Abstract: Declining response rates pose a threat to the validity of large surveys designed to measure quality of care. For over a decade, the Department of Veterans Affairs has …
Abstract: Background: Modeled after the Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment program, the Veterans Health Administration (VA) implemented the Life-Sustaining Treatment …
Abstract: Objectives: More than 25% of deaths among older adults occur in nursing homes. Thus, assessments of nursing home quality, including the widely used 5-star rating systems, …
Abstract: Outcomes: 1. Describe gaps in five-star quality rating system in measuring nursing home end-of-life care quality. 2. Identify two areas for improvement and/or active …
Abstract: BACKGROUND: While the Veterans Health Administration (VA) has long provided hospice care within VA community living centers (CLCs, i.e., VA nursing homes), an increasing …