Associations between Complaints and Organizational Characteristics among Ohio Nursing Homes
In recent years, Ohio nursing homes (NHs) have received an increasing number of complaints.
Xiao Qiu • Jenny Kwon • Robert A. Applebaum • Katherine M. Abbott • Jane Straker
Exploring the Criterion Validity of Pragmatic Person-Centered Care/Culture Change Measures
This study aims to assess the criterion validity of the Preferences for Everyday Living Inventory (PELI) Implementation Indicator with other culture change measures.
John R. Bowblis • Reese Moore • Jane Straker • Caroline Madrigal • Kimberly Van Haitsma • Miranda C. Kunkel • Katherine M. Abbott • Ian Matt Nelson
Understanding Nursing Home Complaints in Ohio
This study provides an initial look at the characteristics of Ohio nursing homes and their associated complaints.
Jane Straker • Katherine M. Abbott • Xiao Qui • Jenny Kwon • Robert A. Applebaum
A Process Evaluation of Developing Older Adult Research Advisory Boards in Long Term Care Settings
Older adults residing in long-term care settings can contribute their lived experience to informing the development and implementation of programs, interventions, practices, and policies that affec...
Rachel Lessem • Darby J. Morhardt • Amy R. Eisenstein • Hailee M. Yoshizaki-Gibbons • Katherine M. Abbott • Erin McGaffigan • Jane Straker • Marc A. Cohen • Rebecca L. H. Berman
Validation of the Chinese version of the resident satisfaction in long-term care facilities
Accurate measurements of resident satisfaction in long-term care settings can provide administrators with valuable information to improve the quality of care.
Qiwei Li • Jane Straker • Xiaoli Li • Stan Ingman • Chi Zhang • Liam O`Neill
How do Area Agencies on Aging Build Partnerships with Health Care Organizations?
Partnerships between health care and social service organizations may contribute to lower health care use and spending.
Chris Rubeo • Leslie A. Curry • Jane Straker • Emily Cherlin • Traci L. Wilson • Amanda L. Brewster • Adeola Ayedun
Advancing Partnerships: Contracting Between Community-based Organizations and Health Care Entities
This report provides additional findings from the 2021 Request for Information (RFI) survey about the current characteristics of community-based organization (CBO) contracts with health care partners.
Robert J. Graham • Jane Straker • Suzanne R. Kunkel • Abbe E. Lackmeyer (Abbe Linscott)
This study implemented an online survey of family members or friends of residents in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) from April 28 to June 19, 2020, using convenience sampling.
Mi Sun Choi • Jane Straker
Residential Care: An Emerging Sector of the Ohio System of Long-Term Services
This report utilized data from the Biennial Survey of Long-Term Care Facilities to show the expansive growth of residential care facilities and assisted living in Ohio over the last couple decades.
Jessica Yauk • Meghan Young • Ian Matt Nelson • Robert A. Applebaum • Jane Straker
Strengthening Ties: Contracting Between Community-Based Organizations and Health Care Entities
The Aging and Disability Business Institute (Business Institute), led by the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a), supports the business acumen of CBOs to enhance contracting with h...
Jane Straker • Traci L. Wilson • Suzanne R. Kunkel • Abbe E. Lackmeyer (Abbe Linscott)
Low retention of direct care workers (DCWs), either certified nursing assistants in nursing homes (NH) or personal care assistants in assisted living (AL), continues to be an unresolved problem.
Jane Straker • Robert A. Applebaum • John R. Bowblis • Katherine A. Kennedy
The family experience in long-term care during the COVID-19 visitation restriction
This report provides results from an online survey of families with residents in long-term care settings during the COVID-19 suspension of visiting to facilities.
Mi Sun Choi • Jane Straker
Policy does matter: Changing an unchangeable long-term services system
Because long-term services policy is largely driven by state decisions, this study examines the impact of state-level changes on Ohio's long-term services system.
Jane Straker • Katherine A. Kennedy • Robert A. Applebaum • Ian Matt Nelson
This report provides findings from a study of long-term services and supports utilization trends from 1993 to 2017.
Ian Matt Nelson • John R. Bowblis • Robert A. Applebaum • Jane Straker • A. Katherine Harrington
Dedicated Memory Care Units in Ohio's Long-Term Services Settings: Structure and Practices
This report provides information about memory care units in Ohio's nursing homes and residential care facilties.
Jane Straker • John R. Bowblis • Katherine A. Kennedy • A. Katherine Harrington
Culture change (CC) is an innovation to improve nursing home resident quality of life. Inconsistencies in how CC is measured make the interpretation of findings inconclusive.
