Evaluating the quality of nursing home care

Evaluation of the quality of care that a nursing home patient receives is difficult and requires physician participation as well as the participation of specially trained nursing personnel. A form of limited medical audit is suggested to aid in such evaluation. In the proprietary nursing home studied by the authors, the quality of care was not being effectively assessed by the survey process then employed. In addition to other factors, emphasis is now placed on the avoidance of additional costs or extra paper work in the process of determining the quality of care.