Navigation Links
New From the Heinz Family Philanthropies: 10 Questions and Valuable Answers to Help Families Manage Long-Term Care
Date:6/3/2009

ith supportive services, have you asked your providers who will monitor the services for effectiveness and quality?

Fact: If you are residing in a community setting with in-home care or community supports (e.g., transportation, adult day care, housework), it is important to know in advance who monitors these services and what procedures the service provider uses to evaluate their effectiveness, quality of care, and the process for making improvements.

6. Do you know whether or not the person who will provide you with personal services has a healthy and happy workplace environment?

Fact: Your high-quality care is dependent upon your "direct care worker" having adequate compensation, appropriate training, a reasonable workload, and respect from colleagues and clients. Learn more from the "Better Jobs Better Care" web site.

Web resource: www.bjbc.org

7. Are you familiar with the "continuous quality improvement" (CQI) process?

Fact: The CQI process involves: a) collecting information, b) figuring out any problems, c) identifying strengths and weaknesses, d) taking action for improved performance, and e) tracking outcomes and starting the process over. Your involvement in this process will allow you to help your providers deliver appropriate, effective, and adequate services or products. You can learn more about this process from the National Association for Healthcare Quality.

Web resource: www.nahq.org

8. Are you aware of the importance of "catching someone doing something good?"

Fact: Catching someone doing something good, and saying so, establishes your credibility and fairness. Then, if you later need to ask that worker for a change to improve the quality of care, they
'/>"/>

SOURCE Heinz Family Philanthropies
Copyright©2009 PR Newswire.
All rights reserved

0

GOOD

Page: 1 2 3 4 5

Related medicine news :

