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General Accounting Office Nursing Home Report To Raise Questions About Nursing Home Quality; MyZiva.Net Prepared To Assist Consumers In Search Of Facility Reviews
(Lake Success, New York) -- (July 16, 2003) -- With the upcoming release of the General Accounting Office (GAO) report on nursing home quality, prospective nursing home residents and their loved ones have every reason to grow concerned about the quality of care offered by facilities in their community. Following the release of the GAO report, MyZiva.Net -- A Guide to Nursing Facilities -- expects a dramatic increase in the number of consumers accessing its free website to compare nursing home performance and review facility reports.
The GAO report will discuss quality issues in the long-term care industry. The anticipated findings will undoubtedly spark public debate and make prospective residents feel overwhelmed when making placement decisions. The government findings, scheduled to be presented before the Senate Finance Committee on July 17th, are anticipated to be the latest in a series of congressionally mandated and independent research studies over the past few years that have documented critical problems in the nation’s long term healthcare system.
"We expect the GAO report to discuss in-depth quality issues in the long term care industry and it will surely heighten the anxiety levels of current and prospective nursing home residents, as well as their loved ones," says Bob Abrams, CEO of MyZiva, who is also a nationally recognized author and attorney with an expertise in both elder law and health law. "The good news is that there are many Nursing Homes that deliver superior care to their residents and MyZiva.Net is designed to help individuals identify those facilities, which have surpassed the industry standards for quality and attentive care."
MyZiva.Net offers a comprehensive search engine that identifies facilities within any community, as well as a unique and powerful Comparison Tool that generates an easy-to-read chart of selected Nursing Homes. This chart contains Survey (Inspection) reports, Quality Measure rankings, Nurse Staffing Levels and detailed facility information. Of the 75,000 plus Americans that have accessed the site in just the past three months, an estimated 25 percent of users are discharge planners, case managers and other healthcare professionals who are using the free resources on MyZiva.Net to better counsel patients seeking Nursing Home placement.
Both consumers and healthcare professionals alike have responded positively to MyZiva.Net’s completely free online resource – even healthcare professionals now faced with the task of making placement decisions for their own loved ones. Kathy Brown, of Corpus Christie, Texas, is a former Director of Nursing at a long-term care facility who recently wrote MyZiva.Net to applaud the service and express her gratitude for assistance in helping her identify potential nursing homes for her mother. "I was well aware of the inherent challenges in finding good Nursing Homes," says Ms. Brown. "MyZiva.Net made it extremely easy for me to identify several facilities. I was able to focus my selections based on detailed comparisons and the survey data provided. MyZiva.Net enables consumers to formulate practical questions prior to visiting facilities and gives you the confidence that you have all the necessary information to truly make informed decisions about the best possible place for you or your loved one."
"MyZiva.Net is an impressive, user-friendly research tool that empowers individuals to easily access data that speaks directly to the quality of care at individual long term care facilities," says Kenneth Culp, PhD, RN, an NIH funded researcher in aging and associate professor of gerontological nursing. "While much of this data is considered publicly available, it can be difficult to access and even more challenging to compile and compare. MyZiva.Net is unique, as the company makes it easy for consumers to find relevant, critical information."
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About MyZiva
MyZiva is the leading provider of informative content and government data for consumers and providers of nursing home care. MyZiva.com offers nursing facilities the necessary tools and technology to deliver quality care, both efficiently and cost-effectively. MyZiva.net gives consumers and healthcare professionals the opportunity to compare quality issues and other relevant data, to make informed choices about nursing facility placement. These components form a powerful resource that merges all aspects of the nursing home community and facilitates accomplishment of a common goal – meeting the needs of residents and providers.
MyZiva.net provides complete analysis of approximately 17,000 nursing homes throughout the United States. Corporate headquarters are located at 1111 Marcus Avenue – Suite 105, Lake Success, NY 11042. Telephone 516.616.9600, fax 516.696.9306, or email info@myziva.net for more information. MyZiva is accessible via the Internet at www.myziva.com and www.myziva.net.