I was surprised to find no beauty shop in this facility upon my arrival last fall. It did not directly affect me because I usually go out to have my Read More »
Improvements in healthcare quality continue to progress at a slow rate—about 2.3% a year; however, disparities based on race, ethnicity, and other Read More »
This blog was updated on February 28 at 8:20 EST with citations.LeadingAge, formerly AAHSA, has updated its annual compilation of facts, “Statistical Read More »
Sadie is an incredible person. On this Saturday evening, the short, silver-haired Sicilian is surrounded by her loving family at an Italian Read More »
The Long Term Quality Alliance (LTQA) today released a summary of its Innovative Communities Summit held last December in Washington, D.C. The report Read More »
A small study of paid home caregivers in Chicago showed 60% of participants made errors when sorting medications into pillboxes, according to Read More »
The Arizona Senate Appropriations Committee voted Wednesday to do away with the state's Medicaid program and replace it with a smaller system Read More »
I understand that to work in a nursing home takes a special kind of person. It takes someone who can think on their feet and care on the run. Many of Read More »
Actor David Cassidy, 60, best known for his role as Keith Partridge on ’70s TV series The Partridge Family, will be appearing on NBC's Celebrity Read More »
I think the average resident age here is about 55. Most of these residents eat and drink differently than older residents. Those who need to be Read More »
One of the rewards of editing Long-Term Living is fostering friendships and professional kinship with providers, clinicians, academics, and policy Read More »
Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc., announced today that Bruce Yarwood, former president and CEO of the American Health Care Association (AHCA), has been Read More »
Emeritus Senior Living, a national assisted living provider, is partnering with Life Care Funding Group to educate seniors about a financing option Read More »
States will see “significant” federal support in the effort of moving Medicaid beneficiaries out of institutions and into their own homes or other Read More »
I don’t know where I’ve been, or under which rock I’ve been hiding, but I just learned that Guitar Hero will soon join pet rocks, Britney Spears, and Read More »
Everyone’s talking about the “senior tsunami,” the “age wave,” the “rockers with walkers” (I made that one up!), but is long-term care ready for the Read More »
The ousting of Brian Lee, former director of the Florida Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program, last week “dealt a severe blow” to the program’s Read More »
President Obama repeated in a news conference yesterday what his $3.7 trillion budget proposal for FY 2012 said on Monday: Medicare and Medicaid are Read More »
In a satisfaction survey that polled more than 95,000 nurses in more than 600 healthcare settings, those in nursing homes turned out to be most Read More »
Coming next month is Long-Term Living’s highly anticipated 15th Annual DESIGN Environments for Aging supplement. This yearly publication is a special Read More »
Genworth Financial today announced its collaboration with Mayo Clinic to offer a health education and wellness program specifically for long-term Read More »
Here’s one of my first nursing home experiences from many years ago. I had not lived long in the nursing home when I heard about the sexual Read More »
The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) submitted testimony Friday before a House Workforce hearing Read More »
Personally, I’m not a fan of “best of” lists. Of course, I’m not indicting all such reports, but I feel that some are loosely structured and based on Read More »
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act restricts a resident’s either medical or personal information from being released to anyone Read More »
The Johns Hopkins Brain Sciences Institute has funded a total of $5 million to 12 different research groups at Hopkins to launch the new Synapses, Read More »
The use of antipsychotic medications in the treatment of dementia has significantly declined since 2003, according to a new study in the Archives of Read More »
During 4Q10, the occupancy rate in nursing care properties declined 0.2 percentage points to 88.3% from 88.5% in 3Q10. This marginal quarterly Read More »
It may be possible to speed the healing process of diabetic wounds, bed sore, chronic ulcers, and other wounds with a “promising new approach” to Read More »
It seems long-term care operators wield more influence over public opinion than previously considered—at least in the Sunshine State. The Miami Read More »
