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The National Imperative to Improve Nursing Home Quality

Briggs Healthcare

Nursing homes play a unique dual role in the long-term care continuum, serving as a place where people receive needed health care and a place they call home. The 1986 Institute of Medicine report Improving the Quality of Care in Nursing Homes identified a range of challenges to the quality of care in nursing homes.

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State Community Health Worker Models

NASHP

CHW services could be used for many health conditions as long as there is a care plan in place written by a physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or a certified nurse midwife. Many provider types may supervise CHWs, including physicians, dentists, public health nurses and mental health professionals among others.

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The Direct Care Workforce

NASHP

Nursing Assistants. Typically, nursing assistants also provide personal assistance with self-care activities. Nursing assistants may perform some delegated nursing tasks under clinical supervision. A certified nurse assistant (CNA) is qualified to work in a Medicare-certified nursing facility.

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Community Health Worker Models

NASHP

CHW services could be used for many health conditions as long as there is a care plan in place written by a physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or a certified nurse midwife. Many provider types may supervise CHWs, including physicians, dentists, public health nurses and mental health professionals among others.

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Emerging Respite Care Strategies in Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Waivers for Older Adults, Adults with Physical Disabilities, and their Family Caregivers

NASHP

Although most states offer respite through Medicaid, varied program policies and payment rates among states greatly affect caregivers’ access to high-quality respite services. Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Waiver Basics Home and-community based services (HCBS) allows individuals who meet an institutional level of care (e.g.,

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Behavioral Health System Modernization along the Continuum

NASHP

The Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) pairs registered nurses with low-income first-time mothers during pregnancy and continues with regular home visits until the child’s second birthday. State Medicaid authorities can use the Healthy Steps Return on Investment tools to examine the program’s impact on the state budget and outcomes.