Introduction
Nursing homes provide short-term postacute skilled nursing facility and rehabilitative care after hospital discharge. They also provide care to those in need of long-term services and support as a result of frailty, disability, functional decline, and cognitive deficit. Ensuring quality care in nursing homes poses a particular problem for policymakers. People served by nursing homes are by definition vulnerable and poorly positioned to advocate for themselves; more than half are cognitively impaired. While family members can act as advocates for some, many families are overwhelmed by their caregiving responsibilities, and a few take advocacy beyond the personal level to the political. Consequently, pressure on policymakers to improve nursing home quality has been inconsistent. Nonetheless, nursing homes attract policy attention because they comprise a large and growing...
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Hefele, J.G., Nadash, P., Miller, E.A. (2018). Public Reports of Nursing Home Quality. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3305-1
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