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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.
Your desire for further education
If I were to further my education/training as a long-term care administrator, and had appropriate financial support, I would like to: Read More » National Research Council’s Report on Health IT—It’s All Good (hopefully)…
While some of us health care information technology folks were initially rather bowled over by this report upon its release, given its Read More » Universal Access or Government-Run Healthcare? Why Not?
Much has been discussed about reforming the clearly dysfunctional healthcare reimbursement structure in the United States. People are paying more and Read More » Your response to five-star ratings
Is your facility satisfied with its five-star rating from CMS? Please explain. Comments: - By the basis that Feds have Read More » Tell cockroaches to hit the road
It may take new residents some time to think of your facility as home, and ensuring that their space is comfortable and the staff is friendly goes a Read More » Learning About Pain
Most of us probably think we get more pain as we age. I feel we get stiffer, but I am not convinced we have more pain necessarily. Living in this Read More » AANAC, Resource Systems offers nurse assistant scholarships
Recognizing the critical role nursing assistants play in the lives of long-term care residents, CareTracker by Resource Systems, in conjunction with Read More » The Food Could Be Better
I have had three separate nursing home stays and the food was different each time. My first stay was when I was 29. I did not know the largest meal Read More » Product Focus
Adjustable Height Shampoo Bowl The Adjust-a-Sink® by Accessible Systems is an adjustable height shampoo bowl designed for salons in senior care Read More » Aging With Choice: Coping with a changing marketplace
As aging services providers, your mission is clear: serve the senior community in a way that enables aging with dignity, grace, and security. Read More » LTL Online
The Long-Term Living Web site serves daily news focused on the LTC field. The news feed covers reports and studies, governance, views and news from Read More » Mobile IT applications
The use of mobile information technology (IT) to assist healthcare professionals in making treatment decisions at the point of care is expected to Read More » Going ‘green’ in long-term care
As times quickly change, environmental responsibility has become a national issue and is being discussed in politics, the business world, Read More » Automate, automate, automate
Ready or not, long-term care providers are competing in a new game. While the players and objectives remain unchanged, the playing field has new Read More » Medicine Dilemma
I thought I would share a medication dilemma that has happened in the last week. I have been taking a pediatric dose of Erythromycin for my bowel and Read More » Business Intelligence (“BI”) – Without True Business Intelligence, How Much Intelligence Can an Organization Have?
With all the technology investments health care organizations are contemplating, I believe none can be more important than establishing a robust, Read More » Live From New York! It’s Rich Temple!
Long-Term Living magazine is happy to welcome Rich Temple as our newest blogger. Rich comes to us from our sister publication, Healthcare Read More » The Best Gift
My sister and I on Christmas I remember well the December I was 11. Mom must have been busy because she asked dad to take me shopping dow... Read More » Your green initiative
Are you making a conscious effort to “go green” in at least some aspects of your facility? If so, describe your plans. Read More » Planning for protection
The 9-11-2001 terrorist attacks, the massive disruption that followed Hurricane Katrina, the recurring Midwest floods, and the devastation caused by Read More » Facility Christmas Memories
I suppose no one looks forward to their first Christmas in a nursing home. I remember on my first Christmas here, I wanted a small Christmas tree for Read More » Racist attitudes in your facility
Has any of the in-service training you provide direct care workers taught them how to deal with racist attitudes in your facility? Read More » Advancing Excellence in Pain Assessment (Part 2)
Click here for Part 1 of Advancing Excellence in Pain AssessmentScreening Screening all residents for pain is the baseline step in the Read More » My Last Power Chair?
My graying power chair was purchased when I was working part time here by vocational rehabilitation in 2000. Medicaid began replacing the batteries a Read More » Advancing Excellence in Pain Assessment (Part 1)
Every resident has the right to be pain free and this can only be accomplished through an effective pain management program. Every long-term care Read More » Letter to the editor: Light’s impact on residents
Hello, my name is Rick Meinking and I am the Plant Operations Director at Seventy Five State Street. We are a non-profit long term care facility Read More » Your private-pay rate increases
In an effort to offset budget shortfalls, have you/will you increase private-pay rates in 2009? Comments: - The goal is to Read More » Healthy aging in the center of NYC
Photos by Dani Piderman Ask architect Chien Chung (C.C.) Pei, AIA, what he's most proud of in the design of the Martha Stewart Center for Living at Read More » Putting the fun in fundraising
What do you mean, the oven is not hot?” I ask as Emma attempts to put the biscuits in the oven during the weekly cooking class. As I begin to check Read More » 