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Depression

 Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia

 Depression in Long Term Care Settings_Presentation

 Geriatric Depression Scale

 Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)

Quality Improvement Links

 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

 Compare Nursing Homes in Your Area
Provides information on Medicare- or Medicaid-certified nursing homes.

 MedQIC
Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) and providers of services to Medicare beneficiaries in finding, using, and sharing quality improvement resources, thereby advancing the quality improvement community.

 National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform (NCCNHR)
Offers information and leadership on federal and state regulatory and legislative policy development. The website also features models and strategies to improve care and life for residents of nursing homes and other long term care facilities.

 National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC)
Is a comprehensive database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents produced by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in partnership with the American Medical Association (AMA) and the American Association of Health Plans-Health Insurance Association of America (AAHP-HIAA).

 The Institute for Healthcare Improvement
A not-for-profit organization that is driving the improvement of health by advancing the quality and value of health care.

 The Paraprofessional Institute
Works with providers, labor organizations, policymakers, educators, and consumers to foster an understanding of workforce issues and to develop solutions that will sustain a competent, caring, and stable direct-care workforce that can deliver quality services to long-term care consumers.
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