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A PUBLICATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS DEPARTMENT OF NEW YORK
Volume 11, Number 3, March 2002, PAGE 1 of 5
| NURSING HOME COMPARISON |
Looking for information on nursing homes for yourself, or family members? A good place to start is at www.medicare.gov/NHCompare/Home.asp. The primary purpose of this web site is to provide detailed information about the performance of every Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home in the country.
Information on Nursing Home comparisons and other resources, including a Guide to Choosing a Nursing Home, and a Nursing Home Checklist are available to help you with your nursing home choice. The following sections of detailed information are contained therein:
- About the Nursing Home: including the number of beds and type of ownership.
- About the Residents of the Nursing Home: including the percent of residents with pressure sores, percent of residents with urinary incontinence and more.
- About the Nursing Home Inspection Results: including summary results from the last state nursing home inspection.
- About Nursing Home Staff: including the number of registered nurses, licensed practical or vocational nurses, and nursing assistants in each nursing home.
- Selection by Geographic Area where you would like to search for nursing homes.
The Department of Health and Human Services is collecting consumer information on nursing home performance and plans to place it on the Internet. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service(CMS) is obtaining data from nursing homes in Colorado, Maryland, Ohio, Rhode Island, and Washington. Eleven quality measures will be identified by CMS and posted on its website at www.medicare.gov beginning in April. The program is expected to be expanded to nationwide by October 2002.
The quality measures include the following: Physical restraints, pressure sores, weight loss, infections, pain management, daily activity, use of anti-psychotic drugs without a psychiatric diagnosis, managing delirium, pain management, improvement in walking, and re-hospitalization. [Source: Dr. Healthynet 4 Jan 02]
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