Improving the Quality of Long-Term Care (2001) / Chapter Skim
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Pages 299-306
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Della Penna, M.D., holds several concurrent positions: assistant clinical Professor of medicine, University of California (San Diego) School of Medicine; physician-in-charge of continuing care services, home health, and hospice with the San Diego Kaiser Permanente Medical Program; and regional elder care coordinator for the Southern California Permanente Medical Program and national clinical lead of Kaiser Permanente's Care Management Institute's Elder Care Initiative.
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Feldman served on the faculties of the Kennedy School of Government and the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health, where she continues as visiting lecturer. At VNSNY, she directs research projects focused on improving the quality, outcomes, and cost-effectiveness of home-based care; supporting informed policy making by federal, state, and local decision makers; promoting equitable access and outcomes for older persons, especially those who are disadvantaged; and strengthening methods for home care research.
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Presently, she leads a national study on "Measurement, Indicators, and Improvement of the Quality of Life in Nursing Homes" and a national study on the "Home Care/Assisted Living Connection." Dr. Kane has served on the IOM Committee on Nursing Home Regulation, 1983-1985, its Committee to Evaluate the LTC Ombudsman Programs (1993-1994)
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He was one of the authors of the congressionally mandated Minimum Data Set for nursing home resident assessment and has published widely on a range of topics in gerontology including hospice, physical functioning, longterm care, cancer treatment patterns, patient outcomes, and residential care facilities. Vivian Omagbemi, M.S., R.N., is the long-term care ombudsman for the Montgomery County Aging and Disability Services in Rockville, Maryland, a position she has held since 1983.
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She served as an impact assessment adviser to the Health Care Financing Administration administrator on the implementation of nursing home enforcement regulations and has testified on nursing home quality of care issues before the Senate Special Committee on Aging. She previously served with HCFA, where she was involved with the survey and certification programs for nursing homes, home health, and end-stage renal disease.
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Schnelle, Ph.D., is director of the UCLA-lewish Home Borun Center, and research health scientist, Veterans Administration Medical Center Sepulveda. His research has focused on ways to improve quality health care for nursing home residents.
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Before that, he worked for the Health Care Financing Administration, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, the Congressional Budget Office, the New York State Moreland Act Commission on Nursing Homes and Residential Facilities, and the New York City Department of Health.
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She was responsible for designing, developing, and managing the State of Oregon's first assisted living residence along with the state's first Medicaid-eligible assisted living residence. She serves on the Board of the American Society on Aging, is chair of Assisted Living Federation of America, and is a member of the Portland State University Foundation Board.
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