Many skilled nursing facilities have made great efforts to reduce the use of restraints on residents. The reduction in restraint usage was recently Read More »
Filling an MDS coordinator position can be a daunting task. There are numerous factors to consider when hiring someone for the job. The wrong hire Read More »
Four residents from my unit were moved to the other unit a few days ago. It seems strange not to see those folks sitting in the lounge before and Read More »
A few weeks ago I learned this facility is instituting a "No Lift Policy”. That means that residents who cannot bear weight consistently will need to Read More »
A vision is defined as a mental picture, an image, a dream, or farsightedness—the ability to anticipate possible future events and developments. It Read More »
Miss Hollywood has been here about a year. She came to this facility the way many female residents do: She fell at home and became too unstable to Read More »
I guess there's probably a lot a screaming and yelling going on at the Skilled Healthcare Group headquarters in California. Perhaps the anger derives Read More »
The phone rang mid-session with Velma. Knowing the frail 87-year-old was fiercely independent, I refrained from handing her the telephone, and Read More »
In the 14-plus years that I have lived in the nursing home I have had physical therapy several times. But I have not had it nearly as much as most Read More »
The long-term care field continues to wrestle with public image challenges that act as barriers to older Americans who are considering moving into Read More »
During a recent raid of Virgil Calvert Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, an Illinois nursing home, state Attorney General Lisa Madigan along other Read More »
What is a hero? Is it the soldier who risks his or her life on the battlefields of Afghanistan or Iraq? Is it the fireman who clambers into a Read More »
Dear Reader: Welcome to the LTL Showroom. Useful and innovative products are regularly being made available to professionals in long-term care, and Read More »
Long-term care (LTC) providers desperately need a better source of reimbursement. Government dominates long-term care financing, but pays too little Read More »
At a glance… Legislation has been introduced that would require the Institutes of Medicine to review care at nursing homes as well as the federal Read More »
Long-Term Living Editor Maureen Hrehocik asked Mark Petruzzi, Green Seal's vice president of certification and strategic relations, to discuss the Read More »
According to some industry experts, group purchasing organizations (GPOs) are still in their infancy, but are beginning to explode. Why? With Read More »
Simplify Your Shopping Operating a clean, efficient, well-maintained, resident-focused, and competitive long-term care facility is not an easy task. Read More »
