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I Advance Senior Care is the industry-leading source for practical, in-depth, business-building, and resident care information for owners, executives, administrators, and directors of nursing at assisted living communities, skilled nursing facilities, post-acute facilities, and continuing care retirement communities. The I Advance Senior Care editorial team and industry experts provide market analysis, strategic direction, policy commentary, clinical best-practices, business management, and technology breakthroughs.
I Advance Senior Care is part of the Institute for the Advancement of Senior Care and published by Plain-English Health Care.
I Advance Senior Care is part of the Institute for the Advancement of Senior Care and published by Plain-English Health Care.
Another July 4th: This year ‘a different feeling’
Most people think of the July 4th as a welcome break. They look forward to barbecues, swimming, boating, vacationing, and generally having a good Read More » e-Procurement
Long-Term Living asked Malcolm H. Morrison, PhD, president and CEO, Morrison Informatics, Inc., a healthcare information technology and data Read More » Lives Well-Lived Forever Chronicled on Video
Fred, a 92-year-old in assisted living at Glacier Hills Retirement Community, Ann Arbor, Michigan, recounted with detail and enthusiasm his days Read More » Green dining
Seniors are no exception to practicing sustainable and green living efforts, especially for some 500 residents of continuing care retirement Read More » The Golden Rule
My father was a member of the United Auto Workers (UAW) and worked for General Motors for 45 years. He repaired the sewing machines that sew car Read More » Annual July 2009 Buyers Guide
Simplify Your Shopping Operating a clean, efficient, well-maintained, resident-focused, and competitive long-term care facility is not an easy task. Read More » LTL Showroom
Dear Reader: Welcome to the LTL Showroom. Useful and innovative products are regularly being made available to professionals in long-term care, and Read More » Navigating the Marketing Maze
The senior care marketplace is booming, and so is the demand for products and services relating to the care of older Americans. Like a modern-day Read More » Marketing Your Facility Online
The last five years have spawned a plethora of online senior housing service providers in direct response to the growing number of people using the Read More » Teamwork Starts at the Top
When the topic of teams and collaboration comes up, many think that this is the domain of people in the middle and at the bottom of the Read More » Web Directory
LTC RESOURCES AARP 601 E St., NW Washington, DC 20049 (888) 687-2277 Fax: (202) 434-6499 https://www.aarp.org Advanced Medical Technology Association Read More » WHO declares H1N1 pandemic; researcher describes key LTC practices
Cleveland-With an estimated 28,000 cases of the H1N1 swine flu virus worldwide as of June 11, including 141 deaths in 74 countries, the World Health Read More » DMEPOS rebid education
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced the next steps in the implementation of the Round One Rebid of the Medicare Read More » Your thoughts on new Medicare guidance
Which resident choice, based on the new Medicare guidance’s focus on individual preferences, will be most difficult to deliver? Read More » Hospitals: Leave hospice to long-term care
While 90% of hospice patients receive their care in their own homes per the American Cancer Society, there are still many patients that have the need Read More » How can I get my staff to come in as scheduled and on time?
Janice Hammond, RN from Indiana sent a question about how to get staff to show up for work and on time. This question often comes up during Read More » Learn to live with Five-Star
PentaStar Collaborative published a white paper surveying 356 nursing home administrators on the CMS Five-Star Rating System and how they felt it Read More » First Chemo Is Over
My first chemotherapy treatment was last week and I prepared for it carefully. Since I need two aides to assist me with transfers, I was concerned. I Read More » Are apartment developers ready to enter senior housing?
It’s funny how a great business opportunity resonates in places you never expected. As a franchisor that is creating first-class assisted-living Read More » Secret shoppers can improve your LTC business
Any healthcare business, including long-term care, can benefit from implementing a secret shopper program. Nursing homes and assisted living Read More » How to run effective resident council meetings
The second of a three-part series. To come: Part Three: For Residents: Reclaiming the Resident Council Resident Council Meetings, as I Read More » Eating in the Dining Room
Right now there is a great push to get all residents here to eat in the dining rooms. When I first came here, there was a dining room for the "feeds" Read More » How important is new employee orientation?
New employees don’t start in a new position able to succeed without information and direction. Regardless of years of experience in healthcare or a Read More » Are clinical ladders only for nursing?
There is no doubt that the nursing department houses a large number of employees. It is, most often, the largest department and provides most of the Read More » Legal victory for nursing home residents: State laws can supersede Federal Arbitration Act
Some court decisions leave lots of room for future generations of law school classes to debate the subtleties of the Judge's wording. Yet, other Read More » Your thoughts on the creation of a national LTC insurance trust
Would you support the creation of a national insurance trust to help pay for long-term care? Comments: - LTC insurance is available; Read More » Ethics and practice: The connection
In a day when, in the mind of some people, anything goes, the field of long-term care administration suffers seriously when people don’t seem to know Read More » Why most resident council meetings in nursing homes are a sham
The first of a three-part series. To come: Part Two: How to run effective resident council meetings; Part Three: For residents: Reclaiming the Read More » Your Mama Don’t Dance and Your Daddy Don’t… Twitter?
During the CHIME reception at HIMSS in April, I spotted our friend Anthony holding court at a table surrounded by the rich and powerful. (Actually it Read More » 