Advancing Excellence - Campaign Milestones
October 2006 through October 2009
- Created an unprecedented coalition of 28 organizations representing nursing home providers, nurses, caregivers/support staff, medical directors, quality improvement experts, consumers, government agencies and foundations.
- Recruited over 7,600 nursing homes – 47% of all nursing homes in the U.S. – to commit to working on at least three Campaign goals, generally in areas where they most needed improvement. Nursing homes that registered for the Campaign improved faster in clinical goals than homes that did not participate.
- Achieved registration of at least 60% of nursing homes in 15 states, with two states reaching 100% participation. Twenty-two states have 50% or greater participation.
- Recruited 2,200 consumers to join the Campaign to promote excellence in the quality of life and quality of care for nursing home residents.
- Established an infrastructure of 49 Local Area Networks for Excellence (LANEs), which exists in almost every state to provide peer support, information, best practices and technical assistance to Campaign participants.
- Demonstrated measurable progress toward reducing the prevalence of pressure ulcers, reducing the use of physical restraints, and improving pain management for long-term and short-stay nursing home residents. The Campaign’s national objective for reducing physical restraint use was achieved, allowing it to set a lower rate as a new goal for the coming year.
- Received grants and support from recognized leaders in quality improvement, including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and The Commonwealth Fund.
- Developed an easy-to-use web site to provide free, practical and evidence-based resources to support quality improvement efforts in America’s nursing homes and engage consumers and nursing home staff in the Campaign.
- Obtained news coverage in The New York Times, the Dallas Morning News, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The Arizona Republic and an Associated Press article that was published in more than 100 newspapers and in trade publications including McKnight’s Long-Term Care News; Modern Healthcare and Contemporary Long-Term Care.
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