Abstract
Quality assurance (QA) in nursing homes requires recognition of differences between acute and long-term care in goals, technology, and pace. This article outlines an approach to nursing home QA that would both generate an information system for a facility to review its performance compared to external regulations, and also allow a proactive stance on the part of nursing home staff. After reviewing existing nursing home regulations, this article discusses three necessary components of QA: defining quality and developing criteria; assessing quality; and correcting deficiencies. It argues that a prompt and clear feedback system to personnel is one key to a proactive QA system that becomes self-improving.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 655-666 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Clinics in Geriatric Medicine |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| State | Published - Dec 1 1988 |