Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders (ACOVE)

In 2000, RAND Health Care researchers released the first set of quality measures specifically developed for the vulnerable elderly—those most likely to die or become severely disabled in the next two years (see chart Who Are the Vulnerable Elderly? in Research Brief 9051). The Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elderly (ACOVE) indicators reflect the most comprehensive examination ever conducted of the quality of medical care provided to vulnerable older Americans (see chart What Does a Quality Indicator Look Like? in Research Brief 9051).

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Note that the ACOVE project is no longer active: this site serves as an archive for its research and survey instruments.

Research Highlights

• Nurse Care Manager Contribution to Quality of Care in a Dual-Eligible Special Needs Plan 2012

• Quality of Care Provided in a Special Needs Plan Using a Nurse Care Manager Model 2011

• Does Better Quality of Care for Falls and Urinary Incontinence Result in Better Participant-Reported Outcomes? 2011

• Missed Opportunities 2011

• The Quality of Care Provided to Hospitalized Patients at the End of Life 2010

• Practice Redesign to Improve Care for Falls and Urinary Incontinence 2010

• Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders--Alzheimer's Disease 2010

• The Vulnerable Elders-13 Survey Predicts 5-Year Functional Decline and Mortality Outcomes in Older Ambulatory Care Patients 2009

• A Practice-Based Intervention to Improve Primary Care for Falls, Urinary Incontinence, and Dementia 2009

• Improving the Quality of Health Care for Older Adults 2008

• Quality of Health Care Received by Older Adults 2004

• Developing Quality of Care Indicators for the Vulnerable Elderly 2004