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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.
A resident who helps out feels better about himself
Melvin (pseudonym) lives a couple of doors away from me. He is round, not very tall and bounces when he walks. He is usually animated and will try to Read More » Increases in pneumonia, flu cases in Pa. nursing homes spur targeted prevention programs
A rise in reported cases of pneumonia and other lower respiratory tract infections among residents in Pennsylvania nursing homes has compelled the Read More » Senate hearing addresses misuse of antipsychotics in nursing homes
Medicare is wasting too much money on reimbursing inappropriately prescribed antipsychotic medications for nursing home residents with dementia, Read More » House committee votes to repeal CLASS Act
The House Energy and Commerce Committee voted Wednesday to repeal the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act by a count of Read More » Study: Largest for-profit nursing homes provide worse care, lower staffing than nonprofits
The largest for-profit U.S. nursing home chains deliver “significantly lower quality of care” than nonprofit and government-owned nursing homes, Read More » SNF nurse admits to stealing morphine, drug tampering
A Kansas nursing home employee admitted this week as part of a plea deal that she had diluted her employer’s morphine solutions after stealing the Read More » Former Fla. ombudsman Lee expands lawsuit against state
Florida’s former long-term care ombudsman Brian Lee, who was forced out of his job this past February, has added new accusations to his lawsuit Read More » Fla. Supreme Court invalidates nursing home arbitration agreements
The Florida Supreme Court last week invalidated nursing home arbitration agreements that limit damages allowed by state law, the Associated Press Read More » HHS pumps $9 million into senior Medicare fraud program
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services last week pumped $9 million into funding Senior Medicare Patrol programs, a national effort to Read More » CDC study: Four meds sending elderly to hospital emergency rooms
A small group of blood thinners and diabetes medications causes two-thirds of the nearly 100,000 yearly emergency hospitalizations for adverse drug Read More » Accommodating a resident by bringing in her own bed
My adjustable home care bed was put in storage 15 years ago, when I first moved into a nursing home. I then had to sleep in one of the facility’s Read More » Long-Term Living takes brief holiday break
I Advance Senior CareI Advance Senior Care is the industry-leading source for practical, in-depth, business-building, and resident care i... Read More » CMS Admin Berwick resigns
President Obama nominated Berwick in April 2010 and then appointed him the following July while Congress was on summer recess. That recess Read More » ‘Super committee’ fails to reach agreement; provider groups respond
The congressional “super committee” announced Monday its failure to agree on a proposal that would reduce the nation’s deficit by $1.2 trillion, Read More » Study: Physicians, pharmacies need to address problems with e-prescribing
Despite viewing electronic prescribing as a safe and efficient tool, physician practices and pharmacies are not utilizing the technology to its full Read More » Why LTC providers need electronic health records
There are no financial incentives in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for providers of long-term and post-acute care (LTPAC) to adopt. Read More » Achieving a balance between healthy and homelike
In many senior care facilities across the country, Alzheimer's treatment is finally taking a more common sense approach: effectively caring for the Read More » Nursing home quality scorecards should account for dementia care, researchers argue
Government agencies that rate nursing home quality should update their scoring system to account for the degree of cognitive impairment in Read More » Laboratory worms may reveal secrets of wound healing
Advancements in wound healing, a serious problem in diabetics and the elderly, may soon bear the mark of one of nature’s smaller life forms: the Read More » Thanksgiving is a time for resident gratitude
After living so many years in nursing homes I am normally prepared for when staff ask me about my Thanksgiving plans. Most years you’ll find me at Read More » Population of seniors age 90-plus growing rapidly
The nation's 90-and-older population nearly tripled over the past three decades, reaching 1.9 million in 2010, according to a report by the U.S. Read More » Researchers test MRI technique to diagnose Alzheimer’s
In the effort to develop an accessible method of diagnosing Alzheimer's disease, researchers are putting a new “spin” on existing technology—one that Read More » Provider group supports reimbursement cuts for SNFs with frequent re-hospitalizations
Addressing the costs associated with avoidable re-hospitalizations of Medicare beneficiaries, the Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care Wednesday Read More » The bariatric patient and trends in health facility design
*Editor's note: Jennifer Kovacs Silvis is Managing Editor of HEALTHCARE DESIGN and Editor-in-Chief of Healthcare Building Ideas, both sister Read More » U.S. cuts $17.6 billion in improper payments including Medicare and Medicaid
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) yesterday announced that the Obama administration cut improper payments by $17.6 billion dollars in 2011 as Read More » Policy report addresses needs of LGBT older adults
The National Academy on an Aging Society and Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE) released Wednesday the first issue of the Public Policy & Read More » Low-income older adults more likely to develop heart failure
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The Obama administration announced Monday a new grant program that will award up to $1 billion to innovative organizations that hire and train Read More » Study provides more evidence linking depression to dementia risk
Older adults who have been diagnosed with severe depression have higher levels of protein deposits on the parts of their brain involved in Read More » 