A National Strategy to Improve Nursing Home Quality, Advancing Moving Forward Coalition Priorities and the Teaching Nursing Homes Model, Phase III
Grant Summary
Two initiatives will advance a national strategy to improve nursing home quality through nursing education and nationwide scaling of proven age-friendly care initiatives. Together, the initiatives will also advance the development and consideration of a CMS age-friendly nursing home quality measure.
- The Moving Forward Nursing Home Quality Coalition (Grantee: LeadingAge; PI: Jennifer Baker; $1,400,000 for 2 years; starts 2027) will continue to strengthen the national advocacy infrastructure needed to improve nursing home quality and create tools to support nursing home resident councils, improve Certified Nursing Assistant career pathways, and embed residents’ goals, preferences and priorities into care, operations and policy.
- The Teaching Nursing Home Collaborative (Grantee: Health Careers Futures, Jewish Healthcare Foundation; PI: Nancy D. Zionts; $1,219,660 for 3 years) will engage 1,500 nursing homes to advance nursing student placements and academic partnerships, and assist 500 nursing homes in achieving Age-Friendly Health Systems recognition.
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Grant Details
Organization
LeadingAge and Health Careers Futures, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Grant Amount
$2,619,660
Grant Period
36 months
Approval Date
June 2026
Priority Area
Status
Renewed
Primary Contact
Jennifer Baker, Nancy D. Zionts
jbaker@movingforwardcoalition.org
zionts@jhf.org
Program Officer
Jane Carmody
