I Advance Senior Care
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.
Editorial
editorialBY RICHARD L. PECK, EDITOR-IN-CHIEFThrough the looking glass I've got to say, there's a certain Alice-in-Wonderland quality to long-term Read More » Focus On…Interiors
I Advance Senior CareI Advance Senior Care is the industry-leading source for practical, in-depth, business-building, and resident care i... Read More » Many Nursing Homes Need Better Fire and Smoke Protection
Many nursing homes need better fire and smoke protection Read More » A NURSING HOMES/LONG TERM CARE MANAGEMENT ROUNDUP
On May 6, 2004, departing Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson appointed David J. Brailer, MD, PhD, one of the nation's preeminent Read More » Financing the project
In today's long-term care environment, administrators and other staff are usually too busy with the day-to-day adventures of caregiving to worry Read More » Designing bathing rooms that comfort
Many caregivers find giving baths or showers one of the most difficult aspects of caregiving. It's a time when residents with dementia are often Read More » spotlight PRODUCT
Bariatric Lifting Systems The Bravo Twin Cassette Bariatric Lifting System from ARJO is designed to lift and transfer patients weighing up to 900 Read More » Assisted Living Review
Assisted living providers look to diversification for new revenue streams Read More » To Grandmother’s House We Go
Project Summary Type of Facility/Setting: Independent Living—Cottage Homes Owner: Strong Health System/University of Rochester, Read More » PAUL WILLGING says
The quality of care in America's nursing homes has, beyond a doubt, become the most contentious issue in contemporary long-term care. The issue has Read More » PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR TRANSITIONING TO A NEW SOFTWARE SYSTEM
Is it time for your long-term care organization to take the plunge and invest in one of the latest healthcare information technology systems? Is it Read More » Handwashing Antiseptics: The Product Selection Challenge
INTERVIEW WITH RITA MCCORMICK, RN, CIC, SENIOR INFECTION CONTROL PRACTITIONER, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN HOSPITAL & CLINICS AUTHORITY Handwashing Read More » Marketing to Meet Today’s Consumer Demands
BY LOU BURGESS Marketing to meet today's consumer demandsAttending to the "little" details can give your long-term care facility or senior community Read More » SPECIAL NOT-FOR-PROFIT REPORT SECTION
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!A selection of LTC programs that made a differenceReprinted from past editions of the Not-for-Profit Report For the past eight years, Read More » Designing Space for the Bariatric Resident
Designing space for the bariatric resident. Read More » Today’s Administrator and DON
The jobs aren't what they used to be-three distinguished practitioners tell whyBASED ON INTERVIEWS BY SANDRA HOBAN, MANAGING EDITOR, AND TODD Read More » Risk Prevention Means Teamwork
BY ROBIN A. BLEIER, RN, CLC, LHCRM This article is based on a presentation at the 17th Annual NADONA/LTC conference, Orlando, Florida, Read More » Building a Bridge to Education
BY KATHLEEN K. BROGAN, MSN, MSHED, RN, AND ANNA MARSHALICK, MSN, RN To address the extreme nursing shortages that exist today and are predicted for Read More » Avoiding Drug-Induced Depression in Nursing Home Residents
BY BRIAN GARAVAGLIA, PHD Many individuals are admitted to acute, subacute, and long-term care facilities each year suffering from a depression that Read More » What Staff Are Saying: A Firsthand Report
BY MARIAN DEUTSCHMAN, PHD When you ask nursing home staff about their jobs and ideas for improvement, what do you hear? A few years ago I visited Read More » Integrated Security-Response Systems
BY STEVEN ELDER An integrated security-response system combines safety systems into a single entity. It is essentially a network of networks, Read More » Lawyers Have Gone Fishing
BY RIC HENRY, CPHRM, CNHA, FACHCA "Gone fishing"-these words should be posted on the doors of many plaintiffs' attorneys across the country. For Read More » Beyond the Nuts and Bolts of LTC Products
BY DOUGLAS J. EDWARDS, ASSISTANT EDITORProcter & Gamble recently announced that Ivory soap floats because it was designed to-its buoyancy was not the Read More » Innovative Illness-Prevention Strategies for Long-Term Care
BY ELIZABETH P. FUSS, RN, MS, CIC As an infection control nurse, I know that residents of LTC facilities would make any infection control Read More » Liability Landscape
I Advance Senior CareI Advance Senior Care is the industry-leading source for practical, in-depth, business-building, and resident care i... Read More » Enhancing Medicare PPS Service Quality and Reimbursement
BY JAMES J. RIEMENSCHNEIDER, LNHA, MBA, AND L. PRENTICE THOMPSON Now is an Read More » Wellness for the Subacute Patient
BY TOBI SCHWARTZ-CASSELL An increase in interest in the wellness Read More » Gazing Into a Crystal Ball
BY ALAN E. SCHABES, ESQ. "...and, furthermore, I don't want to see your face in my office until the research report is finished!"The door slammed Read More » Risk-Retention Groups: An Alternate Way to Secure Insurance
BY SCOTT A. MAGER, ESQ. The landscape for the long-term care industry is not a pretty sight. Advertising by lawyers sensationalizing negative Read More » 