J. Scott Brown • Katherine M. Abbott • Anjali B. K. • Jane Straker
Ohio Person-Centered Staff Engagement Project Evaluation
This report describes the Person-Centered Staff Engagement Project, funded by Resident Rights funds to the Ohio Department of Aging from the Ohio Department of Medicaid.
Cheyenne Kinsella • Xiao Qui • Jane Straker
Aging and Disability Business Institute: Final evaluation report
The Aging and Disability Business Institute (Business Institute), led by the National Association for Area Agencies on Aging (n4a), was established in 2016 with a mission to build and strengthen pa...
Abbe E. Lackmeyer (Abbe Linscott) • Jane Straker • Traci L. Wilson • Suzanne R. Kunkel
In 2018, the Scripps Gerontology Center conducted the ninth biennial Ohio Nursing Home and the second Ohio Residential Care Facility Family Satisfaction Surveys under a contract to the Ohio Departm...
Barbra J. Brottman • Leah M. Janssen • Jane Straker • Meghan Young • Ian Matt Nelson • Sara E. Stemen
Community-Based Organizations and Health Care Contracting: Building and Strengthening Partnerships
Community-based organizations (CBOs) such as Area Agencies on Aging and Centers for Independent Living are well-positioned within their communities to improve social determinants of health (housing...
Traci L. Wilson • Abbe E. Lackmeyer (Abbe Linscott) • Suzanne R. Kunkel • Jane Straker
The AgeWell program trains and employs able older adults to provide companionship to chronically ill older adults in the community.
Paul Flashpohler • Jane Straker • Ian Matt Nelson • Gordan Hannah
Although assessing individual consumer preferences is an important first step in providing person-centered care, the purpose of this study was to identify the top 10 shared preferences that are imp...
Rachel Klumpp • Katherine M. Abbott • Gerald C. Gannod • Jane Straker • Kimberly Van Haitsma • Kendall Leser
Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs)—which coordinate social services for older adults in communities across the US—regularly address social determinants of health, sometimes in partnership wi...
Suzanne R. Kunkel • Leslie A. Curry • Jane Straker • Amanda L. Brewster
Community-Based Organizations and Health Care Contracting
In 2016, the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a) received a grant from The John A. Hartford Foundation to develop a National Aging and Disability Business Institute.
Jane Straker • Erin Kelly • Suzanne R. Kunkel • Abbe E. Lackmeyer (Abbe Linscott)
This report summarizes the implementation process and results from the 2016 Family Satisfaction Surveys conducted in Ohio nursing homes and residential care facilities.
Ryan Shanley • Jane Straker • Jyotsana Parajuli • Danielle Eynon-Black • Karl Chow • Ian Matt Nelson
Report tracks use long-term services and supports utilization trends from 1993 to 2015.
Shahla Mehdizadeh • Robert A. Applebaum • Jane Straker • Ian Matt Nelson
The Caregiver Toolbox: Evaluation of a Workshop for Informal Caregivers
This report is an evaluation of a face-to-face group workshop designed for informal caregivers of older adults provided by the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging.
Jane Straker • Jennifer Heston-Mullins (Jennifer L. Heston)
The Residential Long-Term Care Role in Health Care Transitions
The objective of the current study is to describe the activities long-term care facilities are undertaking to reduce hospital admissions and readmissions by working to improve health care transitions.
Jane Straker • Robert A. Applebaum
This report describes a project to update consumer surveys for residents and families in Ohio's nursing homes and residential care facilities.
Kathryn McGrew • Jennifer Dibert • Candace Burch • AviElle Raymore • Jane Straker
The Role of the Family in Nursing Homes: Recommendations to Increase Family Satisfaction with Care
Families are important consumers of long-term care services who are likely to remain involved in the care of their resident loved one after placement.
Jane Straker • Amy Restorick Roberts
Implementation of the 2014 Ohio Nursing Home Family Satisfaction Survey
In 2014 the Scripps Gerontology Center conducted the 7th biennial Ohio Nursing Home Family Satisfaction Survey under a contract with the Ohio Dept. of Aging.
AviElle Raymore • Jane Straker • Karl Chow
This report documents two decades of progress in delivering long-term services in Ohio.
Shahla Mehdizadeh • Robert A. Applebaum • Ian Matt Nelson • Jane Straker
This research record highlights the findings from a national survey of the Title VI Organizations (TO).