1. Heinz Family Philanthropies (www.heinzfamily.org) Release New Facts About Cards, Highlighting Questions Families Should Ask About Long-Term Care -- 10 Questions to Answer... (www.tenquestionstoanswer.org)
2. Heinz Family Philanthropies (www.heinzfamily.org) Release Questions Families Should Ask About Long-Term Care - 10 Questions to Answer...(www.tenquestionstoanswer.org)
3. New From the Heinz Family Philanthropies: 10 New Questions Families Should Ask Before Choosing Long-Term Care
4. Work-Family Conflict Dogs Air Force Women After Deployment
5. Work-Family Conflict Dogs Air Force Women After Deployment
6. Isolation of a new gene family essential for early development
7. Lake Elsinore Family Caregiver Receives Free Power Wheelchair From The SCOOTER Store
8. Family-based treatment more effective than supportive psychotherapy in treating bulimia
9. R. P. Simmons Family Foundation Pledges $2 Million for New Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Campus
10. BlueCare(R) Family Plan, a HUSKY Health Plan from Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Connecticut, Raises Awareness, Funds and Diapers for New Haven Diaper Bank
11. Regional Center of Orange County Expands Family Support Resources to Meet Growing Needs
Post Your Comments:
*Name:
*Comment:
*Email:
(Date:6/19/2013)... available in Spanish . ... diseases, it goes by the name of the 10/90 gap: ... to conditions that accounted for 90 per cent of the ... the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) came into being ... has been granted the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award ...
(Date:6/19/2013)... no-strings sexual encounters are increasingly common on college ... others to "hook up"? A new study by ... and Preventive Medicine, published online by the ... certain factors and behaviors associated with sexual hookups, ... the potential for negative emotional and physical health ...
(Date:6/19/2013)... June 19, 2013 The ... neurologists, neurosurgeons, psychiatrists and urologists with specialists in ... team works with patients and their family members ... quality of life. Patients also have the opportunity ... and research. , “Movement disorders can be relentlessly ...
(Date:6/19/2013)... repairing damage to the genetic material DNA become a ... those compounds are sparking optimism as potential treatments for ... BRCA, a gene that made headlines when actress Angelina ... PARP inhibitors, are the topic of the cover story ... News . C&EN is the weekly news magazine of ...
(Date:6/19/2013)... 19, 2013 North Carolina-based life ... changes to advance development of its technologies. , ... support the advanced development of our product candidates ... the Company’s management structure and engaged industry leaders ... announced that Michael Galiger will serve as Vice ...
Breaking Medicine News(10 mins):Health News:DNDi receives the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Development Cooperation 2Health News:DNDi receives the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Development Cooperation 3Health News:DNDi receives the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Development Cooperation 4Health News:DNDi receives the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Development Cooperation 5Health News:Why are some college students more likely to 'hook up'? 2Health News:Abington Memorial Hospital’s Neurosciences Institute Opens Movement Disorders Center 2Health News:Entegrion Announces Organizational Changes to Support Advanced Product Development 2Health News:Entegrion Announces Organizational Changes to Support Advanced Product Development 3
... provided a grant of $6 million for the Florida ... work for dyslexia in children.// The schedule involves ... ,The grant will fund the creation of a National ... FSU. The center, which will be one of only ...
... with breast cancer have warned others to be wary of ... given a clean diagnosis in spite of having cancer.// ... Naismith, 52, and Sandra Harley, 48, explained that they were ... clear by BreastScreen Queensland. They have now hired one of ...
... Researchers have confirmed that their studies on bacteria that ... widespread and persistent ear infections// that irritate kids, which ... is pointless. ,Otitis media, a condition of ... to visit doctor and or antibiotic prescriptions in the ...
... Researchers from the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center ... the necessity of a caesarean section //in pregnant woman ... The UT Southwestern study is the first large-scale confirmation ... the last month of pregnancy, the researchers said. ...
... Autism is one of the leading developmental disability. Statistics show ... In US there is a 10-17% increase in the disease ... studied widely and its symptoms known to everyone the cause ... new model of the brain developed by Dr. Stephen Grossberg, ...
... advances, differences in the treatment given to male and ... study has found//. ,In all, the study ... from hospitals' quality-improvement measures -- and were less likely ... about smoking, diet and exercise that have been proven ...
Cached Medicine News:Health News:Research Fund for FSU to Eradicate Dyslexia 2Health News:BreastScreen Australia Is Being Sued Towards Medical Negligence 2Health News:‘Biofilms’-Clumped Bacterial Slime Cause Ear Infecti 2Health News:Valtrex Prevents the Need for C-Section among Women Infected With Genital Herpes 2Health News:iSTART Brain Model Reveals the possible Cause of Autism 2Health News:iSTART Brain Model Reveals the possible Cause of Autism 3Health News:Heart Attack Care Continues To Be Biased In Favor Of Men 2Health News:Heart Attack Care Continues To Be Biased In Favor Of Men 3
(Date:6/19/2013)... , June 19, 2013   BioCision ... sample standardization and handling in many areas of ... of new patents by the U.S. Patent Office ... products developed to standardize sample handling to ensure ... results in common laboratory procedures. ...
(Date:6/19/2013)... , June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ ... has recently added DrugPatentWatch to its ... http://www.bharatbook.com/drugpatentwatch-tour.pdf )      (Logo: ... comprehensive information on pharmaceutical, drug patents ... supports the critical business functions of ...
(Date:6/19/2013)... , June 19, 2013 Amerivet Solutions, ... servicing all branches of government from Federal to ... expanded their facilities to include complex metal design ... fabricated some very complex aluminum parts for the ... expand our capabilities to service government contracts," states ...
Breaking Medicine Technology:BioCision Announces Two New U.S. Patents for Thermo-Conductive Products that Standardize Sample Handling in Laboratory Research 2Drug Patent Watch 2Drug Patent Watch 3Amerivet Solutions Expands to Manufacture Complex Metal Designs 2
... national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader ... offers an extensive test menu of highly ... and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University ... than half of the nation's university teaching ...
... national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader ... offers an extensive test menu of highly ... and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University ... than half of the nation's university teaching ...
... ARUP Laboratories is a national reference ... laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an ... unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic ... ARUP Laboratories' clients include more than half ...
... a national reference laboratory and a worldwide ... ARUP offers an extensive test menu of ... clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the ... more than half of the nation's university ...
Medicine Products: