Nursing homes organizations?

Assisted living, nursing, elderly homes

• I need a list of non government companies that measure quality service/customer service at Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Homes and Elderly homes. Specifically the homes will not be medicaid/care homes, but will be private pay homes. I want links to the company?s? websites. Geriatric Health Systems (GHS)is one example of the type of company I would want to be in this list. PLEASE NOTE THAT I HAVE ASKED THIS QUESTION BEFORE. I HAVE MODIFIED IT TO BE MORE SIMPLE AND EASY TO ANSWER. I CLOSED MY PREVIOUS QUESTIONS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO THIS ONE BUT COULD NOT RE OPEN THEM AND EDIT SO I AM OPENING THIS NEW QUESTION. THANKS.

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  Hello dusty95-ga: After another round of searching, I'm still coming up with only CareScout and HealthGrades as rating agencies that are clearly comparable to GHS. But as I understand it, this is a fledgling industry, so perhaps that's why there are so few rating companies. (Whereas there's a plethora of consulting groups for QIs matters, both private and publicly funded.) Here's what little I was able to find: Geriatric Health Systems (GHS) http://www.ghsglobal.com/ghs__company_profile.htm has just been acquired by the National Research Corporation. See this September 19, 2005 press release: http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050919/195033.html?.v=1 HealthGrades: http://www.healthgrades.com/ CareScout: http://www.carescout.com/ "About Us": http://www.carescout.com/company/index.htm?link=toobar Survey for every nursing home in America: http://www.carescout.com/inside_guide.htm CarePathways.com: http://www.carepathways.com/nhx.cfm "About Us": http://www.carepathways.com/aboutus.cfm "Assisted Living": this FAQ notes private pay facilities are included in CarePathways reports: http://www.carepathways.com/ALx.cfm Of possible interest: The Lewin Group: http://www.lewin.com/default.htm In 1997, the Lewin Group prepared this report, "A National Study of Assisted Living for the Frail Elderly: Report on In-Depth Interviews with Developers," by Barbara B. Manard and Rosemary Cameron (includes private pay): http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/indepth.htm Search Strings: non-government companies +quality +private pay +assisted living evaluate private pay assisted living non-government agency measures quality assisted living health care survey research and analytics AND non-government AND private pay performance quality AND licensed only assisted living performance quality AND licensed only nursing homes healthcare consulting firms + private pay assisted living facilities consultant + assisted living +private pay companies quality survey +private pay +assisted living ratings evaluations +private pay +assisted living ratings AND quality OR performance AND private pay AND elder care OR nursing homes OR assisted living I hope my research is of help to you. If you have any difficulty navigating any of the above links, please post a "Request For Clarification," and I will assist you. Best Regards, nancylynn-ga Google Answers Researcher