Advancing Excellence in America's Nursing Homes A campaign to improve quality of life for residents and staff.
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Advancing Excellence in America's Nursing Homes

Advancing Excellence in America's Nursing Homes is a coalition-based campaign to improve the quality of life for residents and staff in America's nursing homes.

The campaign's unprecedented coalition includes long-term care providers, caregivers, medical and quality improvement experts, consumers, government agencies and other quality-focused organizations.

The campaign will strengthen the public trust in nursing home care by focusing on quality improvement and self-regulation. The campaign acknowledges the critical role of nursing home staff and consumers in improving quality of care and quality of life for nursing home residents.

Learn more about the campaign and its goals.


Advancing Excellence News
  • New Webinar Audio Recording Available The audio from the May 12, 2009 webinar that focused on adult learning techniques, Training Staff for Greater Impact: From Ho-Hum to Dynamic, is now available. Download the audio recording [may take a few minutes to load], and the PowerPoint presentation (or PDF version).
  • Advancing Excellence in the News When CMS released the Quarter 3, 2008, it completed the data period for the first two years of the Campaign. Read the press release and article that describe the first two years.
  • May 2009 Newsletter Posted Read the new Advancing Excellence Newsletter. Articles include a review of the new goals and recently posted videos from the 2008 LANE Conference. Download the newsletter and send it to your colleagues!
  • Restraint Webinar Audio Recording is now available Download the audio recording [may take a few minutes to load], and the PowerPoint presentation (or PDF version).
  • Interchange 2008 Videos are online! During the 2008 LANE Conference, 10 sessions were video recorded. These videos are now available online. Topics vary from care of the resident with dementia to avoidable hospitalizations. These are excellent for in-service training programs. View the list of available videos.
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Campaign Updates
Participating nursing homes:
  7415  ( 47.2% *)

Participating consumers:
  2211

(* - based on the latest available count of Medicare/Medicaid nursing homes)

NH Quality Campaign visitors currently online: 7