Nursing Home Compare

Go to (http://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/search.html)  and search for a nursing facility that you have visited in the past.   If you have never visited a nursing facility in the United States,  select one from Bowling Green, ky (zip code 42101) or your hometown.

  1. Note how your selected nursing facility rates in each of the following quality measurement categories:
    1. Health Inspections
    2. Staffing
    3. Quality Measures
  2. Explore the website further and review the data for each measurement category. Then answer the following
  3. Which of these performance measures do you believe is most important to potential customers of healthcare services?  Why?
  4. Which performance measure is least important to the consumers?  Why?
  5. Should consumers use this website as part of their process to select a nursing facility? Why or why not?
  6. What other factors, data, information or methods should a consumer seek out and utilize when choosing a nursing facility?
  7. If you have visited this nursing facility, do you agree with the ratings it has received by CMS?

Research Component.

  1. Find a full article source on  Google Scholar or in WKU libraries that discuss a topic relative to this  discussion, such as health inspection ratings in nursing homes, quality  of care in nursing homes, innovative practices, staffing ratios in  nursing homes, safety concerns, law suits, etc.
  2. Utilize this article within your paper,  tying the information you found with this article as you review and  analyze and think critically about what you are reading about the  facility you have selected.
  3. Cite this reference at the end of your  discussion board post in proper APA format and be sure to reference it  at least once within your post.

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Nursing Home Compare

Follow the following steps and then answer the questions below:

Step 1: Access the Nursing Home Compare website at:

 

https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/search.html?

 

Step 2: Enter a location (city and state or state only) and then click “search.”

 

Step 3: Select two nursing homes (preferably at least one you have visited) and click “add to compare” for each one.

 

Step 4: Scroll back to the top of the page and select “compare now.”

 

Step 5: Multiple tabs will appear with information about the two nursing homes you selected to include: general information, quality ratings, health inspects, staffing, etc.  Take some time to review this information and note what you found interesting or what information causes you to have additional questions.

 

Questions: Respond thoughtfully to the following questions. Simple statement responses are not acceptable – put some thought and scholarly insight into your responses.  This is a college level course, not high school, so you are expected to have educated responses.

 

·         Were you aware that this information was publicly available?

·         What information did you uncover that did not surprise you?

·         What information did you find that was surprising or interesting or a learning experience for you?

·         How accurate and reliable do you believe this data is?  Does it give an adequate representation of a nursing home setting for someone that is trying to choose a facility in which to receive services?  Even if this information is beneficial for nursing home selection, what other steps should a person take to before choosing place for services?
·         How could this website/information on Nursing Home Compare be further improved for general public use?

 

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