Nursing Home Care Research

The over arching goal of the nursing home group is to conduct policy relevant studies to study quality of nursing home care through examination of resident outcomes, processes of care, nursing home management, economic efficiency, state policies, and nursing home markets. Most research activities are conducted using secondary data, primarily Minimum Data Set (MDS) resident assessments, and nursing home provider information from the Online Survey Certification And Reporting (OSCAR). The group also conducts primary data research, mostly collecting data at the nursing home organization level.

Group members conduct measurement research, composing new measures of care and quality, and studying their epidemiological value. Indeed, Dr. Mor was one of the originators of the MDS in the late 1980's. Group members also engage in development of new statistical tools, and in the use of other novel statistical methods such as multilevel models.

Current Projects:

Nursing Homes: Medical Staff Models and Care Correlates; Intrator, PI

State Policies and Hospitalization from Nursing Homes; Mor, PI

Market and Provider Effects on Hospice in Nursing Homes; Gozalo, PI

Impact of Changing Medicaid Policies on NH Quality; Mor, PI

Feeding Tube Use Among Persons with Advanced Dementia; Teno, PI

Best Practices for Nursing Home End-of-Life Care; Miller, PI

Web Based Resources to Aide Nursing Homes in Impoving Pain Management; Teno, PI

Academic Partner to Support National Commission for Quality Long-Term Care; Mor, PI

Examining Racial Concentration and Disparities in Nursing Home Quality of Care; Mor, PI

Improving Nursing Home Culture: Two-Pronged Pilot Special Study; Teno, PI