Improving Quality of Care in Nursing Homes

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This paper discusses several measures on the part of the government have been taken to assure the quality of care in nursing homes. With the passing of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987, the quality of life of residents has significantly improved; however the regulators have not. The paper further discusses how with several issues the residents have not seen addressed in spite of the regulators' presence, policy must be turned to the standardization of regulations regarding quality of care. With standardization, it is believed that a continuous cycle of regular evaluation, implementation and re-evaluation will prepare the nursing home systems in the decades to come.

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"Quality of care in nursing homes has been a long-standing issue that remains particularly difficult to characterize and thus address properly and develop policies ultimately uplifting the residents' quality of life. The first obstacle is an agreement upon a universal definition of quality of care - what it encompasses, how these components can be quantified and who can define it (Wunderlich & Kohler, 2001). There is also the issue of the ultimate authority that sets the standards for nursing home practices. Nonetheless, the quality of care in these institutions must be addressed with more urgency, with the retirement and inevitable aging of the "baby boomer" generation looming."

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