Public Reporting on Housing with Support Services for Aged and Disabled Consumers

描述(由申请人提供)：支持服务住房(HSS)是一种非机构住房，提供基本服务(如日常生活活动援助、药物管理援助)，以使有功能和/或认知障碍的老年人和非老年人能够尽可能独立地生活在非机构住房中。 布景。它有各种名称，包括住宅护理/辅助生活(RC/AL)、小团体之家和第8/202条住房；HSS是长期服务和支助家庭中的一种护理。总体而言，22%的85岁及以上人口生活在有支持性服务的环境中，7%生活在有支持性服务的社区住房中，15%生活在长期护理环境中。总体上缺乏数据，缺乏关于HSS提供者的标准化和可比性数据，这使得政策制定者和资助者在评估护理质量和消费者在HSS选项中做出知情选择方面具有挑战性。公开报告与护理质量有关的信息是汇编和传播信息以促进决策和潜在地提高护理质量的一种选择。在各种卫生服务和部门中，公开报告已经变得司空见惯，但就HSS而言，它并不是统一可用的，一些可用的内容具有误导性，可能无法实现其预期目的。因此，这次会议的目的是为了促进关于HSS的公共报道的关键利益攸关方推进关于HSS的公共报道的科学。具体而言，会议将评估：(A)外地工作取得了多大进展(例如，关于提供的服务、费用、可及性、人员配置等关键问题有哪些信息)；(B)还需要考虑哪些方面 促进成功的公共报告(例如，从提供者那里获取信息的最佳战略，以及利用最佳做法确保信息被消费者和消费者中间商使用)；以及(C)如何确定与公共报告有关的后续步骤的优先次序。会议记录将公布与现有信息的内容、其质量(例如，数据质量、计算机可用性、消费者和消费者中间商的使用)、其来源、全面性和地理覆盖范围有关的调查结果，以及建议的下一步行动。它们将适合在AHRQ、CMS和其他网站上发布。第二个产品将是面向学术受众的同行评议手稿，第三个产品将是适合HSS提供商的文章。预计这次会议将在促进公共报道的科学性、可用性和使用方面取得长足进步，为老年和残疾消费者提供支持性服务的住房。 公共卫生相关性：本次会议将促进公共住房报告的科学性、可用性和使用，并为老年和残疾消费者提供支持性服务。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Housing with supportive services (HSS) is non-institutional housing with essential services (e.g., assistance with activities of daily living, assistance with medication administration) to enable elderly and non-elderly adults with functional and/or cognitive impairments to live as independently as possible in a non-institutional setting. It is known by a variety of names, including residential care/assisted living (RC/AL), small group homes, and Section 8/202 housing; HSS is a type of care in the family of long-term services and supports. All told, 22% of the population aged 85 years and older lives in a setting with supportive services, 7% in community housing with supports, and 15% in long-term care settings. Lack of data in general and lack of standardized and comparable data on HSS providers make it challenging for policy makers and funders to assess the quality of care and for consumers to make an informed choice among HSS options. Public reporting of information related to the quality of care is one option to compile and disseminate information to promote decision-making and potentially improve the quality of care. Public reporting has become commonplace for various health services and sectors, but in terms of HSS it is not uniformly available and some of what is available is misleading and may not be achieving its intended purpose. Consequently, the purpose of this conference is for key stakeholders in public reporting on HSS to advance the science of public reporting on HSS. Specifically, the conference will assess: (a) how far the field has advanced (e.g., what information is available on key issues such as services provided, costs, accessibility, staffing); (b) what has yet to occur to promote successful public reporting (e.g., the optimal strategy with which to obtain information from providers and the use of best practices to assure the information is used by consumers and consumer intermediaries); and (c) how to prioritize next steps related to public reporting. The conference proceedings will disseminate findings related to the content of the available information; its quality (e.g., data quality, computer usability, use by consumers and consumer intermediaries); its source, comprehensiveness, and geographic reach; and recommended next steps. They will be suitable for posting on the websites of AHRQ, CMS, and others. A second product will be a peer-reviewed manuscript for academic audiences, and a third will be an article suitable for HSS providers. It is expected that this conference will make great strides in promoting the science, availability, and use of public reporting for housing with supportive services for aged and disabled consumers. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This conference will promote the science, availability, and use of public reporting of housing with supportive services for aged and disabled consumers.