The consumer guide to help families locate a long-term care facility, How to Find the Best Eldercare: A 20-minute Guide to Assisted Living, In-Home care, Nnursing Homes, & Senior Housing in Your Community, authored by members of the MU MDS and Quality Research team is now available from the Fairview Press.

Members of the Research Team have also authored several articles which were published in major nursing and health-related journals:

• Rantz, M.J., Skubic, M., Alexander, G., Popescu, M., Aud, M., Koopman, R., & Miller, S. (2010). Developing a comprehensive electronic health record to enhance nurse care coordination, use of technology, and research. Journal of Gerontological Nursing 36(1), 13-17. (abstract)


• Hensel, B., Demiris, G., Parker Oliver, D., & Rantz, M. (2009). A comparison of video-based resident-family communication in a nursing home and a congregate living facility. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 10(5), 342-347. (abstract)


• Rantz, M.J., Cheshire, D., Flesner, M., Petroski, G.F., Hicks, L., Alexander, G., Aud, M.A., Siem, C., Nguyen, K., Boland, C., & Thomas, S. (2009). Helping nursing homes "at risk" for quality problems: a statewide evaluation. Geriatric Nursing, 30(4), 238-249. (abstract)


• Demiris, G., Parker-Oliver, D., Giger, J., Skubic, M., & Rantz, M. (2009). Older adults’ privacy considerations for vision based recognition methods of eldercare applications. Technology and Health Care, 17(1), 41-48. (abstract)


• Anderson D., Luke R.H., Keller J.M., Skubic M., Rantz M. & Aud M. (2009). Modeling human activity from voxel person using fuzzy logic. IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, 17(1), 39-49. (abstract)


• Grando, V.T., Buckwalter, K.C., Maas, M.L., Brown, M., Rantz, M., & Conn, V. (2009). A trial of a comprehensive nursing rehabilitation program for nursing home residents post-hospitalization. Research in Gerontological Nursing, 2(1), 12-19. (abstract)


• Anderson D., Luke R.H., Keller J.M., Skubic M., Rantz M. & Aud M. (2009). Linguistic summarization of video for fall detection using voxel person and fuzzy logic. Computer Vision and Image Understanding, 113(1), 80-89. (abstract)


• Lee, J. & Rantz, M. (2008). Correlates of post-hospital physical function at 1 year in skilled nursing facility residents. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 62(4), 1479-486. (abstract)


• Courtney, K.L., Demiris, G., Rantz, M.J., & Skubic, M. (2008). Needing smart home technologies: the perspective of older adults in continuing care retirement communities. Informatics in Primary Care, 16(3), 195-201. (abstract)


• Alexander, G.L., Rantz, M., Skubic, M., Aud, M.A., Wakefield, B., Florea, E., & Paul, A. (2008). Sensor systems for monitoring functional status in assisted living facility residents. Research in Gerontological Nursing, 1(4), 238-244. (abstract)


• Demiris, G., Parker-Oliver, D., Hensel, B.K., Dickey, G., Rantz, M., & Skubic, M. (2008). Use of videophones for distant caregiving: An enriching experience for families and residents in long-term care. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 34(7), 50-55. (abstract)


• Rantz, M.J., Porter, R., Cheshier, D., Otto, D., Servey, C.H., Johnson, R.A., Skubic, M., Tyrer, H., He, Z., Demiris, G., Lee, J., Alexander, G., & Taylor, G. (2008). TigerPlace, a state-academic-private project to revolutionize traditional long term care. Journal of Housing for the Elderly, 22(1/2), 66-85. (abstract)


• Demiris G., Parker Oliver D., Dickey G., Skubic M., & Rantz M. (2008). Findings from a participatory evaluation of a smart home application for older adults. Technology and Health Care, 16, 111-118. (abstract)


• Rantz, M.J., Aud, M.A., Zwygart-Stauffacher, M., Mehr, D.R., Petroski, G.F., Owen, S.V., Madsen, R.W., Flesner, M., Conn, V., & Maas, M. (2008). Field testing, refinement, and psychometric evaluation of a new measure of quality of care for assisted living. Journal of Nursing Measurement, 16(1), 16-30. (abstract)


