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National Institute on Aging Award

Brown To Create Most Comprehensive Long-Term Care Database

The National Institute on Aging has awarded members of Brown University’s Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research a major grant to create a first-ever national database that will allow researchers to study the impact of state policies and market forces on the quality of long-term care. The award comes at a time of increasing demand for the services of nursing homes and other long-term care providers; By 2020, an estimated 12 million U.S. elderly will need some form of long-term care.

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In the News:

• Illness, Race Tied In Study Of Care
  Comparisons Made At Nursing Homes

• White Nursing Home Residents Less Likely Than Blacks To Be Hospitalized, Study Finds

• Separate And Unequal: Racial Segregation And Disparities In Quality Across U.S. Nursing Homes

David Barton Smith, Zhanlian Feng, Mary L. Fennell, Jacqueline S. Zinn and Vincent Mor

We describe the racial segregation in U.S. nursing homes and its relationship to racial disparities in the quality of care. Nursing homes remain relatively segregated, roughly mirroring the residential segregation within metropolitan areas. As a result, blacks are much more likely than whites to be located in nursing homes that have serious deficiencies, lower staffing ratios, and greater financial vulnerability. Changing health care providers’ behavior will not be sufficient to eliminate disparities in medical treatment in nursing homes. Persistent segregation among homes poses a substantial barrier to progress.

• Palliative Care/Hospice For Persons With Terminal and/or Chronic Progressive Illness (pdf 2MB)
  
  
• Bob Kerr: Veterans Can Speak Up and Help Out (Providence Journal, 09/14/2005)
  
  
• Post-Doctoral Trip to Washington D.C.

• Out of the Shadows:
  Envisioning a Brighter Future for Long-Term Care in America

• Nursing Home or Hospital: State Policy Has Big Impact on Elderly

• Out of the Shadows: Envisioning a Brighter Future for Long-Term Care in America:

• Palliative Care/Hospice For Persons With Terminal and/or Chronic Progressive Illness (pdf 2MB)

• Press Release - Vince Mor Named Executive Director, National Commission of Quality Long Term Care - (.pdf file)
  
  

• Bob Kerr: Veterans Can Speak Up and Help Out (Providence Journal, 09/14/2005)
  
  
• Recent Post-Doctoral Trip to Washington D.C.
  

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