Heather R. Reece • Kathryn McGrew • Suzanne R. Kunkel • Jane Straker
Describing and Assessing Leadership for Person-Centered Care: Final Project Report
This report provides brief highlights from a study of leadership in nursing homes with a person-centered or traditional approach to care.
Jane Straker • Heather R. Reece
The evolution, innovation, and future of Area Agencies on Aging
More than 600 area agencies on aging (AAA) provide locally responsive, coordinated services for older adults living in every community in the United States.
Jane Straker • Suzanne R. Kunkel
The Nursing Home Five Star Rating: How does it compare to resident and family views of care?
In 2008, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented a five-star rating system of nursing homes in the United States.
Robert A. Applebaum • Jane Straker
Long-term care facilities have been impacted by the economic downturn and other changes in the long-term care system.
Phyllis A. Cummins • Jane Straker
The reports below include population data, tables, and charts for the state of Ohio, the combined AAA, and individual listed counties.
Anthony R. Bardo • Shahla Mehdizadeh • Jane Straker • Suzanne R. Kunkel • Karl Chow • Wenxuan Huang
The reports below include population data, tables, and charts for the state of Ohio, the combined AAA, and individual listed counties.
Jane Straker • Suzanne R. Kunkel • Anthony R. Bardo • Wenxuan Huang • Karl Chow • Shahla Mehdizadeh
The reports below include population data, tables, and charts for the state of Ohio, the combined AAA, and individual listed counties.
Anthony R. Bardo • Jane Straker • Shahla Mehdizadeh • Suzanne R. Kunkel • Karl Chow • Wenxuan Huang
The reports below include population data, tables, and charts for the state of Ohio, the combined AAA, and individual listed counties.
Suzanne R. Kunkel • Jane Straker • Shahla Mehdizadeh • Karl Chow • Anthony R. Bardo • Wenxuan Huang
The reports below include population data, tables, and charts for the state of Ohio, the combined AAA, and individual listed counties.
Shahla Mehdizadeh • Jane Straker • Karl Chow • Wenxuan Huang • Anthony R. Bardo • Suzanne R. Kunkel
The reports below include population data, tables, and charts for the state of Ohio, the combined AAA, and individual listed counties.
Suzanne R. Kunkel • Jane Straker • Wenxuan Huang • Shahla Mehdizadeh • Karl Chow • Anthony R. Bardo
The reports below include population data, tables, and charts for the state of Ohio, the combined AAA, and individual listed counties.
Anthony R. Bardo • Karl Chow • Wenxuan Huang • Suzanne R. Kunkel • Jane Straker • Shahla Mehdizadeh
The reports below include population data, tables, and charts for the state of Ohio, the combined AAA, and individual listed counties.
Karl Chow • Shahla Mehdizadeh • Jane Straker • Wenxuan Huang • Suzanne R. Kunkel • Anthony R. Bardo
The reports below include population data, tables, and charts for the state of Ohio, the combined AAA, and individual listed counties.
Suzanne R. Kunkel • Anthony R. Bardo • Shahla Mehdizadeh • Karl Chow • Wenxuan Huang • Jane Straker
The reports below include population data, tables, and charts for the state of Ohio, the combined AAA, and individual listed counties.
Shahla Mehdizadeh • Karl Chow • Anthony R. Bardo • Wenxuan Huang • Suzanne R. Kunkel • Jane Straker
The reports below include population data, tables, and charts for the state of Ohio, the combined AAA, and individual listed counties.
Jane Straker • Anthony R. Bardo • Wenxuan Huang • Karl Chow • Shahla Mehdizadeh • Suzanne R. Kunkel
The reports below include population data, tables, and charts for the state of Ohio, the combined AAA, and individual listed counties.
Anthony R. Bardo • Karl Chow • Wenxuan Huang • Suzanne R. Kunkel • Jane Straker • Shahla Mehdizadeh
The National Aging Network Survey 2013 Results
The 2013 National Survey of Area Agencies on Aging builds on previous surveys to assess the evolving role of AAAs in the new health care delivery system.
Jane Straker • Heather R. Reece • Suzanne R. Kunkel
This longitudinal study, initiated by the General Assembly in 1993 and continuously funded by the Ohio Department of Aging, tracks how long-term utilization has changed over the past two decades in...
Jane Straker • Ian Matt Nelson • Malinda Deacon • Robert A. Applebaum • Shahla Mehdizadeh
Implementation of the 2012 Ohio Nursing Home Family Satisfaction Survey
In 2012, the Scripps Gerontology Center conducted the sixth biennial Ohio Nursing Home Family Satisfaction Survey under a contract to the Ohio Department of Aging.
