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Working Hard to Improve Patient Care
The SCAN Foundation, an independent not-for-profit charitable foundation - with a mission focused exclusively on long-term care - issued a new report in Jan. 2012 entitled Nursing Facilities in California highlighting improvements in the delivery of long-term care services. Read how California nursing facilities scored better than the national average in staffing, turnover and number of deficiencies.
2011 Scorecard
A new scorecard ranks California 15th in the nation for the delivery of services and support to older adults, but there is room for improvement.
2011 Scorecard
Lawsuits Do Not Improve Nursing Home Care
It stands to reason that a good nursing facility should face less of a threat of lawsuits that a poor performer, but that's not the case. A 2011 study in the New England Journal of Medicine concludes higher quality nursing homes get sued almost as often as lower quality facilities.
Follow the money
California is in the top 10 states when it comes to putting Medicaid dollars into home and community-based care versus skilled nursing care. Kaiser Family Foundation
Getting Grandma Wired
The NetSquared community recently posted a list of social media websites that are suitable for retired folks who want to stay active online. Here's a link to the article.
Rehabilitation in Skilled Nursing Centers 
Check out our latest videos featuring a rehabilitation facility in Fresno, an ilounge in Concord and other trends and innovations designed to improve the quality of life for residents of skilled nursing facilities in California.
If you have a successful resident-centered program in your facility let us know! We'll consider featuring it here.
CAHF Press Releases
Long-Term Care Facts and Stats