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.
Prepare for disaster before disaster strikes
Creating a detailed emergency response plan—and keeping it updated—is crucial to safeguarding your organization’s residents, staff and property. These disaster planning checklists can help you manage risk and keep your staff ready for anything. Read More » BREAKING: GOP returns with counter-offer to avert ‘fiscal cliff’
Speaker of the House John Boehner delivered a new proposal to solve the budget crisis this afternoon-- including billions in healthcare cuts. Read More » Where are the germs in long-term care?
Flu season demands greater attention to cleaning. “High-touch” surfaces require particularly close attention. Daily housekeeping in LTC facilities should include not only obvious reservoirs of micro-organisms such bathrooms and linens, but all horizontal and high-touch surfaces outside resident rooms and other care areas. Read More » Making progress one step at a time
Important victories can be achieved when a resident is encouraged and enabled to use his or her abilities to achieve a personal goal through support and training. Read More » Obama administration proposes $340 billion in Medicare cuts in preliminary “fiscal cliff” negotiations
According to news reports on Nov. 28 and 29, President Barack Obama has proposed cutting $340 billion from Medicare spending over 10 years, in his fiscal year 2013 budget, as part of his initial bargaining stance with Speaker of the House of Representatives John Boehner (R-OH) and congressional Republicans, during the so-called “fiscal cliff” negotiations. Read More » Brain fitness, risk and safety
The elderly can benefit from the “use it or lose it” tenet of good geriatric practice, which encourages them to make choices from among meaningful alternatives. This practice requires no special technology because it’s what we do countless times every day. Read More » Thinking outside the box
The status quo never inspired innovation. Dr. Tellis-Nayak, a medical sociologist and Senior Research Advisor at the National Research Corporation, explains why improving long-term care means being willing to look beyond "the way things are" and considering the way things could be. Read More » Vitamin D and me
Being vitamin D deficient surprises me, since I have never been told I was deficient in the past. But I am a breast cancer survivor and know that chemotherapy can cause physical changes. Read More » Reducing antipsychotic medications? Try these behavioral interventions
With the recent focus on reducing antipsychotics in long-term care and substituting behavioral interventions, facilities may be left wondering what interventions to use and how to implement them. Here are ideas on how to prevent, investigate and monitor agitation on your units and address staffing needs to ease the transition from antipsychotic medication. Read More » Long-Term Living takes brief holiday break
In observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, Long-Term Living will take a break from publishing news, articles and blogs on Thursday and Friday, November 22-23. We'll be back Monday, November 26. Have an enjoyable holiday! Read More » Michigan moves forward with culture change
Michigan has made a commitment to culture change. PHI serves as the convener for this multi-stakeholder group that includes resident advocates, provider associations, government agencies, culture change advocates and employee organizations. Read More » Thanksgiving thoughts
Throughout the years, it is inevitable that holiday celebrations change. Families grow, they shrink and other circumstances contribute to adaptations in family traditions. Kathleen Mears shares some of her Thanksgiving memories and plans. Read More » T01 Lambeth House
A not-for-profit continuing care retirement community (CCRC), Lambeth House was the first CCRC in New Orleans and is recognized as the leader in providing superior senior residential services. Its mission is to maximize the physical, intellectual, spiritual, emotional, and social well-being of its residents. Situated in a truly urban setting, Lambeth House is a high-rise structure of 12 stories consisting of 118 independent living apartments, 51 assisted living apartments, and 39 skilled nursing beds. After enduring the consequences of the destructive Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the subsequent massive loss of population in New Orleans, and the 2008 national economic collapse, Lambeth House was determined to see that senior living was as strong as ever in New Orleans. Read more. Slideshow available. Read More » T02 Belleville Assisted Living
Belleville is a 53-bedroom Assisted Living Community located in the historic Algiers Point neighborhood of New Orleans. Originally operating as The Belleville School, the main structure was built in 1898 and had been vacant since 1987. Since opening in early 2012, Belleville Assisted Living facility has offered residents an array of amenities that are specially designed to provide the highest quality of care. Upon entering the facility grounds, multi-purpose rooms, beauty salons, spas, and outdoor courtyards make up Belleville’s picturesque five-building campus. Read more. Read More » T03 Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, MS
