Like thousands of other long-term care industry providers, educators, advocates, vendors (and journalists) making final preparations to attend this Read More »
I worked at a unionized grocery store during college, which I did not initially give much thought to aside from questioning the $6 in dues deducted Read More »
In response to a proposed regulation that would mandate separation of consultant pharmacy services from other pharmaceutical providers in long-term Read More »
Government officials Friday announced that implementation of the voluntary LTC insurance program within healthcare reform, known as the Community Read More »
Three recent developments indicate sharp scrutiny being placed on the home health industry. Stemming from Congress, the courts and the Office of Read More »
Bipartisan members of the House Education & the Workforce Committee conducted a hearing Wednesday over proposed legislation that would overturn Read More »
Skilled nursing care has improved and health survey citations are declining, according to a new quality of care report. America’s skilled nursing Read More »
The final SNF PPS rule for FY2012 published this summer will cause all operational professionals to stop and think about their implementation Read More »
The recent recipient of $102 million in compensatory damages, real estate investment trust Ventas, Inc., is now seeking an additional judgment of Read More »
There are a few trends right now threatening both facilities’ skilled and overall census. One of the most significant trends: With increasing Read More »
William Day at The Crystal Conservatories For more than three decades I have heard a steady drumbeat from providers and from the healthcare Read More »
Transitioning to the Quality Indicator Survey (QIS) protocol can be a smooth passage when facility leaders introduce the tools and process to their Read More »
In the professional cleaning industry, Stephen Ashkin is known as the “father of green cleaning.” He and his consulting organization, The Ashkin Read More »
I like to think of Long-Term Living as a vibrant community. Yes, we're a magazine and a website and a “brand,” but we're also something bigger than Read More »
Despite the rapid advancement of genetic science over the past several decades, concerns eventually arose nationwide that Americans were not taking Read More »
Rendering by Rees Associates, Inc. The first Prevarian Senior Living community, Wyoming Springs Assisted Living and Memory Care in Round Rock, Read More »
Judah L. Ronch, PhD We talk a lot about culture change, but what is it about the culture that needs to be changed, and which culture are we Read More »
Distressing to the resident and difficult for caregivers to manage, sundowning typically occurs between 4:30 and 11:00 p.m. This state of increased Read More »
Over the past few years, the financing landscape for both for-profit and nonprofit senior living providers has changed dramatically. Underwriting Read More »
Gary Tetz I have a coffee mug that says “Simplify.” I don't know how to obey that command, short of pouring the scalding hot beverage directly Read More »
Robert Supper In 2010, ACTS Retirement-Life Communities completed a mutually beneficial affiliation agreement with Peninsula United Methodist Read More »
Remembering when Whatever their age, people reminisce about how the past was sweeter, purer, more challenging, more fun, more whatever than Read More »
Larry Limbaugh, Spirituality Director at Winter Park Care & Rehabilitation Center, received a box of date-filled butter cookies called Ma'amouls Read More »
This has been one rollicking year for senior housing developers and owners-and not in a fun way. What with the anemic economy, debt ceiling Read More »
Bob Gatty Business organizations, including representatives of the long-term care industry, have mobilized to fight a proposed new regulation from Read More »
