National Initiatives
A Guide for States Developing a Special Licensure Program Like NC NOVA: Key Steps and Stakeholder
Academy Health, Building Bridges in Long Term Care
Advancing Excellence in America’s Nursing Homes
Includes a new manual Implementing Change in LTC: A Practical Guide for Transformation This 134-page manual was published in April 2009 at University Wisconsin–Madison School of Nursing. It offers various strategies for developing:
- person-centered care and culture change models
- strong leadership
- effective teams
- skilled staff
- preparation activities and organizational assessments
- accountability systems
Each chapter provides an overview of its topic, practical suggestions, and hands-on exercises. The manual also provides clinical training materials in the form of case studies, organizational assessment sheets, and more.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
AgingStats.Gov
Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics
Alliance for Healthcare Reform and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Changing the Culture and Improving Quality: Innovations in Long-Term Care Speaker presentations and resources
Almost Home, Changing Aging in America
American Health Care Association
Baldrige National Quality Program
Center for Health Care Strategies
Center for Personal Assistance Services
www.pascenter.org/home/index.php
The Clearinghouse for Home and Community-Based Services
http://www.hcbs.org/
Commonwealth Fund
A variety of information and resources, e.g., national surveys and evaluations of quality improvement programs.
www.commonwealthfundContent/Publications.org/
www.commonwealthfund.org
www.commonwealthfund.org/Content/Innovations/Tools/
Family Caregiver Alliance
Emerging Practices and Tools for Professionals
Health Affairs Journal
Long Term Care Living
Medical Newswire, including Long-Term Care Wire
My Innerview
National Center for Assisted Living
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
Includes Quality Mall and College of Direct Support
Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI)
Quality Care through Quality Jobs
PHI national
PHI National Clearinghouse on the Direct Care Workforce
Best practices, library, state initiatives and legislation, network
Pioneer Network, sponsored by the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation
Advocates for culture change in eldercare models from long-term nursing home care to short-term transitional care to community-based care to create homes that are consumer-driven and person-directed.
pioneernetwork.net
Quality Net
Healthcare quality improvement news, resources and data reporting tools and applications used by healthcare providers and others.
Quality Partners of Rhode Island
Workforce Resources, including Staff Stability Toolkit, Peer Mentoring and Collecting Data on CAN Turnover
www.riqualitypartners.org
Reinventing Quality
Conference presentations, some of which may be of interest to nursing facilities, e.g., Moving Mountain Award Winners: Finding and Keeping a Diverse, Quality Direct Support Workforce
The conference is part of a collaboration between the Research and Training Center on Community Living, one the nation's premier disability research and training centers, and the Human Services Research Institute, a policy research firm specializing in mental health and developmental disabilities issues.
http://reinventingquality.org
Quality Initiatives in Other States
Iowa
Kansas/
NC Nova
Rhode Island
Wellspring, Advocating for Culture Change and Excellence in Nursing Home Care
Resources in Virginia
Alzheimer’s Commission
Senior Navigator
VCU Virginia Center for Aging
VHQC
Virginia Association of Professional Nursing Assistants (No web site) Email: professionalcna@hotmail.com
Virginia Department for the Aging
Other Associations
Virginia Assisted Living Association
Virginia Association of Nonprofit Homes for the Aging
Excellent list of links to state and national resources
Virginia Department of Health
Virginia Department of Health Professions
Healthcare Workforce Data Center
Virginia Health Information
Virginia Health Care Association, Virginia Center for Assisted Living