Xi Pan • Karl Chow • Jane Straker • Karel Kalaw
While most daily care and assistance for Ohio’s older population is provided by family and friends, paid direct care workers such as nurses and home care aides provide much of the formal assi...
Emily Fox • Sarah G. Boehle • Ian Matt Nelson • Jane Straker
Bridging the Aging Network and Medical Community Survey: Care Transitions from Hospital to Home
With a grant from the Administration on Aging (AoA), the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a) partnered with the Scripps Gerontology Center to conduct the 2012 Bridging the Aging Ne...
Suzanne R. Kunkel • Elizabeth Carpio • Jane Straker
The majority of resident satisfaction surveys available for use in assisted living settings have been developed in the United States; however, empirical assessment of their measurement properties r...
Takashi Yamashita • Jane Straker • J. Scott Brown
Bridging the Aging Network and Medical Community: Survey Results
Older adults often need a full complement of services and supports to help them live independently while maintaining their physical or mental health.
Suzanne R. Kunkel • Jane Straker • Elizabeth Carpio
2011 Title VI Native American Programs Survey Results
Summary of a survey conducted in 2011 of Title VI (Native American Organizations) to assess role of Title VI programs in offering services and supports to the elders in their communities.
Elizabeth Carpio • Kathryn McGrew • Jane Straker • Suzanne R. Kunkel
Criminal Offenders in Ohio Nursing Homes: Facility Practices, Prevalance, Problems
This brief report presents findings from the 2009 Ohio Biennial Survey of Nursing Facilities.
Pamela Brown • Jane Straker
Ohio Long-Term Services and Supports Factbook
This factbook provides a broad overview of Ohio's system of long-term services and supports.
Jane Straker • Denise Brothers-McPhail • Robert A. Applebaum
This report provides findings from a survey of Ohio's counties operating senior-service property-tax levies. Results cover services, expenditures, clients served, eligibility, election strateg...
Jane Straker • Robert A. Applebaum • Michael Payne
Ohio CCRCs in the Economic Downturn
This report examines how the economic downturn affected consumer opinions about choosing a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) and how the CCRCs in Ohio made adjustments in response to decl...
Samuel Mwangi • Jane Straker
In a 16 year tracking of utilization trends for institutional and home and community-based services, we learned that Ohio has made considerable change in its approach to delivering and funding long...
Shahla Mehdizadeh • Ian Matt Nelson • Robert A. Applebaum • Jane Straker
Implementation of the 2010 Ohio Nursing Home Family Satisfaction Survey: Final Report
In 2010, the Scripps Gerontology Center conducted the fifth biennial Ohio Nursing Home Family Satisfaction Survey under a contract to the Ohio Department of Aging.
Karl Chow • Samuel Mwangi • Jane Straker • Luann Reddecliff
GenerAges: Generations As They Age
At the Scripps Gerontology Center, we are focused on work that makes a difference in the lives of aging individuals, their families and their communities.
Suzanne R. Kunkel • Michael Payne • Emily Robbins • Amber M. Cable • Jane Straker
AAA Caregiving Survey Results summarizes the results of a mini survey of the nations 629 Area Agencies on Aging (AAA) on the support they provide to family caregivers.
Abbe E. Lackmeyer (Abbe Linscott) • Suzanne R. Kunkel • Emily Robbins • Jane Straker
The survey was designed to access the role of Title VI Native American programs in offering services and supports to the elders in their communities.
Kathryn McGrew • Abbe E. Lackmeyer (Abbe Linscott) • Jane Straker • Suzanne R. Kunkel
This brief survey was designed to describe the capacity of the current AAA workforce and the activities undertaken by AAAs to build their future workforce capacity to meet the needs and service dem...
Jane Straker • Suzanne R. Kunkel • Abbe E. Lackmeyer (Abbe Linscott)
Technology in Ohio Nursing Homes: A Report on the State of the Art
This report examines the use of information technology in Ohio nursing homes.
Hallie Baker • Jane Straker • Malinda Deacon
The 2008 survey of Area Agencies on Aging was conducted by the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a) and Scripps Gerontology Center at Miami University under a grant from the U.S. Ad...
Jane Straker • Suzanne R. Kunkel • Sandy Markwood • Abbe E. Lackmeyer (Abbe Linscott)
Providing Long-Term Services and Supports to an Aging Ohio: Progress and Challenges
This report details trends in Ohio long-term care service utilization over 14 years.
