The American Medical Association (AMA) announced this week that it has dropped a lawsuit challenging the Federal Trade Commission’s efforts to extend Read More »
One of the highly anticipated rites of spring here at Long-Term Living is our “call for entries” for the OPTIMA Award—an annual program that confers Read More »
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released Common Formats for skilled nursing facilities, currently available as a beta Read More »
Two recent cuts to Medicare reimbursement—the first regulatory and the second statutory—can potentially decrease the overall median Medicare profit Read More »
Policy journal Health Affairs, through the support of The SCAN Foundation, is launching a new long-term care-focused feature called “The Care Span,” Read More »
Across the largest 31 metropolitan markets, the penetration rate for nursing care beds is 12.2%, or approximately 12 nursing beds per every 100 aged Read More »
I was always a continent, incomplete quadriplegic. To go to the bathroom, two aides had to assist me to transfer. Needing that extra aide meant I had Read More »
A new Office of Inspector General (OIG) analysis of criminal history records maintained by the FBI has revealed that 92% of nursing facilities have Read More »
The National Quality Forum (NQF) has endorsed 21 measures in caring for both long-term residents and short-stay patients, to be used in the Centers Read More »
The “High Five for LTC!” are the things that are needed for each of us in this field to get through the day. Last time we looked at #1—Courage. Today Read More »
A new PHI analysis of the direct-care workforce finds that 46% of such workers depend on public assistance, such as food stamps, Medicaid, or other Read More »
The U.S. skilled nursing sector accounts for 1.7 million jobs, with a total impact of over $201 billion annually on U.S. economic activity, according Read More »
Long-term care professionals are using a variety of approaches to streamline work within the MDS 3.0 assessment process implemented last October. Read More »
V. Tellis-Nayak, PhD You've heard enough lectures and homilies on empowerment of staff and residents. Now you should go to Bethel, Connecticut, Read More »
Organizational culture shapes care in our communities. The concept of preferred view, which we looked at in February's column, p. 16, applies to Read More »
The mad dash to train for, organize, and implement the MDS 3.0 assessment process has come and gone. Long-term care (LTC) administrators have had Read More »
Design tends to be evolutionary, not revolutionary. Progress is typically made in incremental steps, tweaking what “is” to change what “will be.” Read More »
Direct Supply Based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Direct Supply® is the leading provider of equipment, eCommerce, and service solutions to Senior Read More »
THE VILLAGE AT VIENNA SQUARE WINTER HAVEN, FLORIDA PROJECT SUMMARY Type of Facility/Setting: Skilled Nursing and Assisted Living Owner: TLC Read More »
Drivers Bill Och (left) and Dave Bramer keep The Peaks' vehicles in good condition while juggling the demands of busy schedules and dependent Read More »
Caregiver Laura Spain is able to spend one-on-one time with a resident while two other residents enjoy viewing a DVD together. Step inside the Read More »
Healthcare reform and the Affordable Health Care Act legislation was passed in 2010. Even as components of it are challenged in the courts, we Read More »
MDS 3.0 Online Training McKesson Medical-Surgical offers MDS Pro23, an interactive online program that helps staff master MDS 3.0 anytime and Read More »
This is part two of a two-part series on data security measures. For part one, please see the February 2011 issue of Long-Term Living (“Hail your new Read More »
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act may prove to be the single most impactful piece of legislation for post-acute care since the Social Read More »
Whenever I need to get some clarity in life, I have two choices: either visit a therapist or Canada in winter. Not Vancouver, where I grew up. Read More »
Health Care REIT, Inc., announced Monday that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all real estate assets of Genesis HealthCare, a Read More »
Ventas, Inc., and Nationwide Health Properties, Inc. (NHP) announced Monday a definitive agreement under which Ventas will acquire all of the Read More »
