Therapeutic Environment Screening Survey For Nursing Homes (TESS-NH)

Therapeutic Environment Screening Survey For Nursing Homes (TESS-NH) The TESS-NH is an observational instrument that gathers systematic data on the physical environment of a long-term care facility. The TESS-NH contains over 80 specific items measuring characteristics that are believed to be of importance to persons with Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders. The TESS-NH was designed… Read more »

A Manual for Community-Based Participatory Research: Using Research to Improve Practice and Inform Policy in Assisted Living-Based Participatory Research

In partnership with the Center for Excellence in Assisted Living (CEAL), researchers in the Program on Aging, Disability, and Long-Term Care are announcing publication of a first-of-its-kind manual to improving practices and informing policies in assisted living communities through the use of a collaborative method of research – community-based participatory research (CBPR). A Manual for… Read more »

FY2011 North Carolina Hospital Discharge Data Now Available

FY2011 North Carolina Hospital Discharge Data are now available for use by academic researchers.  Please click here to visit our webpages for more information.  Inpatient, Ambulatory Surgery and Emergency Department databases are available. The NC Hospital Discharge Data are not public information, but a searchable public version of the NC data is available through HCUP.net . … Read more »

Sheps Center Annual Report 2008-2009

Initially, the mission of the Sheps Center is discussed, followed by a narrative review of its research, technical assistance, and training activities. The research and technical assistance activities are described by program area, followed by a description of the Center‘s graduate and postgraduate education activities and the library and informational services available. The next sections… Read more »

County Estimates of the Number of Uninsured in North Carolina 2005 Update

North Carolina Uninsured 2005 NC Legislative District Estimates of the Number of Uninsured in North Carolina Percent of North Carolinians Aged 0-64 Without Health Insurance MAP Percent of North Carolinians Aged 0-64 Without Health Insurance by Senate District MAP Percent of North Carolinians Aged 0-64 Without Health Insurance by House District MAP

Better Jobs Better Care Executive Summary

Direct care workers provide an estimated 70 to 80 percent of the paid hands-on long term care and personal assistance for Americans who are elderly, chronically ill or live with disabilities. Direct care worker refers to a category of workers in various long-term care settings who are the frontline workers on care teams. Their jobs… Read more »

Rural-Urban Differences in the Rate of Health Insurance Coverage

Although national estimates of health insurance coverage rates typically show little or no difference between rural and urban areas in the per cent of residents with health insurance, if only individuals below the age of 65 are considered, rural residents are more likely to lack health insurance. When individual states are considered, rural residents are… Read more »