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Smart Approaches to Improving the Performance of Continuing Care Organizations

Continuing Care InSite

Improving the quality of care in settings where older adults and the disabled are supported and cared for, as well as improving the quality of life in these settings, is this purpose of this web site.  These settings include nursing homes, assisted living facilities, adult day care, and home care agencies.  These pages are packed with information and links to excellent resources and include practical and innovative approaches developed by people who struggle with these issues everyday.  Access to this site is absolutely FREE.  But I also seek your contributions of ideas and content to make this truely a support network for those with a serious committment to quality improvement in long term care settings.  Please send me your ideas...and encourage your friends and colleagues to check out the site!  

Joseph J. Tomaino
jtomaino@continuingcareinsite.info


"Smart approaches to improving the performance of continuing care organizations"

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Welcome to Continuing Care InSite.Info, the web site dedicated to providing health professionals not with just current information on issues affecting post-acute and long-term care, but with practical and innovative action strategies that can help address them. These strategies are developed in the trenches by colleagues who are working hard to improve the quality of care and life in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, home care and adult day care settings, and other continuing care programs.  We invite you to bookmark this site and visit here often to keep up-to-date with the latest information on improving the quality of care in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, home care agencies, and other continuing care settings.


The Clinical InSite pages of this site include information on promoting quality clinical care in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, home care agencies, and other continuing care settings, as well as information and resources to meet the regulatory requirements of these settings. Topics include prevention of sentinel events such as pressure ulcers, dehydration and impaction.  The development of evidence based standards of care is promoted, and the implementation and maintenance of aggressive quality assurance monitoring is explained.


Quality of Life InSite pages offer reflections and resources on making facility care more home like, including the series Make a House a Home by Quality of Life Consultant Barbara Speedling. Culture change in nursing homes and other continuing care settings is more than just a fad-- it is a complete revolution in how care is planned and provided.  These practical articles offer guidance on how to make facilities more home like and person-centered.  Discussion of improving the environment, helping staff learn to interact on a more personal level, and other programmatic approaches to putting the home back in nursing homes is provided.

The Nursing Home Emergency Preparedness pages include information and resources to ensure those nursing homes, assisted living facilities, home care agencies, and other continuing care settings prepare for possible disasters.  This planning will ensure that care can continue to be provided despite the community emergency.  Strategies are also offered to help facilities prepare themselves to provide emergency care to their surrounding communities in the event of an emergency.

For information on providers, vendors, and informational web sites and blogs pertaining to continuing care, check out our 
Network page.  Links are included to information on the newest models of continuing care, including Medicare Advantage Programs, Special Needs Insurance Plans, and PACE programs. 


What makes a house a home?  A series of articles on improving the quality of life for nursing home residents.
What makes a house a home? Click this image to visit Barbara Speedling's series of articles on improving the quality of life for nursing home residents.
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Going through the annual certification survey is like going through a speed trap-- make sure you know where the danger spots are!
 


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