• Goodson, J., Jang, W., & Rantz, M. (2008). Nursing home care quality: insights from a Bayesian network approach. The Gerontologist, 48(3), 338-348. (abstract)


• Demiris, G., Hensel, B.K., Skubic, M., & Rantz, M.J. (2008). Senior residents’ perceived need of and preferences for “smart home” sensor technologies. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 24(1), 102-124. (abstract)


• Rantz, M., Aud, M., Alexander, G., Oliver, D., Minner, D., Skubic, M., Keller, J., He, Z., Popescu, M., Demiris, G., & Miller, S. “TigerPlace: An Innovative Educational and Research Environment”, AAAI Fall Symposium: AI in ElderCare, New Solutions to Old Problems, Washington, DC, November 7-9, 2008. International.


• Popescu, M., Li Y., Skubic, M., & Rantz, M. “An acoustic fall detector system that uses sound height information to reduce the false alarm rate”, Proceedings, 30th Annual International IEEE EMBS Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, August 20-24, 2008, p. 4628-4631. International.


• Rantz, M.J., Skubic, M., Miller, S.J., & Krampe, J. “Using Technology to Enhance Aging in Place”, International Conference on Smart Home and Health Telematics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, June 28-July 2, 2008, International.


• Popescu, M., Florea, E., Skubic, M., & Rantz, M. “Prediction of Elevated Pulse Pressure in Elderly Using In-Home Monitoring Sensors: A Pilot Study”, International Conference On Smart Homes and Health Telematics, Ames, IA, June 28-July 2, 2008, International.


• Rantz, M.J., Skubic, M., Burks, K., Yu, J., Demiris, G., Hensel, B.K., Alexander, G.L., He, Z., Tyrer, H.W., Hamilton, M., Lee, J., & Brown, M. (2008). Functional Assessment Technologies. In M. Alwan & R.A. Felder. (Eds.), Eldercare Technology for Clinical Practitioners. (pp. 5-32). Totowa, NJ: Humana.


• Alexander, G., Rantz, M., Flesner, M., Diekemper, M., & Siem, C. (2007). Clinical Information Systems in Nursing Homes: An Evaluation of Initial Implementation Strategies. Computers Informatics Nursing, 25(4): 189-97. (abstract)


• Tyrer, H., Aud, M., Alexander, G., Skubic, M., & Rantz, M. (2007). Early Detection of Health Changes In Older Adults. Proceedings of the 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society in conjunction with the Biennial Conference of the French Society of Biological and Medical Engineering, Lyon, France. August 23-26, 2007: 4045-48.


• Aud M., Rantz, M.J., Zwygart-Stauffacher M., & Flesner M. (2007). Measuring quality of care in assisted living: A new tool for providers, consumers, and researchers. Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 22(1):4-7. (abstract)


• Grando, V., Rantz, M.J., & Maas, M. (2007). Nursing home staff's views on quality improvement interventions: A follow-up study. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 33(1): 40-47. (abstract)


• Marek, K.D., Popejoy, L., Petroski, G., & Rantz, M.J. (2006). Nurse care coordination in community-based long-term care. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 38(1): 80-86. (abstract)


• Rantz, M.J. & Zwygart-Stauffacher, M. (2006). A new reliable tool for nurse administrators, nursing staff, regulators, consumers, and researchers for measuring quality of care in nursing homes. Nursing Administration Quarterly, 30(2): 178-181. (abstract)


• Rantz, M., Mehr, D., Hicks, L., Scott-Cawiezell, J., Petroski, G.F., Madsen, R.W., Porter, R., & Zwygart-Stauffacher, M. (2006). Entrepreneurial program of research and service to improve nursing home care. Western Journal of Nursing, (28)(8), 918-934. (abstract)


• Bostick, J.E., Rantz, M.J., Flesner, M.K., & Riggs, C.J. (2006). Systematic review of studies of staffing and quality in nursing homes. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, (7)(6), 366-376. (abstract)