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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.
Memory care drives long-term care development
LTC developers and operators gathered last Sunday to learn the latest business models, demographics and behavioral considerations for managing dementia, as well as to explore opportunities to expand or add memory care to their communities. Read More » Recovering in a ‘user-unfriendly’ nursing home
A temporary stay in a sister facility, which was unequipped to handle my individual needs, proved to be quite stressful. Read More » ‘Senior living’ still evolving worldwide, research firm finds
The report, which offers a global overview of the senior living industry, found that baby boomers prefer unconventional senior housing, which developers have been creating at an increased rate. Read More » ALFA partners with new senior living association in India
The Assisted Living Federation of America is aiding the development of Association Senior Living India. ALFA Director Steven Vick will serve on the new association's board. Read More » MedPAC recommends no market basket increase for LTC services in 2013
The Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care decried MedPAC’s recommendations, calling them a “failure to recognize the obvious link between Medicare and Medicaid in financing SNF care.” Read More » Improving the image of LTC nursing
AANAC's Diane Carter asks: "Where can we as nurse leaders support LTC nursing while making it clear this is our profession of choice?" Her own answers may surprise. Read More » Customized learning, culture change
Grow staff, impact the perceptions of long-term care and deliver on the promise of culture change. A comprehensive approach to staff development is inherently linked to organizational development. Read More » CBO: Raising Medicare eligibility age increases revenue, leaves people without insurance
The CBO estimates that if the Medicare eligibility age was raised to 67, annual federal spending on Medicare would be reduced by $148 billion from 2012 through 2021. Read More » Study: Elderly with cirrhosis present growing burden on healthcare system
Utilization of healthcare services, including nursing home stays and hospitalizations, was more than double in those with cirrhosis compared to non-cirrhotic peers. Read More » Nurses report EHRs improve care quality, health outcomes
A new study finds that nurses working with electronic health records (EHRs) consistently reported more improvements to nursing care and better health outcomes for patients than nurses working in hospitals without this technology. Read More » HHS drafts strategic national plan for addressing Alzheimer’s
The Alzheimer’s Association said in a statement that the HHS draft “highlights many solutions” and is a “significant marker” in the process of addressing the disease. Read More » Reflections on a life in long-term care
Long-Term Living contributor Eli Pick’s account of a life in long-term care offers valuable insights and lessons learned from failures and successes along the way. "This was very difficult for me in the beginning," he writes. Read More » LeadingAge announces new summit for executives
LeadingAge’s Future of Aging Services Conference and Leadership Summit have been combined to create the PEAK Leadership Summit. Read More » Nicotine patch improves mild cognitive impairment, study finds
While the study’s authors noted that nicotine stimulates receptors in the brain that are important for thinking and memory skills, they cautioned against unsupervised use of the substance. Read More » Bill would require Iowa’s LTC facilities to notify community of sex offender residents
Gov. Branstad said the bill would force nursing homes and other facilities to inform staff, residents, residents’ families and the community when a registered sex offender is accepted into a facility. Read More » How to leverage word of mouth in senior living
For senior living communities, social media is a “brand” new world adding a new dimension to the marketing mix and a “brave” new world for communities to share their stories. Read More » Growth in U.S. health spending remains historically low in 2010
U.S. healthcare spending was historically slow for the second consecutive year, a finding that CMS attributes to health reform’s measures to control costs. Read More » Beth Abraham changes name to CenterLight Health System
New York-based LTC provider rebrands facilities to identify all services as part of one system. Read More » Simplify wound care through HIT
Wound care nurses from three facilities share how the use of an electronic point-of-care documentation system is transforming their jobs and enabling them to achieve better outcomes. Read More » When a nursing home resident doesn’t return after hospitalization
My legs eventually became so painful that I could not tolerate it or stand, and I decided it was time to go the ER. After my arrival at the hospital, it did not take long for me to realize that I was pretty sick. Read More » HHS rule on electronic funds transfers in healthcare to save $4.5 billion
New standards build upon regulations published earlier this year that set industry-wide standards for how health providers use electronic systems to determine a patient’s eligibility for health coverage and check on the status of a health claim. Read More » Remembering Alzheimer’s
Job’s Way is Kirby Pines Retirement Community's award-winning Alzheimer’s and dementia residence—winner of more than six national and international awards. The unique circular facility is designed to minimize confusion and frustration as residents move about during their daily activities. Read More » Whistleblower suit alleges AseraCare Hospice defrauded Medicare
Hospice company is charged with misspending millions of tax dollars intended for Medicare recipients in need of hospice care. Read More » CDC uses flu outbreak to remind LTC facilities of precautions, protocol
Outbreak control measures should be implemented when there are two or more residents with influenza-like illness within a 72-hour period, the CDC said. Read More » ‘Silent strokes’ linked to memory loss in older adults
New research offers clues as to why some older people may be losing their memory. Read More » Former assisted living CEO pleads guilty to tax evasion
The former CEO of a North Carolina-based chain of assisted living facilities operated by Caremerica Inc., pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service out of millions in employment taxes. Read More » Diet and nutrition linked to cognitive ability, brain shrinkage
New study shows that elderly people with higher levels of some vitamins and omega-3 fatty acids had better cognitive performance, while poor diets produced the opposite result. Read More » Poll: Most healthcare organizations not optimistic on ACO participation
The executives surveyed said their organizations do not have a comprehensive understanding of the various CMS programs and their financial implications, even after publication of final rules. Read More » Report finds 42 sex offenders living in Iowa’s care facilities
Of the 42 sex offenders, more than half live in five facilities, according to a review of state records by the Des Moines Register. Read More » 