Malinda Deacon • Robert A. Applebaum • Jane Straker • Shahla Mehdizadeh
Emergency Readiness and Response: Area Agencies on Aging Survey
The 2008 survey on Emergency Readiness and Response was conducted by the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a) and Scripps Gerontology Center at Miami University under a grant from t...
Jane Straker • Sandy Markwood • Suzanne R. Kunkel • Abbe E. Lackmeyer (Abbe Linscott)
Implementation of the 2008 Ohio Nursing Home Family Satisfaction Survey: Final Report
In 2008, the Scripps Gerontology Center conducted the third bi-annual nursing home family satisfaction survey under a contract to the Ohio Department of Aging.
Hallie Baker • Jane Straker • Samuel Mwangi • Karl Chow
Aging and Long-Term Care Issues in Ohio
This summary report focuses on aging and disability in Ohio as well as on utilization and Medicaid costs of long-term care for older Ohioans.
Michael Payne • Jane Straker • Robert A. Applebaum
With a grant from the Administration on Aging (AoA), the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a) partnered with Scripps Gerontology Center to conducted the 2007 Aging Network Survey of...
Suzanne R. Kunkel • Abbe E. Lackmeyer (Abbe Linscott) • Jane Straker
Access to Long-Term Care Services
This research brief provides key findings from the assessment as they relate to four topics: Current Status of Aging Network, Involvement in Choices Related Activities, Challenges, and Technical As...
Suzanne R. Kunkel • Abbe E. Lackmeyer (Abbe Linscott) • Jane Straker
This report provides information about the elements of case management, intake, and assessment programs that are often specified in current standards or bid specifications.
Robert A. Applebaum • Ian Matt Nelson • Jane Straker • Michael Payne
2007 Ohio Residential Care Facility Resident Satisfaction Survey: Instrument Refinements
This report describes psychometric testing and other evaluation of the 2007 Ohio Residential Care Resident Satisfaction Survey.
Jane Straker • J. Scott Brown
This report provides findings from a mailed survey of providers of adult day, home-delivered meals, personal care, and transportation services.
Dawn Carr • Karl Chow • Jane Straker
Program Evaluation of PASSPORT: Ohio's Home and Community-Based Medicaid Waiver
The goal for the evaluation of the PASSPORT program was to determine whether the program is providing efficient and cost-neutral services as an alternative to facility-based long-term care, and to ...
Jane Straker • Kathryn McGrew • Valerie Wellin • Shahla Mehdizadeh • William Ciferri • Suzanne R. Kunkel
PASSPORT Quality Assurance and Quality Management
This report addresses findings related to the quality standards of the PASSPORT program.
Dawn Carr • Suzanne R. Kunkel • Jane Straker
Providing Quality Home and Community-Based Services Through PASSPORT
This report is part of a larger evaluation of Ohio's PASSPORT Program. It examines issues of provider tenure, provider certification, and provider quality assurance.
Dawn Carr • Jane Straker • Karl Chow • Elizabeth Like Lokon
The Changing Face of Long-Term Care: Ohio's Experience 1993-2005
This report details trends in Ohio long-term care service utilization over 12 years.
Jane Straker • Shahla Mehdizadeh • Ian Matt Nelson • Hallie Baker • Robert A. Applebaum
Implementation of the 2006 Ohio Nursing Home Family Satisfaction Survey
In 2006, the Scripps Gerontology Center conducted the second annual nursing home family satisfaction survey under a contract to the Ohio Department of Aging.
Jane Straker • Farida Ejaz
Development and Testing of a Resident Satisfaction Survey for Ohio's Residential Care Facilities
This report describes the development and pretesting of a resident satisfaction instrument for residents in Ohio's 540 residential care facilities.
Kathryn McGrew • Brenda Peters • Jane Straker • Jessie A. Leek • Farida Ejaz
This publication describes the current state of long-term care (LTC) in Ohio as well as projections of the state’s future disability rates and LTC needs.
Robert A. Applebaum • Denise Brothers-McPhail • Jane Straker
This report describes the evaluation of the Council on Aging Learning Advantages program; a training program for informal caregivers.
Jane Straker • Dawn Carr • Ian Matt Nelson
Long-term care utilization in Ohio 1993-2003
This research brief examines trends in nursing home care and home care use between the years 1993 and 2003.
Jane Straker • Shahla Mehdizadeh • Robert A. Applebaum
The HIPAA privacy rule and long-term care: A quick guide for researchers
This brochure covers the main points of the HIPAA Privacy Rule that affect research undertaken in long-term care services.
Patricia Faust • Jane Straker
