling, K.C., Bershadsky, B., Kane, R.L., Giles, K., Degenholtz, H.B., Liu, J. & Cutler, LJ. (2003). Quality of life measures for NH residents. Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, 58A (3), 240-248.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
  1. Kane RA, Kling KC,Bershadsky B, Kane RL, Giles K, Degenholtz HB, Liu J, and Cutler LJ. (2003). Quality of life measures for nursing home residents. J Gerontology: Medical Sciences; 58A(3):M240-M248.
  2. Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Service. Nursing Home QA Committees, January 2003. Publication No. OEI-01-00090. Accessed on Feb. 2, 2004 at http://oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-01-01-00090.pdf.
  3. Kane RA. (2003). Definitions, Measurements, and Correlates of Quality of Life in Nursing Homes: Toward a Reasonable Practice, Research, and Policy Agenda. The Gerontologist, 43, Special Issue II: 28-36.
  4. Cadogan MP, Schnelle JF, Yamamoto-Mitani N, Cabrera G, and Simmons SF. (2004). A Minimum Data Set Prevalence of Pain Quality Indicator: Is it Accurate and Does it Reflect Differences in Care Process? Accepted for publication in Journal of Gerontology:Medical Sciences 59A(3):281-285.
  5. Schnelle JF, Cadogan MP, Yoshii J, Al-Samarrai NR, Osterweil D, Bates-Jensen BM, and Simmons SF. (2003). The Minimum Data Set Urinary Incontinence Quality Indicators: Do They Reflect Differences in Care Processes Related to Incontinence? Medical Care, 41(8):909-922.
  6. Bates-Jensen BM, Cadogan M, Osterweil D, Levy-Storms L, Jorge J, Al-Samarrai N, Grbic V, and Schnelle JF. (2003). The Minimum Data Set Pressure Ulcer Indicator: Does it Reflect Differences in Care Processes Related to Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Treatment in Nursing Homes? J Am Geriatrics Society, 51(9): 1203-12.
  7. Simmons SF, Garcia ET, Cadogan MP, Al-Samarrai NR, Levy-Storms L, Osterweil D, and Schnelle SF. (2003). The Minimum Data Set Weight Loss Quality Indicator: Does it Reflect Differences in Care Processes Related to Weight Loss? Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2003;51(10):1410-1418.
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