My aide was in a very good mood the other morning and seemed much less stressed than usual. While she was getting me ready, she explained that there Read More »
Emeritus Corporation, a national provider of senior living services, and Seattle-based Columbia Pacific Advisors have entered into a memorandum of Read More »
Any conversation with Larry Minnix is sure to have no shortage of quotable material, a fact anyone who has had the chance to share words with the man Read More »
The University of the Sciences in Philadelphia and Genesis HealthCare Corporation, which operates more 200 skilled nursing centers and assisted Read More »
Editor’s note: The following is a guest commentary provided by the American Health Care Association and the National Center for Assisted Living. Read More »
A recent study by researchers using the American College of Surgeons (ACS) National Trauma Databank (NTDB) reveals trauma centers that excel in the Read More »
From the people I meet at conferences and through e-mail correspondence, as well as in my personal experiences, I’ve learned that working in a Read More »
I am on a mission as usual. I walk quickly toward my office, across the crowded lobby of the nursing home where I am Director of Nursing, having just Read More »
The American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSA) officially changed its name on Tuesday to LeadingAge. The new handle was Read More »
In early December I wrote about a new resident, a 59-year-old with dementia, whom I called Marathon Man because of his life history as a runner. I Read More »
The George Mason University Department of Health Administration & Policy has expanded its annual Quality Improvement Awards to include a category for Read More »
The American College of Health Care Administrators (ACHCA) is making final preparations for its 45th Annual Convocation and Exposition, to be held Read More »
More than $4 billion in healthcare fraud abuse funds were recovered during 2010, the largest sum ever in a single year, the Department of Health and Read More »
On Wednesday, the House passed “H.R.2 - Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act”. Yes, that’s the actual name of the bill our elected officials Read More »
For many people, one of the joys of retiring from work is not having to wake up on someone else’s schedule. That benefit shouldn’t end just because Read More »
In a new collaboration to fight Alzheimer’s disease, Jim Nantz, an Emmy Award-winning CBS Sports commentator, has partnered with The Methodist Read More »
For the one in eight Americans now over the age of 65, mobility is a "vital sign" that should be regularly checked, according to two health Read More »
I received an e-mail this morning containing a link to a New York Times blog titled, “Report Questions Nursing Home Charges,” by Paula Span, which Read More »
THE PROBLEM Because of their personality styles, some nursing home residents don't ask for their PRN (as needed, or "per request of the nurse") pain Read More »
The American Health Care Association and the National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) has launched an informational series on the “State of Read More »
With the State Visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao to the United States on Wednesday, several U.S. government entities joined with China’s Read More »
Attention to Alzheimer’s disease and dementia issues has ratcheted up significantly in recent months. Whether it’s a result of effective lobbying by Read More »
The American Geriatrics Society and the British Geriatric Society have added a number of new assessments in the first update of the guidelines on Read More »
The National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industry announced its keynote and general session speakers for the 2011 NIC Regional Read More »
After living almost 15 years in nursing homes, I am still surprised when I run out of a certain medicine. I have run out of medicines too many times Read More »
Yesterday, I received a report summarizing the results of the 2010 AMDA–Dedicated To Long Term Care Medicine (formerly the American Medical Directors Read More »
A new study released by the American Health Care Association (AHCA) finds that Medicaid programs in states across the country underfunded nursing Read More »
