This is for this week’s discussion board:

1) What is quality in nursing homes and other LTSS settings? How can you recognize it? One way to measure quality is through report cards. How useful are these report cards and do you think that consumers can use these tools effectively? Why or why not?

2) Based on the articles about fraud, abuse, and quality concerns prior to and even more so during COVID, what can be done to ensure that facilities who serve highly vulnerable people offer high quality?

3) What agency (or agencies) licenses nursing facilities in your selected state? What about residential care such as assisted living? For those of you working in facilities: How do you feel about the MDS 3.0 as a means to measure characteristics of those you serve and as a means to compare facilities? (The question about MDS 3.0 is optional to answer)