The Advancing Excellence in America’s Nursing Homes Campaign is a major initiative of the Advancing Excellence in Long Term Care Collaborative. The Collaborative assists all stakeholders of long term care supports and services to achieve the highest practicable level of physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being for all individuals receiving long term care services.

• June 7, 2013: Updated Medications Tool available for download.
• July 10th National Provider Call for CMS National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes - Registration Now Open!
  During this call, CMS subject matter experts will discuss the progress that has been made during the implementation of this national partnership, its successes, and next steps. In order to receive call-in information, you must register for the call. Click HERE to register. Click HERE for more details.
• The Domestic Lean Goddess - PDSA Video
  The Domestic Lean Goddess video shows how the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycle, a common quality improvement method, can be used in an everyday domestic situation (why the children are always late for school). This six-minute video shows how applying the four steps of the PDSA cycle pinpoints the root cause and allows effective action to take place. This video helps nursing homes consider the multitude of ways in which the PDSA structure can improve processes.
  
• New tracking tools
  • Person-Centered Care
  • Medication
    If you have chosen to work on the Medication goal, please download the newest version (v2.0).
• New data entry available
  • Person-Centered Care
  • Pain Management
  • Medication
  • Pressure Ulcer
• Updated Quality Measure data are here!  View National, State, or Nursing Home data through 2012 Quarter 3.
• LANE Performance Improvement Projects
• Check out how a nursing home in Michigan implemented and is using Consistent Assignment!
  

 

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