An 18-month program combining leadership training and quality assurance education is being credited with reducing turnover and improving resident safety and quality of life. The Moving Forward ...

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Two and a half years ago, the National Academies dropped a massive report eviscerating the financing and quality of nursing homes in the US, setting seven major goals researchers said would help ...