Governmental Regulation of Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities

Josephine Gittler, JD, Wiley B. Rutledge Professor of Law
Director, National Health Law and Policy Resource Center
University of Iowa College of Law

Kathleen Buckwalter,PhD, RN, FAAN,
Professor Emerita of Gerontological Nursing
Co-Director, National Health Law and Policy Resource Center
University of Iowa College of Nursing and College of Law

Brian Kaskie, PhD, MA,
Associate Professor, Department of Health Management and Policy,
University of Iowa College of Public Health

Colloquium Readings

1. Excerpts from Gittler, Josephine, Governmental Efforts to Improve Quality of Care for Nursing Home Residents and to Protect Them from Mistreatment: A Survey of Federal and State Laws. Research in Gerontological Nursing, Vol. 1, No. 4, 2008, pp. 264-284.
2. Special Care Units for Dementia Individuals with Behavioural Problems
3. Medicare Atypical Antipsychotic Drug Claims for Elderly Nursing Home Residents (Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General)
4. Mary Jane Kloren, Person-Centered Care for Nursing Home Residents: The Culture-Change Movement, 29 HEALTH AFF. 312 (2012).
5. Robyn Y. Stone et al., Supporting Culture Change: Working Toward Smarter State Nursing Home Regulation, 1328 COMMONWEALTH FUND 1 (2009).
6. Alzheimer’s Association National Public Policy Office, Assisted Living Regulations Targeting Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease: Enforcement Strategies and Actions (July 2009)

Colloquium Presentations

1. Buckwalter's Presentation
2. Gittler's Presentation
3. Kaskie's Presentation