Medicare will cut skilled nursing facility payments by 11.1 percent, or $3.87 billion, starting October 1, under a corrective proposal the federal Read More »
By 2020, healthcare spending will catapult to $4.6 trillion dollars as projected in a new report from federal actuaries. It predicts that from Read More »
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports an estimated $48 billion in Medicare improper fee-for-service payments in 2010, representing about Read More »
Hiring is often a flip of the coin. In my experience, we strive to hire great people and often they are less than desirable. But every once in a Read More »
A new study finds that Medicare’s prescription-coverage program cuts healthcare costs since the benefit results in reduced admissions to nursing Read More »
While the for-profit hospice industry is growing and thriving, concerns about withholding appropriate care for dying patients are increasing as well, Read More »
Discharge, readmit, discharge, readmit. It’s the healthcare cycle many seniors are trapped in as they age and/or their disease process runs its Read More »
You know things are bad when the antagonism, fear and general malaise surrounding the fight over the U.S. debt ceiling trickles down to casual Read More »
In Janary 2002, Channel 6, a resident/staff broadcasting venture, went live at Greenspring, an Erickson Living retirement community in Springfield, Read More »
Subsidizing low-wage caregivers at group homes would likely reduce worker turnover rates and help contain costs at long-term care facilities, Read More »
When my Mears cousins invited me to a family reunion in 2008 I wanted to go. But it was 70 miles away from the nursing home and I had not traveled Read More »
Measurable brain chemistry changes may appear 10 to 20 years before the first detectable cognitive impairments among people with a genetic form of Read More »
A Boca Raton, Fla. nursing facility violated federal law by firing an employee over Sabbath-keeping issues, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Read More »
You may have noticed over the past month a few new contributors to the Long-Term Living blog. Hopefully, you have already checked out their expert Read More »
Three out of four senior citizen households are financially unprepared for an unexpected illness or other traumatic life event, according to a new Read More »
The national average salary of Director of Nurses in Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs) increased 2.56 percent in 2011, from $80,573 in Read More »
Baby boomers are setting themselves up for unhealthy—and costly—golden years, according to the new Associated Press LifeGoesStrong.com poll that Read More »
For the upcoming July 2011 issue of Long-Term Living, we asked three well known senior living designers to debate the pros and cons of various Read More »
As an addendum to our recent article titled “Nursing care quality and the False Claims Act” in the June issue of Long-Term Living, the Office of Read More »
Top-down and bottom-up approaches to facility infection control and prevention programs are an evolving force in culture and practice. During an Read More »
Lifestyle changes and treatment or prevention of chronic medical conditions may be all that’s necessary to defend against more than half of Read More »
A bipartisan group of senators known as the “Gang of Six” Tuesday unveiled their 10-year $3.7 trillion deficit-reduction plan, featuring a mixture of Read More »
The first time I saw a nursing home staff member with a tongue piercing, I shuddered. It looked painful. Since I never thought of having one myself, Read More »
In Kissimmee, Florida, the home of Disney World and other fantasies, the 2011 National Association Directors of Nursing Administration conference Read More »
Karen L. McDonald, RN, BSN, of KLM & Associates, LTC Consulting, LLC, offered nurses tips, tricks and good advice on keeping accurate and consistent Read More »
Nursing home residents taking certain antidepressant medications are at an increased risk of falling days after starting a new prescription or a dose Read More »
Falls are more common among individuals with the earliest signs of Alzheimer’s, according to a study presented Sunday at the Alzheimer’s Association Read More »
Robert Stewart earlier this week admitted in court that he shot and killed eight people in a North Carolina nursing home back in March 2009. Even Read More »
