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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.
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 » Paul Willging Says…
I Advance Senior CareI Advance Senior Care is the industry-leading source for practical, in-depth, business-building, and resident care i... Read More » Controlling Budget Variance
BY SUSAN J. PENNER Long-term care administrators are familiar with monitoring their budgets, and they soon learn from experience that some sources Read More » Design Center
BY RICHARD L. PECK, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF PROJECT SUMMARYType of Facility/Setting: Skilled Nursing/Dementia CareOwner: The A.M. McGregor Read More » Success With a Mock Survey Team
BY RONDA CHRISTOPHER The Long Term Care division of Mercy Health Partners designed a collaborative oversight team, called the Mock Survey Team Read More » Creating a Healing Environment
BY ALLAN G. KOMAREK, PHD, RN In the late 1970s, Angelica Thieriot created the Planetree Organization in an attempt to personalize, humanize, and Read More » Is Your Staff Ready for Violent Residents?
BY DAVID LENNOX, PHD Where would you feel safer working, a nursing home or a coal mine? According to the Occupational Safety & Health Administration Read More » Editorial
editorialBY RICHARD L. PECK, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF You might have noticed that articles on "how to choose a nursing home" have become an editorial staple Read More » NH Scorecard
BY RICHARD L. PECK, EDITOR-IN-CHIEFNursing Homes/Long Term Care Management asked readers to give Washington's policymakers letter grades on several Read More » Laying Out the RED CARPET Program
BY MARIA MOTSAVAGEOur organization had been struggling for years with declining resident satisfaction scores, increasing employee turnover, and a Read More » Avoiding the Hidden Risk That Could Sink Your CCRC
BY DAVID DILLON, ASA, AND BONNIE ALBRITTON, ASA Many CCRCs conduct operations on a short-term cash basis. They pore over last quarter's monthly fee Read More » Bathing Safety for the Elderly and Disabled
BY BRUCE FATHERSBathing safety for the elderly and disabledCan residents be protected from all hazards posed by bathing water? Technology's Read More » Editorial
I Advance Senior CareI Advance Senior Care is the industry-leading source for practical, in-depth, business-building, and resident care i... Read More » Managing Dysphagia in Dementia: A Timed Snack Protocol
BY FAERELLA BOCZKO, MS, CCC/SLPManaging dysphagia in dementia: A timed snack protocolRecent pilot studies indicate that appropriate snacks Read More » In PerspectiveSurvey Survival
inperspectiveSURVEY survivalBY RETA A. UNDERWOOD, ADCDemystifying documentation Why does our industry remain so mystified, if not completely psyched Read More » Fire Safety: Is Your Facility Legal?
BY JULIE A. BRAUN, JD, LLM Fire safety: Is your facility legal?The legal stru cture governing nursing home fire safety: A guide to self-examination Read More » Missing: Death Education for Nursing Facilities
BY DONALYN GROSS, PHD, LCSW, CMPMissing: Death education for nursing facilitiesStaff need to be trained in comforting dying residents, their Read More » Renovating an Ugly Duckling
BY RICHARD McCLELLANRenovating an ugly ducklingThe story of Meadow Glen of Richmond I first heard about the property two years ago from a real estate Read More » NIC on Financing
inperspectiveNIC ON financingBY ANTHONY J. MULLENHeaded in the right direction After several quarters of not-very-inspiring developments in capital Read More » Focus On…Pressure Relief
I Advance Senior CareI Advance Senior Care is the industry-leading source for practical, in-depth, business-building, and resident care i... Read More » Design Center
designcenter The Inn at Spruce WoodDURHAM, NEW HAMPSHIREProject SummaryType of Facility/Setting: Independent Read More » Paul Willging Says…
PAUL WILLGING says...Decide what you want from satisfaction surveys Last month I talked about the importance of customer satisfaction in managing a Read More » An All-Out Attack on Falls
Our falls-prevention program began in 1998 and has progressed and grown over the years. We performed an intense review and revision of the program Read More » Computer Technology
inperspectiveCOMPUTER technologyBY DAVID OATWAYElectronic records in long-term care "By computerizing health records, we can avoid dangerous medical Read More » Design Center
designcenter Tamarisk Enriched Assisted LivingWARWICK, RHODE ISLANDPROJECT SUMMARYType of Facility/Setting: Read More » Can Administrators’ Leadership Style Influence Quality of Care?
BY CHRISTINA A. HASEMANN, PHD, RD, L/CDNCan administrators' leadership style influence quality of care?In quest of the "authoritarian" administrator Read More » Editorial
editorialBY RICHARD L. PECK, EDITOR-IN-CHIEFJust say no Early July saw the release of a study entitled, "Predators in America's Nursing Homes: Read More » Building the New Culture of Aging-One Leader at a Time
Building the new culture of aging-One leader at a timeBill Keane, MS, MBA, Director of Special Programs, Mather LifeWays, interviews Bill Thomas, MD, Read More » Grading Your Facility Compliance Plan
BY LAWRENCE A. FOGEL AND JOSEPH M. WATTGrading your facility compliance planYour corporate compliance plan takes time and effort. Is it worthwhile? Read More » 