My daughter, Annie, is spending her summer college break as a dietary services worker at a local hospital, which includes a senior behavioral health Read More »
I always face Memorial Day weekend with a sense of trepidation. Since I moved to a nursing home I have spent 16 of these “first of summer” holidays Read More »
Sunrise Senior Living announced last week that it has entered into an agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare (DPW) to have its Read More »
A proposed rule concerning the accounting of disclosures requirement under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Read More »
After testifying before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging last week, Assistant Secretary for Aging Kathy Greenlee told reporters that a Read More »
The Senate on Wednesday rejected a controversial budget plan—devised by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.)—that would have Read More »
The final countdown is on for long-term care providers to submit their OPTIMA Award entries. Submissions are due this Friday, May 27. Long-Term Read More »
Seven Republican senators sent a letter Tuesday to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Donald Berwick, administrator of the Read More »
Snap, crackle—those are the words that always come to mind when I think of Paul Willging. It was no exception this week when I learned of his death Read More »
A nursing home operator in Joplin, Mo., reported 11 fatalities at his facility in the aftermath of a devastating tornado that ripped through the Read More »
While most of what we hear in mainstream media about those who work in long-term care is not positive, what we have experienced is that employees who Read More »
Here’s some background for those who haven’t kept up with this blog for the past three years: I am 62 and an incomplete quadriplegic. I have normal Read More »
Seniors have lost almost one-third of their buying power since 2000, according to the Annual Survey of Senior Costs released by advocacy group The Read More »
In November 2010, Greenspring, an Erickson Living community in Springfield, Va., offered a new program—Live the Life—that actually lets potential Read More »
A federal appeals court in Louisville has upheld a $101.6 million damage award to real estate investment trust Ventas, Inc., in its case against HCP Read More »
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Tuesday three healthcare reform initiatives designed to facilitate the creation of Accountable Read More »
Long-term care owners and operators must constantly navigate a minefield of potential lawsuits. Vincent Marsella has seen it all. As an attorney with Read More »
The American Health Care Association (AHCA) has selected Jeff Myers, a former congressional aide specializing in health policy, as its new senior Read More »
Managers in long-term care facilities have multiple responsibilities in the governance and operation of their organizations, and they therefore have Read More »
More than a year has passed since I bought my 2002 minivan, which is adapted for wheelchair use, and I began wondering when it would need repairs. I Read More »
The annual status of the Social Security and Medicare programs released by the federal government show Medicare’s main trust fund will be depleted by Read More »
Elderly patients with heart failure who need skilled nursing care after hospital discharge are often sicker, at higher risk for poor outcomes and are Read More »
The cost to receive care in assisted living facilities and nursing homes increased over the past year, according to Genworth Financial's “2011 Cost Read More »
Real Capital Analytics (RCA), a global research firm, and the National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing and Care Industry (NIC) announced a Read More »
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Wednesday a series of initiatives to improve access to Medicare data and better Read More »
I wonder if supervisors in long-term care facilities realize that their staff members often only live up to the “boss’s” expectations. If we expect Read More »
