Facility quality and safety
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Health Policy Tracking Service issue brief
- Author(s):
- Brude, Sydney, author
- Contributor(s):
- Thomson Reuters, issuing body.
- Publication:
- [Toronto, Ontario] : Thomson Reuters, 19-December-2022
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Nursing Homes -- legislation & jurisprudence Long-Term Care -- legislation & jurisprudence Quality of Health Care -- legislation & jurisprudence Safety -- legislation & jurisprudence State Government COVID-19 Licensure -- legislation & jurisprudence Ownership Quality of Life -- legislation & jurisprudence Violence -- legislation & jurisprudence United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Legislative activity concerning quality and safety in long-term care facilities can be categorized into five major themes: 1) Quality of Care; 2) Safety and Protection; 3) Comfort of Residents; 4) Quality of Life; and 5) Ownership and Management of Facilities. Long-term care has been described as a ‘variety of services and supports that meet health or personal needs over an extended period of time.“ Another source describes long-term care as the help people need when physical or mental disabilities impair their capacity to perform the basic tasks of everyday life. The need for long-term care can occur at any age. CMS reports that close to three million Americans, most of who are Medicare or Medicaid enrollees, require life saving or sustaining care from one of the nation's 16,000 nursing homes at some time during each year. In fact, it was noted in a report that many thousands of children with disabilities live in nursing homes. Studies show that 70% of all persons over the age of 65 will need long term care services at some point in their life [FN8] and that 40% of all persons over 65 will need care in a nursing home. This issue brief discusses federal and state laws and regulations from 2022 that pertain to long-term care facility quality and safety.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (33 pages)).
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918645960006676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918645960006676