FOLLOWING NATIONAL ACADEMIES’ RECOMMENDATIONS WILL DRAMATICALLY IMPROVE NURSING HOME QUALITY
Independent committee recommends policy and practice changes to bolster workforce, enhance quality and ensure resident safety
View a video statement from Dr. Fulmer
“This is an important moment for older adults and the people who care for them. As the past two years have made plain, we need comprehensive and profound change to improve America’s nursing homes. A radical transformation is needed to make them places that consistently provide safe, high-quality care, and a setting where people want to live and work.
“This groundbreaking consensus study from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) provides a clear path to guide the transformation that is needed. It has been more than 35 years since the last large-scale report assessed nursing home challenges, and as COVID-19 demonstrated, the need for reform is urgent and undeniable.
“This report offers seven goals with actionable recommendations to bolster the nursing home workforce, enhance quality and equity, and ensure that what matters most to nursing home residents and their families is respected.
“Everyone wants excellence in long-term care for our families, friends and ourselves. This report shows the way. Legislators, regulators and community leaders must follow it to keep the promise of better care for those who live and work in nursing homes.”
- Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN
President, The John A. Hartford Foundation
The National Imperative to Improve Nursing Home Quality: Honoring Our Commitment to Residents, Families, and Staff from the NASEM Committee on the Quality of Care in Nursing Homes was funded by The John A. Hartford Foundation, the Commonwealth Fund, the Sephardic Foundation on Aging and the Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation.
Video Statement from Dr. Fulmer
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About The John A. Hartford Foundation:
The John A. Hartford Foundation, based in New York City, is a private, nonpartisan, national philanthropy dedicated to improving the care of older adults. For more than three decades, the organization has been the leader in building a field of experts in aging and testing and replicating innovative approaches to care. The Foundation has three areas of emphasis: creating age-friendly health systems, supporting family caregivers, and improving serious illness and end-of-life care. Working with its grantees, the Foundation strives to change the status quo and create a society where older adults can continue their vital contributions. For more information, visit www.johnahartford.org.