The federal government has urged that Electronic Health Records (EHRs) be in use by the year 2010. Clearly, electronic charting—a key component of Read More »
A Aasve, Joan.Take a New Look at Resident and Family Councils, 62 (Nov) Amo, Michael.See, Rowe, Niki L.B Baer, John E.The Cost of Inadequate Read More »
Drawsheet Clamp The patent-pending Vander-Clip from Vancare, Inc., clamps onto a drawsheet while attached to a total lift or overhead lift. When the Read More »
The American Public Health Association (APHA) is the oldest and largest national organization devoted to research and debate on public health Read More »
Neurorehabilitation Machine The Sit-to-Stand, from NeuroGym Technologies, Inc., provides a safe and effective way to improve standing and transfer Read More »
With a warm Texas welcome, Signature Senior Living is serving folks in 10 rural communities across the state with the development of moderate Read More »
Most nursing home residents will eventually die there. Yet only 3.1 percent of residents at the end of life (that is, with fewer than six months to live) are receiving hospice care. Read More »
Nursing homes were originally designed to warehouse people until they die. That's consistent with the institutional model we have become burdened Read More »
The Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA), the largest national association exclusively dedicated to professionally operated assisted living Read More »
In the early 1950s, New York's Goldwater Memorial Hospital opened its first ventilator unit in response to polio epidemics. You may remember Read More »
We've heard a lot over the past decade about the Greatest Generation—born during the Roaring '20s or just before, hardened by the Depression and Read More »
Phillip Rubin and Health Buddy Every morning when Joann Wayans wakes up, she is asked a variety of questions: Did you take your medicine? Are you Read More »
We help people” is the mantra of long-term care. Yet, for an industry dedicated to caring for others, how often do we turn the focus inward and Read More »
Imagine a nursing home where residents have more in common than age, life experience, and medical challenges. Imagine a nursing home where the Read More »
Meet Ernesto. He's 87 years old and has congestive heart failure, hypertension, and mild cognitive decline. He has a team of doctors managing his Read More »
Introducing new information technology—software and hardware—to a long-term care operation can be a daunting prospect. This is never more so than Read More »
Embezzle. An ugly word. One edition of Webster's Dictionary defines it as “to take (e.g., money) for one's own use in violation of a trust and by Read More »
Myths, legends, proverbs, and folklore—every nation, community, and profession uses them to dress up its history, filter reality, and color facts. Read More »
Although customer service is often given lip service in healthcare settings, long-term care (LTC) has shown more interest in resident and family Read More »
