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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.
EFA Review: A 15-year retrospective
In 1997, Nursing Homes/Long Term Care Management (now Long-Term Living) stepped outside its established coverage to showcase the importance of where care is provided and how environments impact care and management. Fifteen years later, design for senior care environments is still and will continue to be a critical component in successful elder care. Read More » National Quality Forum President Corrigan to step down
Corrigan, who has served as NQF president and CEO for more than six years, will step down in June 2012. Read More » How interior design affects resident behavior
Do the design choices senior housing interior designers and architects make really affect the way residents behave? This case study of a memory support addition to a Pennsylvania retirement community supports the theory. Read More » Study: Obesity may prolong life in oldest old
Researchers argue that some of the factors that typically affect mortality in younger people may no longer be significant in obese elders. Read More » Arrests made in ‘largest ever’ home health fraud scheme
Between January 2006 and November 2011, Medistat Group Associates P.A. certified more Medicare beneficiaries for home health services and had more purported patients than any other medical practice in the United States, according to the indictment. Read More » Boomers reveal ignorance about Medicare
A new study shows that most boomers are ignorant about Medicare and its provisions including long-term care coverage, monthly premiums, co-pays and deductibles. Read More » Hearing loss linked to 3-fold increased risk of falling
Researchers found that people with "mild" hearing loss were nearly three times more likely to have a history of falling, even when accounting for other factors. Read More » Successful design in long-term care begins with a master plan
The challenge to house the full spectrum of seniors from fully independent to skilled nursing can be a daunting task even for the most accomplished design team. Involving all professionals and stakeholders at the outset is part of the formula for success. Read More » Kindred reports 4Q loss, plans to release facilities
Kindred said it would not renew seven lease bundles containing 54 nursing and rehabilitation centers and 10 long-term acute care (LTAC) hospitals. Read More » Did federal surveyors influence medication changes?
When I did not get all of my regular meds in the hospital, I thought the doctors had something to do with it, and I was given no explanation why. Only then was I told upon my return to the nursing home that my physician would have to reorder the missing meds. Read More » Study: Antipsychotics increase mortality in nursing home residents with dementia
Patients treated with haloperidol had double the risk of death compared with those taking risperidone, while those taking quetiapine had a reduced risk, researchers said. Read More » CMS releases Stage 2 Meaningful Use proposed rule
The proposed rule for Stage 2 of meaningful use was being readied for publication in the Federal Register after an electronic formatting snafu had delayed its formal publication. Read More » 4 ways psychology can improve your bottom line
Observe these four theories and my hypothetical long-term care scenarios. Who knows, this could be you—and who wants to ignore an opportunity to save money and build morale? Read More » Omnicare cancels takeover attempt of Pharmerica
The Omnicare and PharMerica saga first began in July 2011 when PharMerica rejected an unsolicited acquisition bid from Omnicare. PharMerica had rejected all bids by Omnicare since. Read More » CMS issues Medicaid final rule for demonstration projects
The rule stipulates procedures states must follow when implementing Medicaid demonstration projects. Read More » HHS releases draft plan to address Alzheimer’s
A draft national plan to address Alzheimer’s disease presents action steps to accelerate research together with proposals for improving care and services. Read More » Minn. police subdue nursing home resident with Taser
Officers attempted to communicate with the man, who had stabbed a female employee in the chest with a pen, but he was unresponsive to their requests and became confrontational. Read More » AHCA tasks members to reduce hospital readmissions, off-label use of antipsychotics
The four “Quality Initiative” goals have been defined for the next three years to set specific benchmarks for long-term and post-acute care quality improvement. Read More » What MDS 3.0 gets right
Nurse assessment coordinators report lower job satisfaction and general frustration managing and administrating the new tool. Additionally, constant changes have made it difficult to keep up with the new rules. That said, CMS got some important things right with 3.0. Read More » Alzheimer’s drug could cause adverse side effects
A study suggests that the drugs could cause neurons to be miswired and interfere with their ability to send messages to the brain. Read More » Family of Chicago man allegedly killed in nursing home fight to file lawsuit
An 80-year-old nursing home resident, who suffered from dementia, died of head injuries on February 14 days after an alleged fight with another resident. Read More » Preventing infection from linens in long-term care
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posits that disease transmission via linens is rare and occurs almost exclusively as a result of improper handling. In other words, infection from linens is preventable. Read More » Residents, staff and winter illness
This year the flu is peaking in February, and every day it seems a staff person calls in sick. With fewer staff it takes longer to get care—and those workers who do show up have shorter tempers. Read More » Docs received $3.1 billion in meaningful use incentive payments
Skilled nursing providers were left out of the meaningful use incentive program, which provides financial incentives for the use of EHR technology in achieving health and efficiency goals. Read More » LTC providers offered guidance to measure preventable hospitalizations
The Long-Term Quality Alliance released a white paper reporting the lack of quality measures in long-term care to prevent unnecessary hospital readmissions. Read More » Welcome to Environments for Aging
Interest in senior living design has grown in recent years. With that in mind, we're introducing a new enewsletter and expanded print product, offering news, trends, products and a showcase for innovative design and remodel/renovation projects. Read More » The turnaround to survey excellence
Survey excellence should be a professional goal of all healthcare workers. I suggest a three-step approach to encouraging complete staff involvement: the Focus Review, the Fast Track and the Survey Prime. Read More » The future of senior living: 2012 Environments for Aging Conference
The conference, to be held April 29 - May 1 at Disney's Contemporary Resort in Orlando, will immerse attendees in the best practices in building, architecture and design and provide the industry’s best insights into the future of senior living. Read More » NQF endorses palliative and end-of-life measures
The 14 quality measures address a wide range of care concerns, including pain management, psychosocial needs, care transitions and experiences of care. Read More » 