“Mine own countree”: quality of care in nursing homes Page 1 Editorials Éditoriaux And now, all
in mine own countree, I stood on the firm land! — Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the …

QUALITY OF care is now firmly on the Government's agenda. Soon the National Institute of
Clinical Excellence will be launched. The quality of care provided is especially important in …

Leah Curtin, DSc (h), RN, FAAN, has been a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing
since 1982. One of only two pairs of sisters (Jeanne Clement, EdD, FAAN, is her sister) ever …

The challenges of improving quality of care in nursing homes have been ongoing since
publication of the 1986 Institute of Medicine's report, Improving the Quality of Care in …

The number of persons 65 years of age and older increased from 25.7 million in 1980 to
34.7 million in the year 2000. This age group is projected to reach 69.4 million persons by …

Jean Chouinard's1 comment that nursing home “quality of care should be measured… on
an ongoing basis” deserves applause. However, to characterize the Miminimum Data Set …

Jean Chouinard's1 comment that nursing home “quality of care should be measured… on
an ongoing basis” deserves applause. However, to characterize the Miminimum Data Set …

Long term care for elderly people in the United Kingdom is increasingly provided by nursing
homes in the independent sector. Between 1983 and 1994 the number of National Health …

Key Words lonp-tmn care ursing home care accounts for 12% of health-N care expenditures
in the United States, yet serious concerns remain about the quality of care provided in these …

Are you involved in quality improvement? As a medical director, primary care clinician, or
other health professional working in a nursing home, you should be. If you are not, it is time …