The Long Term Care Pharmacy Alliance (LTCPA) expressed concern this week with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed rule on Read More »
I recently attended a business conference where I showed off a new long-term care main street project. It was received with dropped jaws. Not only Read More »
Sunrise Senior Living, Inc., announced Tuesday that on January 10, the company completed a purchase and sale agreement with a subsidiary of CNL Read More »
Last week a highly esteemed, high-spirited group of long-term care designers, architects, providers, and academics convened in Greenville, South Read More »
A new study led by researchers at Brown University found that between 1999 and 2008, nursing home closures in the United States were concentrated Read More »
Ever since I began using the Internet while living in a nursing home, I have wondered how many other residents are online. I myself have been online Read More »
I received an e-newsletter this morning from the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging with a reminder that on January 25th, the Read More »
A complimentary planning tool is now available to help the nation’s nursing homes prepare for an influenza pandemic. The new resource is courtesy of Read More »
As of 3Q10, occupancy in nursing care properties across the largest 31 metropolitan markets was 88.5%, which is down 0.6 percentage points from the Read More »
One of the things I love best about being a DON is, if I take the time to listen, I can learn great lessons from my certified nursing assistants. Read More »
Medical experts have issued a warning about the common practice of tablet splitting after a study found that a large percentage of split pill Read More »
Healthcare spending in the United States grew 4% in 2009, to $2.5 trillion, or $8,086 per person—the slowest rate of growth in the 50-year history of Read More »
The Baby Boomers, of which I am a member, have been analyzed and documented and marketed to relentlessly since the first wave of World War II U.S. Read More »
CRL Senior Living Communities announced today a new corporate partnership program that will allow companies to offer a family discount on long-term Read More »
Researchers examining a national sample of more than 13,500 nursing home residents found that those with serious mental illness were 24% less likely Read More »
Managed Health Care Associates, Inc., a group purchasing organization (GPO) serving healthcare providers and specifically long-term care pharmacies, Read More »
Use of electronic health records by hospitals across the United States has had only a limited effect on improving the quality of medical care, Read More »
Over the past few years, alcohol dispensers along with hand washing sinks have become the standard in most healthcare settings. To a large extent it Read More »
I guess the stars don’t just shine in Tinseltown anymore. As of January 1, California nursing homes are required to post their Five-Star Quality Read More »
It was very important for me to have a working computer when I came here. My sister set it up quickly, but it had to be makeshift: there’s only one Read More »
PharMerica Corporation, a national provider of institutional pharmacy and hospital pharmacy management services, has acquired the assets of Lone Star Read More »
GE and Intel Corporation today announced the title of their healthcare joint venture, “Intel-GE Care Innovations LLC,” or Care Innovations for short, Read More »
Here's a little nugget of inconvenient truth you won't find nestled in the lyrics of “Frosty the Snowman”-the holiday season is a perverse and Read More »
David Oatway, RN, MPH The technology required in long-term care must be actively managed. The time has passed when allowing the computer systems Read More »
When the lame duck Congress last month gave a one-year reprieve to Medicare doctors who were facing a 25% payment cut this month, it also overturned Read More »
Several years ago, while attending a meeting of a local woman's club, the oldest in the group, who was nearly 85 years old, said something very Read More »
In a study last year that garnered a surprisingly small amount of buzz, BCC Research reported that the global market for elder care technology Read More »
There is growing evidence that the design of the built environment, by itself and in combination with organizational policies and procedures, has a Read More »
