QIPMO Program

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) convened a committee in Fall 2020 to address the quality of nursing home care with three specific tasks: (1) examine how our nation delivers, regulates, finances, and measures the quality of nursing home care; (2) delineate a framework and general principles for improving the quality of care in nursing homes; and (3) consider the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on nursing home care. The Committee comprised 17 members, including six nurses. Over a period of 18 months, the Committee held numerous meetings, including public forums with key stakeholders, conducted extensive reviews of the evidence, and produced a report with seven goals along with recommendations specific to those goals. The complete report is available in print and online (NASEM, 2022). The following discussion describes the seven goals, which address Tasks 1 and 2. With regard to Task 3, the Committee’s conclusion was that the COVID-19 pandemic made evident the long-standing deficiencies in nursing home care in the United States. As a family caregiver stated in her testimony to the committee, “The pandemic has lifted the veil on what has been an invisible social ill for decades.” The pandemic resulted in high rates of mortality for residents and staff and shed light on each area described in the Committee’s recommendations.

Alexander, G.L., Travers, J., Galambos, C., Rantz, M., Ferrell, B., & Stevenson, D. (2022). Strategic recommendations for higher quality nursing home care in the United States: The NASEM report. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 48(11), 3-6.

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November 2022

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August 2022

Over five decades in nursing, Marilyn Rantz has done it all. She’s gone from working one-on-one with patients and serving as an administrator to spending the last 30 years working as a professor and researcher. She’s quite the grant writer, too, having generated more than $100 million for the University of Missouri.

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American Heart Association News, May 6, 2022. Written by Tate Gunnerson.

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May 2022

The National Imperative to Improve Nursing Home Quality: Honoring Our Commitment to Residents, Families, and Staff

The Committee on the Quality of Care in Nursing Homes began their work in the fall of 2020 at a pivotal time when a bright light had been cast on care delivered in nursing homes because of the COVID-19 pandemic. While much of society previously had little awareness of the care delivered in nursing homes, the evening news channels and social media projected daily images of the pandemic’s impact and of the inadequate care that put the safety of both residents and staff at risk while distraught family members watched from afar as their frail older loved ones were kept in isolation. The committee worked to describe the care being delivered in nursing homes before the pandemic, now made manifest by the crisis.

Read the full report HERE! Or check out the highlights (summary document) HERE!

Press regarding the report release: Associated Press | McKnights Long-Term Care News | STAT | Modern Healthcare | ABC 17 (KMIZ) News

Marilyn Rantz, a Curators’ professor emerita at the MU Sinclair School of Nursing, is a member of the Committee on the Quality of Care in Nursing Homes. The panel was organized by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine and first met in the fall of 2020, according to a news release.

Read the full article about the committee’s report HERE!

KOMU News, April 18, 2022. Written by Hannah Norton.

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February 2022

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November 2021

MU Sinclair School of Nursing was well represented by two members of the QIPMO team in a June 2021 public webinar sponsored by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine to inform the national study currently being conducted by the Academies about the Quality of Care in Nursing Homes: www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/the-quality-of-care-in-nursing-homes.

QIPMO was invited to present about the statewide service provided to all the nursing homes in Missouri. It is a program funded by the MO Department of Health and Senior Services that was developed by research conducted by faculty of the Sinclair School of Nursing. The program began in 1999 and continues today to improve the quality of care of nursing home residents in Missouri.

View the presentation HERE!