Month: May 2003

Do Quality Measures Really Indentify Quality Care?

Do Quality Measures Really Identify Quality Care?Despite efforts to refine them, QMs still have their problemsBY STEVEN B. LITTLEHALE, MS, APRN, BC, Read More »

Caring for Patients With AIDS

An interview with John R. Brechtl, MD, FACP  Patients with AIDS can present unique challenges to nursing homes. Not only do they tend to be younger Read More »

Design Center

SEASHORE GARDENS LIVING CENTER   Galloway Township, New Jersey   TYPE OF FACILITY/SETTING: Read More »

Not Just an “Old Folks’ Home”

An interview with David Fridkin, FACHE, and Eulalia Awan, RNIllustration: "The Bus," by Frida Kahlo, 1929  Imagine finding yourself confined to a Read More »

Computer Technology Update

New IT Products to Enhance Resident Care and Well-BeingBY MALCOLM H. MORRISON, PHD While most of the nation's attention on medical errors has been Read More »

The Business Side of PACE, Part 2

The Business Side of PACE, Part 2How the actual experience of two PACE organizations is contributing to the development of new programsBY JADE GONG, Read More »

Editorial

Medicaid DreamsBY RICHARD L. PECK, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Poor Medicaid, nobody likes it. In fact (dare I say it?), there are people in high places who Read More »

When Drugs Don’t Kill ‘Bugs’

When Drugs Don't Kill 'Bugs'Strategies for preventing the spread of infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteriaBY ROBERT J. SHARBAUGH, PHD, Read More »