Press Release: Nicheprogram : NYU Meyers' NICHE Receives Grant from Washington State to Improve Care in Nursing Homes

The Washington Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) has awarded Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE), a nurse-driven program based at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing, a grant of more than $644,000 to improve the quality of care for older adults living in nursing homes in Washington State. The project is funded by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Civil Money Penalty Reinvestment Program, a national effort to reduce adverse events, improve staffing quality, and enhance dementia care in nursing homes.