Advancing Excellence in America's Nursing Homes
NCHCFA supports Advancing Excellence in America's Nursing Homes, a two-year campaign to improve the quality of care and quality of life for those living or recuperating in America's nursing homes. This groundbreaking national initiative aims to demonstrate measurable changes in care and employee support.Focusing on how we care for elderly and disabled citizens, this voluntary campaign seeks to:
- Monitor key indicators of nursing home care quality
- Promote excellence in caregiving for nursing home residents
- Acknowledge the critical role nursing home staff have in providing long-term care
Launched in September 2006, the campaign's unprecedented coalition includes long-term care providers, caregivers, medical and quality improvement experts, government agencies, consumers and others.
Founders of the Advancing Excellence Campaign
Advancing Excellence is a collaborative effort founded by these organizations:
- Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care
- American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSA)
- American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators (AANAC)
- American College of Health Care Administrators (ACHCA)
- American Health Care Association (AHCA)
- American Medical Directors Association (AMDA)
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and its contractors, the Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs)
- The Commonwealth Fund
- The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society
- National Association of Health Care Assistants (NAHCA)
- National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform (NCCNHR)
- National Commission for Quality Long-Term Care
Learn more about the Advancing Excellence campaign http://www.nhqualitycampaign.org/