Projects in progress under cooperative agreement with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS):
- Implement and evaluate the Quality Improvement Program for Missouri's Long-Term Care Facilities (QIPMO). Assist nursing facilities and residential care facilites with quality improvement efforts to improve resident outcomes
(description)
- Provide staffing analyses for facilities and DHSS staff upon request
(description)
- Support educational activities of the industry (Statewide Planing Commitee for Improving MDS Assessment and Use)
(description)
- Predict which facilities are most at risk for a major quality of care events
(description)
- Evaluate and test a method for calculating staff retention
(description)
Projects completed under cooperative agreement with DHSS
- Evaluated the effectiveness of the QIPMO project
(description)
- Evaluated the effectiveness of measuring nursing home care quality using MDS quality indicators (QIs) (Missouri "Show-me" reports) and other quality measures (nursing home acuity levels and staffing) (description)
- Conducted validation studies to determine the accuracy of the MDS QIs
(description)
- Conducted statewide study of longitudinal "Show-me QI reports" and educational support for quality improvement for nursing homes in Missouri (description)
- Determined an effective report format for displaying MDS QI information
(description)
Other Projects in Progress or Under Development:
- Technology to Automatically Detect Falls and Assess Fall Risk in Senior Housing (description)
- CPS: Medium: Active Heterogeneous Sensing for Fall Detection and Fall Risk Assessment (description)
- Technology to Automatically Detect Early Signs of Illness in Senior Housing (description)
- The Effects of Acute Events on ADL Trajectories of Nursing Home Residents (description)
- Assessing the Relationship Between IT Sophistication and Nursing Home Quality (description)
- Technology Interventions for Elders with Mobility and Cognitive Impairments (description)
- Automated Video Sensor Network for Eldercare (description)
- A Smart Carpet for Monitoring Safety of Older Adults with Alzheimer’s Disease (description)
- Multilevel Intervention to Improve Nursing Home Outcomes (description)
- Evaluate "Aging in Place" (description)
- Elder-Centered Recognition Technology for the Assessment of Physical Function (description)
- Analyses of End of Life care in Missouri nursing homes (description)
- Technology to Enhance Aging in Place at TigerPlace (description)
- Continue to evaluate Quality Indicators to improve quality of care (description)
Other Projects Completed
- Building interdisciplinary geriatric health care research centers (description)
- Evaluate the effectiveness of providing technology to improve medication safety in nursing homes (AHRQ-funded)
(description)
- Study the perfusion, symptoms, and healing of leg ulcers (NINR-funded) (description)
- Conducted focus groups with providers and experts in nursing home care to define and develop a theoretical model of nursing home care quality (description)
- Conducted focus groups with consumers (residents and families) of nursing home care to define and develop a theoretical model of nursing home care quality from their point of view (description)
- Explored the relationship between the processes of care in place in facilities and their care quality, resident outcomes, costs, and staffing (NINR-funded) (description)
- Conducted a study of outcomes of lower respiratory infections in nursing home residents (AHCPR-funded) (description)
- Further evaluated the Missouri MDS QI Feedback Intervention Study (description)
- Conducted cost analysis and examined the relationship of cost of care to quality
(description)
- Refine an instrument to measure "Observable Indicators of Nursing Home Care Quality" (NINR-funded) (description)
- Evaluate the effect of electronic bedside patient record keeping
on nursing home quality improvement programs (description) (final report)
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