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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.
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Access Control Systems DoorKing, Inc. Inglewood, CA Contact: James Palfreyman Ph. (800) 826-7493 Fax (310) 641-1586 E-mail: info@doorking.com Web: Read More » Turning the Page at HHS
I wrote earlier in admiration of President Obama’s choice of Tom Daschle as his designee to fill the top job at HHS. I make no bones of the fact that Read More » About Nursing Home Staffing
In 1996 I picked this facility because the staffing ratio was one aide to ten residents. Back then this facility had 100 beds with 96 occupied when I Read More » Preparing to retire: Exit strategies for senior care owners
There are likely a number of reasons you went into business in the first place: independence … the pursuit of a dream or passion for caring … Read More » Abusive Nursing Home Employees: Lots of Blame to Go Around
Have you heard about the nursing home employees charged with the intentional drugging of residents at Kern Valley Nursing Home, in California? That’s Read More » New Law Makes Prosecution of Nursing Home Cases More Difficult
Unknown to most, in the later days of his term, former-president George W. Bush signed off on a new law that effectively clamps down on the publics' Read More » Your residents’ meal satisfaction
Are your residents satisfied with the facility’s prepared meals? Comment on their feedback. Comments: -We actually just had a Read More » Waiting for a Diagnosis
This past week I went back to the orthopedic surgeon for the results of the CAT scan of my shoulders. I thought this would be a rather routine Read More » Stimulating HIT- Morning in America?
Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been living with the ARRA (the “Stimulus Act- we’d best get used to another new acronym.) There are plenty of good Read More » Who’s going to EFA.09?
Are you planning on attending Environments for Aging 2009 on March 29 in Boston? Read More » LTL reader has strong words for care home owners
A reader named Lola recently brought up a zealous—if not unrestrained—personal commentary on how she views the current state of long-term care by Read More » Getting Acquainted, Then and Now
Within the first few days of coming to this facility I must have met almost all of the staff. I remember that I was pretty down because of the move Read More » Your response to community involvement
As part of your resident activity offerings, does your facility offer consistent local community involvement? Please explain those activities. Read More » Dealing with Injury
Despite being very careful, I managed to get injured. With shoulders weakened by quadriplegia, two nurses’ aides assist me with transfers. I can Read More » Your response to President Obama’s stimulus
Will President Obama’s stimulus and other policies take pressure off Medicaid reimbursement? Comments: - Our Read More » Health IT Gone Mainstream? – Who Woulda Thunk?
I look at the news swirling around me about healthcare information technology being one of the BIG 5 PRIORITIES for our new President with a mix of Read More » How Intel fosters senior independence
He is as ubiquitous at long-term care (LTC) conferences as anyone, and yet he is not a provider or management consultant. He is not a “techie,” but Read More » LTL Online
Readers say… the Long-Term Living Web site is featuring a new poll every Monday. Here are the results from a recent poll: Is your facility satisfied Read More » Enough is enough!
Larry Minnix, President and CEO of AAHSA What is being launched tomorrow is poorly planned, prematurely implemented and ham-handedly rolled out.” Read More » Nursing challengessupport association
“Do we really need another nursing association?” This question is raised occasionally as the number of long-term care (LTC) nursing associations Read More » Six strategies for survival
Recently Ziegler Capital Markets issued six strategies for senior living providers facing economic difficulties due to their faltering marketplace. Read More » Leading by recognizing generational differences
As nurse executives strive to lead others, they realize the key to success is achieving the level of leadership that inspires employees to Read More » Palm Garden of Ocala 2008 OPTIMA Award Ceremony
OPTIMA Award presentations tend to be memorable occasions, and the ceremony last fall at Palm Garden of Ocala was no exception. A sizable number of Read More » How to keep the nursing in long-term care facilities
It's no secret that the United States has a nursing shortage, one that promises to grow to alarming proportions—particularly in this country's Read More » Product Focus
Data Warehousing PowerCube, from MDI Achieve, is a robust data warehousing program designed to allow users to “slice and dice” data to manage their Read More » The Ice Cometh
On Tuesday, January 27, a double barreled winter storm moved through southeastern Ohio. Several inches of snow were followed by freezing rain Read More » Retirement strategies for small-facility operators
Senior living owners and operators contend with a variety of financial issues on a daily basis—everything from meeting monthly payroll to managing Read More » Your view on health information technology
Do you believe government-funded health information technology (HIT) would increase productivity at your facility? Comments: - Advances in Read More » How Are Aides Trained Today?
I would like to sit in on a nurse aide training session to see what they are being taught today. Since aides are no longer being trained here, I know Read More » 