The recommendations were published in AARP Bulletin Jan. 13.
10 recommended goals and strategies to meet them:
Goal: Make environments healthier
1. Require more registered nurses.
2. Partner with hospitals.
3. Improve infection control.
4. Reduce isolation.
Goal: Reexamine business approaches
5. Address the funding
6. Revamp the staffing model.
7. Improve oversight and reporting.
8. Rethink ownership.
Goal: Reshape the industry.
9. Provide more care at home.
10. Create smaller nursing homes.
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