Driving Better Care for the People Who Live, Work, and Depend Upon Nursing Homes
We bring residents, families, direct care workers, and leaders together to turn lived experience into action by testing what works, shaping policy, and scaling solutions so nursing homes become places where lives are nurtured, residents are empowered, and people want to work.
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Why Improving Nursing Home Quality Can't Wait
People live in nursing homes because they need care and support with daily life. When quality falls short, it affects the most basic aspects of living; how care is delivered, whether individual needs and preferences are honored, and whether the people providing care have the time, training, and stability to do their jobs well.
As our population ages and more people will rely on long‑term care, these experiences are increasingly shaped not just by individual nursing homes, but by policy and funding decisions made at the state and federal levels. Choices about Medicaid payment, oversight, ownership, and accountability directly determine staffing levels, care practices, and residents’ quality of life.
That’s why improving nursing home quality requires listening to the people who live, work, and depend upon nursing homes, testing practical solutions in real settings, and changing the policies that shape care every day.
How We Move Nursing Home Quality Forward
Improving nursing home quality requires listening to everyone who lives, works, provides care, and supports loved ones.
From Practice to Policy
Improving nursing home quality requires more than good ideas. It demands bold actions to ensure that the people who live, work, and depend upon nursing homes have the support they need. Our implementation initiatives generate evidence, practical tools, and real-world stories that inform policy on payment, oversight, and accountability, so improvements can be sustained and spread.
Voices From the Movement
Residents, workers, providers, caregivers, steering committee members explain why this work matters to them.
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The Moving Forward Coalition is funded by a generous donation from The John A. Hartford Foundation and supported by The Mayer-Rothschild Foundation and the Michigan Health Endowment Fund.