Advancing Excellence in America's Nursing Homes

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

advancing excellence in america's nursing homes

advancing excellence in america's nursing homes is a national campaign to encourage, assist and empower nursing homes to improve the quality of care and life for residents.

comprised of long term care providers, medical professionals, consumers, employees, and state and federal agencies, ae is the largest and first coalition of its kind to measure quality by setting clinical and organizational goals for nursing homes.

the coalition stimulates quality improvements by providing nursing homes with free, current and practical evidence-based resources, empowering residents and their families with education, and helping participants reach their targets. homes can compare their progress with state and national averages. view the list of coalition leaders.

[Nascar nurse, ASN, RN]

I just wish someone would look into mandatory staffing ratios for LTC.

[tewdles, RN]

The homes with goals of excellence will likely make good use of these resources. The homes with goals of increasing profit margin will largely ignore any measures which cost money.