For more than a century and a half, military veterans have enjoyed the finest lifestyles in retirement homes dedicated to housing veterans. The Armed Forces Retirement Home (AFRH) in Washington, DC, is a model retirement center with resident-centered facilities and services. The AFRH provides outstanding services and amenities that rival those found throughout the United States. Read more. Slideshow available. Read More » Piercing the corporate veil: Strategies to reduce corporate negligence claims in LTC lawsuits
Nursing home and assisted living operators are seeing a marked increase in “piercing the corporate veil” theories and corporate negligence claims in malpractice litigation. The good news is facilities can and should employ strategies that can help insulate them from these claims. Read More » Nursing care occupancy performance stable overall, but varies by market
The stability in nursing care market fundamentals continues, as occupancy remains essentially flat. In the third quarter of 2012, nursing care occupancy was 88.0 percent, an increase of 10 basis points from the prior quarter and a 30 basis point decline during the past year. Read More » A long-term care life without mirrors
Life without mirrors does not seem strange until I go to a store where there are many. Then, without trying I get an occasional glance of my hair or skin to see how my face is aging. Sometimes I am aghast thinking I look tired. Other times I look quickly and just keep moving. Read More » What President Obama’s re-election means for the future of long-term care
The votes are in: The Obama Administration now has four more years to further the healthcare initiatives begun under the 2010 Affordable Care Act. So, what happens next? Long-term care leaders, providers and industry experts weigh in on the implications of President Obama's reelection for the U.S. healthcare system and, specifically, the LTC industry. Read More » 2012 Elections: President Obama wins, balance of Congress retained
Voters returned President Obama to the White House, overcoming a resistance to his agenda by Congressional Republicans, an anemic economic recovery and a divided nation. Watch for Long-Term Living's continuing coverage and analysis of the presidential election. Read More » Incontinence: Documentation risks and payment issues
How many of your residents have some sort of incontinence? More than you think. Improper assessment and MDS 3.0 coding of incontinence can result in inadequate treatment for residents, costly overuse of incontinence products and payment issues for caregivers. Read More » Voting in a nursing home
When I first went to a nursing home in 1996, I did not know how voting was handled. When I learned I would be voting in a group with a person from the board of elections assisting, I was uncomfortable. Read More » Building a CCRC without walls
It may be counterintuitive for CCRCs to expand to in-home services, but some in the industry say it is a brilliant move with little to no disadvantages. Learn how an established CCRC made the leap. Read More » Hurricane Sandy releases fury on east coast; LTC facilities evacuate
Updated 11:05 p.m. Thousands of LTC facilities evacuate the coastline from Maryland to New York as Hurricane Sandy sets her sights on inland states. Read More » Better housekeeping tools in nursing homes
I have lived in two nursing homes for over 16 years and at both facilities housekeepers still use dust mops, brooms and string mops to clean. I guess these tools can do an adequate job. But they can make messes and cannot easily clean up something quickly. Read More » Targeting the adult day care market
Need new service revenue? Two executives from the Francis E. Parker Memorial Home, Highland Park, N.J., share how offering adult day programs can open up opportunities to provide well-needed services while building new bridges to skilled nursing services. Read More » The laundry room: Room for savings?
A facility laundry incurs many expenses--labor, equipment, energy and more--that factor into the costs of operation. Investing in new equipment and attention to detail can pay off. Read More » A better cup of tea
Enjoying a tasty and relaxing cup of tea might not be as simple as it sounds. In addition to proper preparation and service, hot beverages must be served safely to long-term care residents. Read More » Crisis? Don’t cringe; be prepared
Crisis communications doesn’t have to make you cringe. If you plan accordingly and understand how to protect your reputation in a crisis, you can successfully navigate the situation and avoid the potentially negative impact an unexpected event could have on your long-term care organization. Read More » 