Pennsylvania Transition to Home (PATH): Pennsylvania's Nursing Home Transition Program

This paper — which is one of a series of Appendices included in the demonstration's final report — describes describes an initiative called Pennsylvania Transition to Home (PATH), is one of a series of nine case studies presenting results from the Demonstration. The case studies provide useful information as states consider nursing home transition efforts or implement nursing home transition programs. Lessons the demonstration states learned during this program are particularly important because CMS awarded a number of Nursing Home Transition grants in 2001 and 2002 under the Systems Change Grants initiative. [20 PDF pages]