title: Providing high-quality care in North Carolina nursing homes.
abstract: Quality in North Carolina's nursing facilities is intertwined in multiple dimensions of person-centered care, evidence-based practice, innovation, pursuit of continued excellence, meaningful relationships, and recognition of choice and autonomy. By striving to excel in their role of providing skilled nursing care for medically related acuity, North Carolina's nursing facilities have been a contributor to the growth of the long-term care continuum, enabling North Carolina to have an extensive and well-developed system of skilled care and home- and community-based service models.
authors.affiliation: North Carolina Health Care Facilities Association, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. pollyg@nchcfa.org.
authors.forename: Polly Godwin
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Welsh
authors.affiliation: FutureCare of North Carolina,Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kivisto
mesh_terms: D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009657:North Carolina; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000592:standards*; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000592:standards; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care