title: A regulatory approach to improving long-term and residential care.
abstract: After a 10-year collaborative effort by researchers, policy makers, and fieldworkers in Israel, the national regulatory systems for long-term and residential care institutions have been transformed. Use of the RAF Method for Regulation, Assessment, Follow-up and Continuous Improvement of Quality of Care has led to a dramatic improvement in the quality of care in these institutions.
authors.affiliation: JDC-Brookdale Institute of Gerontology and Human Development, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fleishman
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D003625:Data Collection; D005161:Facility Regulation and Control; D006302:Health Services Research; D006707:Homes for the Aged / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards*; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016730:Program Development