Abstract Background Nursing homes (NHs) are federally regulated under uniform standards,
whereas assisted living facilities (ALFs) use individual state regulations for staffing, training …

Purpose Though more people in the United States currently reside in assisted living facilities
(ALFs) than nursing homes, little is known about ALF admission policies, resident care …

Background Assisted living facilities (ALFs), unlike nursing homes, have no federal
regulations to monitor quality. States create their own regulations, and little is known about …

Background Nursing home quality of care is a persistent challenge, with recent reports
calling for increased reforms to improve quality and safety. Less is known about the clinical …

Objectives. Nursing homes certified by the Medicare and/or Medicaid program are subject to
federally mandated and state‐enforced quality and safety standards. We examined the …

Charlene Harrington, University of California, San Francisco Joshua M. Wiener, RTI
International, Leslie Ross, University of California, San Francisco MaryBeth Musumeci …

Nursing facilities are one part of the long-term care delivery system that also includes home
and community based services, but their relatively high cost has led them to be the focus of …

ASSISTED living facilities are the long-term care choice of approximately 1 million older
Americans. 1 Assisted living facilities provide personal care assistance and supportive …

Abstract Starting in 2016, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services implemented the first
phase of a 3-year multi-phase plan revising the manner in which nursing homes are …

Abstract Objective In 1987, the Omnibus Reconciliation Act (OBRA) called for a dramatic
overhaul of the nursing home (NH) quality assurance system. This study examines trends in …