What Makes for a Good Working Condition for Nursing Home Staff: What Do Direct Care Workers Have to Say?
This study is based on focus groups conducted in six nursing homes in NYC.
Assisted Living in New York State: A Summary of Findings
This is the final report of an in-depth three year study of assisted living. It includes an action agenda for consumers, providers and policy makers to help fulfill the promise of assisted living.
Case Studies of Assisted Living in New York (2000)
This report, part of a three year study, describes findings from ten on-site visits to assisted living facilities in NYS by project staff. It discusses aging-in place, autonomy, risk-taking, staffing, finances and regulations.
Improving Conditions in Nursing Homes: Adding Much Needed Staff
This position paper gives evidence of a staffing crisis in New York State nursing homes and documents the need for mandating staffing ratios in New York State nursing homes.
Improving the Option: Consumers’ Perspectives on New York State’s Managed Long Term Care Demonstration Project
This report, from LTCCC’s committee on Managed Long Term Care, offers recommendations for protecting consumers of managed long term care. 1999.
91 Ideas for Reducing Costs, Enhancing Revenue, and Maintaining Quality in Nursing Homes
This resource for nursing homes lists findings from interviews with nursing home staff. It offers concrete examples of ways to reduce costs and enhance revenue while maintaining quality.
Subacute Care in Nursing Homes: Consumer and Provider Perspectives on Benefits and Concerns; Recommendations for Oversight
Analyses of questionnaires sent to consumers across the country and providers in New York State.
Subacute Care in Nursing Homes: What You Should Know for Those Seeking Subacute Care or Traditional Nursing Home Care
What is subacute care? What are the concerns and benefits? What questions to ask. For consumers and those working with consumers.
An Easy-to Read Guide for Residents, Families and Staff: Rules and Regulations Governing New York State Nursing Homes
The rules nursing homes must follow in lay language. 1995.
The Nursing Home Enforcement System in New York State: Does It Work?
Analysis of the New York survey system, deficiencies and enforcement actions.
New York State’s Nursing Home Industry Profit. Losses, Expenditures and Quality
Includes differences in sponsorship, location and size
The Nursing Home Complaint System: Does It Work?
Analyses, by location, of the complaint system in New York State.
Consumers’ Guide to Nursing Home Care: The Use of Restraints
Consumers’ Guide to Nursing Home Care: The Use of Restraints. A brochure for nursing home residents and their families; written a number of years ago, but still relevant. It explains when restraints can and cannot be used and lists the rights that residents and family members have. It has a checklist for identifying abuse […]
Measuring the Quality of Resident-Staff Interactions
Measuring the Quality of Resident-Staff Interactions. This is a questionnaire, developed under a New York State Department of Health grant, to use with nursing home residents to measure the quality of resident-staff interactions.