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Vol VII, Dec `03

Have an Idea For Improving NH Quality of Care?

Vol VII, Dec `03

The AMDA Foundation/Pfizer Quality Improvement Awards support innovative projects in education, quality improvement, research and health literacy (communication and patient care) in long-term care and have provided nearly $100,000 in awards to date. Now in its third year, the program recognizes outstanding projects addressing facility staff education and training; training and mentoring related to continuous quality improvement in long term care; research on topics with generalizable results, such as unavoidable weight loss or critical factors with hearing aid use; and ways to enhance improvement of health care communications between long term care patients and their families, caregivers and/or surrogates.

To be eligible for an award, projects much be conducted in a long term care setting, such as an assisted living facility, nursing facility, home care or hospice.The Foundation will accept applications for the 2004 awards through December 10, 2003. Up to 7 awards are made each year and posters detailing the award winners' projects will be displayed onsite at the Annual Symposium. To request an application, contact the Foundation at 410-992-3134 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ; or view information online via the link below.