The not-for-profit National Quality Foundation failed to deliver five of eight projects related to EHRs activity on time, according to a GAO report. Read More »
Do you wish you could be a fly on the wall, observing without changing the behavior of the people you’re watching? Wonder no more, as this nursing home psychologist reveals the secrets they don’t want you to know. Read More »
While the supply across the largest 31 metropolitan markets has declined, there are exceptions at the metropolitan market level. In the past year, 10 of the largest 31 metropolitan markets had increases in the nursing care bed supply. Read More »
Beyond verbal communication, I wondered how else we may be devaluing our team members who work so closely with residents. Consider these questions about the design of your environments—and the messages they send to employees. Read More »
Are your hard-surface floors making you—and your residents—sick? Brush up on these current best practices for cleanliness and maintenance with January's Focus On. Read More »
The meek young girl greeted surveyors with a megawatt smile and proclaimed, “Chris took all of the residents camping. They’ll be back on Monday.” Read More »
In this first of a regular monthly feature of conversations with LTC industry executives, Craig Fukushima of The Fox Group weighs in on the outlook for senior housing development, capital availability and the influence of baby boomers on senior care and marketing efforts. Read More »
LTC developers and operators gathered last Sunday to learn the latest business models, demographics and behavioral considerations for managing dementia, as well as to explore opportunities to expand or add memory care to their communities. Read More »
The report, which offers a global overview of the senior living industry, found that baby boomers prefer unconventional senior housing, which developers have been creating at an increased rate. Read More »
The Assisted Living Federation of America is aiding the development of Association Senior Living India. ALFA Director Steven Vick will serve on the new association's board. Read More »
A Virginia facility provides care to a diverse population in a stigma-free atmosphere. Its ventilation therapy program is an attractive option for providing transitional care and encouraging ACO affiliation. Read More »
The Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care decried MedPAC’s recommendations, calling them a “failure to recognize the obvious link between Medicare and Medicaid in financing SNF care.” Read More »
AANAC's Diane Carter asks: "Where can we as nurse leaders support LTC nursing while making it clear this is our profession of choice?" Her own answers may surprise. Read More »
Grow staff, impact the perceptions of long-term care and deliver on the promise of culture change. A comprehensive approach to staff development is inherently linked to organizational development. Read More »
Do you have an outstanding nurse, nursing assistant or student nurse that you'd like to acknowledge for his or her contributions to creating a quality care and quality environment for residents? Read More »
The CBO estimates that if the Medicare eligibility age was raised to 67, annual federal spending on Medicare would be reduced by $148 billion from 2012 through 2021. Read More »
Utilization of healthcare services, including nursing home stays and hospitalizations, was more than double in those with cirrhosis compared to non-cirrhotic peers. Read More »
In his new monthly blog, John F. Derr, RPh, Health Information Technology Strategy consultant to Golden Living, will bring you the big picture in long-term and post-acute care health information technology, and inform you on how to participate in the future. Read More »
A new study finds that nurses working with electronic health records (EHRs) consistently reported more improvements to nursing care and better health outcomes for patients than nurses working in hospitals without this technology. Read More »
The Alzheimer’s Association said in a statement that the HHS draft “highlights many solutions” and is a “significant marker” in the process of addressing the disease. Read More »
Long-Term Living contributor Eli Pick’s account of a life in long-term care offers valuable insights and lessons learned from failures and successes along the way. "This was very difficult for me in the beginning," he writes. Read More »
While the study’s authors noted that nicotine stimulates receptors in the brain that are important for thinking and memory skills, they cautioned against unsupervised use of the substance. Read More »
To experience just one of the many challenges a LTC resident experiences on a daily basis can be sobering and eye-opening. And, it just might make you reconsider your facility's approach to resident care. Read More »
Gov. Branstad said the bill would force nursing homes and other facilities to inform staff, residents, residents’ families and the community when a registered sex offender is accepted into a facility. Read More »
For senior living communities, social media is a “brand” new world adding a new dimension to the marketing mix and a “brave” new world for communities to share their stories. Read More »
U.S. healthcare spending was historically slow for the second consecutive year, a finding that CMS attributes to health reform’s measures to control costs. Read More »
