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Hearings, Reports and Briefs
Testimony and Hearings
Aging Committee Hearing "Person-Centered Care: Reforming Services Bringing Older Citizens Back to the Heart of Society" July 23, 2008
Featuring testimony by Dr. William Thomas, MD and Robert Jenkens, Director, Green House Project, NCB Capital.
Congressional Testimony, May 15, 2008
Mary Jane Koren, M.D., M.P.H., of The Commonwealth Fund leads the Picker/Commonwealth Program on Quality of Care for Frail Elders. She is also chair of the Advancing Excellence in America's Nursing Homes campaign Steering Committee for 2008. Invited Congressional testimony, Moving to a Higher Level: How Collaboration and Cooperation Can Improve Nursing Home Quality, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, "In the Hands of Strangers: Are Nursing Homes Safeguards Working?," from May 15, 2008.
Alliance for Health Reform Briefing, October 19, 2007
Bonnie Kantor, Executive Director of Pioneer Network, served on the panel for "Changing the Culture and Improving Quality: Innovations in Long-Term Care."
National Commission for Quality Long-Term Care Hearing, July 22, 2005
Co -Chairs Bob Kerrey and Newt Gingrich listened to invited testimony from leaders in the field of long-term care including Rose Marie Fagan of Pioneer Network.
Reports
Public Policy and Aging Report
National Academy on an Aging Society
Health, United States, 2007 with Chartbook on Trends in the Health of Americans
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Out of Order Out of Time The State of the Nation's Health Workforce
Association of Academic Health Centers
Health Care Opinion Leaders' Views on the Future of Long-Term Care
M. Doty, M. J. Koren, and K. Davis, The Commonwealth Fund, July 2008
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics, Aging Reports
National Commission For Quality Long-Term Care, December 2007
"From Isolation to Integration: Recommendations to Improve Quality in Long-Term Care."
Nursing Home Staffing Standards in State Statutes and Regulations
by Charlene Harrington, Ph.D.
State Chart Book on Wages for Personal and Home Care Aides, 1999-2006
Prepared by PHI
Additional Reports
Briefs
AHRQ Agency Healthcare Research and Quality - 2007 State Snapshots
Examining each state's healthcare quality compared to national rates or best performing states.
Occupational Projections for Direct-Care Workers from PHI based on Bureau of Labor Statistics Data
Direct-Care Jobs & Long-Term Care: Untapped Engine for Job Creation & Economic Growth
PHI Issue Brief
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