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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.
Green and Grey and E-F-A
Just sorting out some things today before leaving for Tucson Sunday morning for the Environments for Aging conference. I hope to spend the majority Read More » Obstacles and Solutions in Real-World Design
It is always fun—and about as real as it gets—to ask designers about the problems they encountered in getting their projects together and completed. Read More » The evidence in support of SAGE Design Principles
People are no longer willing to accept that nursing homes have to be institutional, staff-centric facilities based solely on a medical model. Read More » Product Focus
Lounge and Guest Seating Legacy Furniture Group has introduced the Celebrate Collection, its newest lounge and guest seating series. Celebrate's Read More » Signs of the new: A panel discussion by the jurors from SAGE
One of the questions we asked of participants this year involved their use of green design. Read More » Honorable Mention: Judges’ Comments
McKenna Crossing at Shepherd's Path Pope Associates, Inc., Senior Lifestyle Design Kaye Brown: A great sense of place. Read More » Design that drives social engagement
Modern design accommodates residents’ social engagement to whatever extent they wish. Read More » The stories behind the citations
Once again, the editors of DESIGN have asked the designers of the citation-winning projects to tell their stories. Read More » CR vs. DR
Computed Radiography (CR) was first introduced in 1982 but was not widely used until the early 1990’s. CR uses the exact same x-ray sources as Read More » PACS Super Bowl
Today is the most anticipated sports day of the year. The National Football League is featuring the 42 Annual Super Bowl game between the New Read More » “People today are looking for community…”
Sometimes to really evaluate change you need perspective—and the broader and deeper the perspective, the better. It would be difficult to exceed the Read More » Is your infection control program effective?
It is well known that the elderly population has a substantially increased incidence and severity of many infectious diseases. In fact, the Centers Read More » Visioning urban revitalization
In spring 2007, a team of AG Architecture employees gathered to participate in a weekend charrette called “Aging in Community—A Senior Housing Ideas Read More » Creating a Successful Workforce Culture
Few would argue that turnover in long-term care has been out of control for a long time, despite repeated research projects and surveys examining Read More » The problem with root cause analysis
Root cause analysis has become an important quality assurance method for identifying problems encountered in long-term care. Without a doubt, it is Read More » Investigating abuse: When it’s one person’s word against another’s
One staff member reports another staff member for abusing a confused resident, but there are no other witnesses and no physical evidence of abuse. Read More » ¿Cómo se dice ‘multicultural’?
When Michael walks through the halls of his facility, he has trouble understanding what his staff members are saying. It's as if they're speaking a Read More » The current state of EMRs in LTC settings
Long-term care (LTC) requires hands-on support and care from frontline workers—the human element in caring for a frail, aged population. While the Read More » Communications technology goes formal
Recent years have seen the beginnings of a boom in technologies designed to support seniors’ health and well-being in various settings, ranging from Read More » Product Focus
Employee Scheduling Software With version 10 of Atlas Business Solutions’ Visual Staff Scheduler Pro (VSS Pro), users can schedule personnel more Read More » Rewarding leadership: The ACHCA Annual Award
Achieving a universally recognized state of quality in a long-term care facility is certainly no simple feat. From the sheer challenge of Read More » Questions & answers from the American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators (AANAC)
Q: Our therapist coded too many minutes on the MDS in item P1b—about 2,000 too many. The MDS was submitted to the state, but we caught the error Read More » Multisensory room and specialized dementia programming
In 2006, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued new guidance for activities that specifically directed facilities to improve Read More » What’s Next?
Now that PACS has redefined Radiology workflow providing many improvements in medical imaging services, What’s Next? A PR representative for Merge Read More » Confronting the risk of elopement
You've received a call from the local hospital that one of your residents, after being found on the street by the police, has been brought to the Read More » Modern Payroll Outsourcing: A Success Story
We have a very complex payroll,” says Bridget Gibson. As controller for Augustana Care Corporation in Minneapolis, she is responsible for 17 Read More » Is your activity program ready for survey?
Surveyors are looking more closely at activity programs to ensure that they are adequately serving the needs of the nursing facility residents. Read More » Product Focus
Safety Footwear Shoes For Crews® offers feminine athletic-style footwear designed specifically for the contour of a woman's foot, along with rugged Read More » Watch for a Quality Indicator Survey coming near you
This year will see the expansion of a federal demonstration program that could lead to greater consistency and, hopefully, improvement in the state Read More » 