Assisted living industry must be proactive about quality measures

McKnight’s Senior Living March 24, 2025
Paul Katz, MD, CMD, Barbara Resnick, PhD, CRNP

An article in a recent issue of JAMDA, The Journal of the Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association by Tetyana P. Shippee, PhD, and colleagues from the University of Minnesota reports on major domains of quality relevant to assisted living.

The authors of this paper scanned databases for peer-reviewed literature published from 2009 to 2019 that assessed quality in assisted living communities in the United States. Feedback obtained from key informants in assisted living quality helped identify additional non-peered-reviewed papers, such as policy briefs, to better inform the results.

In total, 833 abstracts of peer-reviewed articles were screened, with 49 studies meeting inclusion criteria. Another 45 non-peer-reviewed sources were included in the analysis.

Ultimately, nine unique domains were assessed:

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