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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.
Culture clash: Opportunity or conflict?
Judah L. Ronch, PhD We talk a lot about culture change, but what is it about the culture that needs to be changed, and which culture are we Read More » Preventing and managing sundowning
Distressing to the resident and difficult for caregivers to manage, sundowning typically occurs between 4:30 and 11:00 p.m. This state of increased Read More » Supply Side
WHEELCHAIR SAFETY The Translock from Transfer Solutions, LLC, is a durable, lightweight and easy-to-use latching device offering Read More » Alternative senior housing funding options
Over the past few years, the financing landscape for both for-profit and nonprofit senior living providers has changed dramatically. Underwriting Read More » Happiness is helping others
April 17, 1945-American forces enter Hitler's concentration camps. Among the liberated prisoners was Viktor Frankl, the towering scholar, Read More » Good Stuff
Remembering when Whatever their age, people reminisce about how the past was sweeter, purer, more challenging, more fun, more whatever than Read More » Take the pressure out of pressure ulcers
Kristen Thurman, PT, CWS Susan R. Wickard, RN, BSN, CWCN, CWS, CLNC Pressure ulcers continue to cause pain and suffering to patients and Read More » Nursing home bathing transformed
Draped in a thin, white sheet, Mrs. Williams tried to look dignified as she was paraded past her peers on the shower chair, her bare Read More » Nurturing spirituality in LTC
Larry Limbaugh, Spirituality Director at Winter Park Care & Rehabilitation Center, received a box of date-filled butter cookies called Ma'amouls Read More » A tablet in your future
It's ironic that the first mode of writing has been revived … and just in time. The ancient Sumarians used tablets (of soft clay) to record their Read More » Transitioning to QIS
Transitioning to the Quality Indicator Survey (QIS) protocol can be a smooth passage when facility leaders introduce the tools and process to their Read More » A novel idea: Spend fewer dollars
William Day at The Crystal Conservatories For more than three decades I have heard a steady drumbeat from providers and from the healthcare Read More » Feeling the fire of SNF PPS rule
The final SNF PPS rule for FY2012 published this summer will cause all operational professionals to stop and think about their implementation Read More » Ventas to seek punitive damages against HCP
The recent recipient of $102 million in compensatory damages, real estate investment trust Ventas, Inc., is now seeking an additional judgment of Read More » Longevity may be a financial risk for seniors
A majority of pre-retirees (ages 56-65) who participated in a quiz on retirement issues have misconceptions and misunderstandings of their Read More » NLRB postpones notice-posting deadline
The National Labor Relations Board has postponed the implementation date for its new notice-posting rule from November 14 until January 31, 2012. Read More » PharMerica responds to CMS proposed rule on consultant pharmacists
PharMerica Corp., last Friday responded to a request for comments from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) concerning its Read More » Caregiver coalition urges super committee to spare entitlements
A coalition comprised of long-term caregivers has urged the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to not cut entitlements that would affect Read More » Incurring the expense of ancillary services
The other day, as I was being pushed to breakfast in my dead power chair, I wondered what was wrong with it and how much it would cost to be fixed. Read More » AHCA names new Government Relations director
The American Health Care Association (AHCA) announced Thursday that it has appointed Kim Zimmerman as Senior Director of Policy and Government Read More » Older cancer survivor population to increase substantially
Over the next decade, the population of cancer survivors over 65 years of age will increase by approximately 42 percent, according to a report Read More » Proposed rules on consultant pharmacists in SNFs draw Omnicare to comment
Omnicare, Inc., released a statement Thursday regarding its ongoing review of new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed rules on Read More » Which markets have seen assisted living inventory growth?
Within the largest 30 metropolitan markets (Las Vegas excluded), the number of units in assisted living properties has increased by 7.7 percent Read More » Study: Nursing homes hospitalize Medicaid residents more often
Individuals who are enrolled in Medicaid and live in nursing homes are 27 percent more likely to be sent to the hospital for treatment of an illness Read More » Employee satisfaction: A critical factor in the business of caregiving
It is difficult to place a dollar amount on the far-reaching impacts of employee satisfaction on the health of any long-term care provider Read More » Researchers urge hospitals to consider alternatives to SNFs during discharge
Discharge from the hospital to a skilled nursing facility after an acute event puts older patients at “extremely high risk” of needing long-term Read More » Medicare RACs corrected $92 million worth of payments in 2010
Auditors corrected about $75 million in Medicare overpayments and almost $17 million in underpayments in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Read More » End-of-life talks do not affect survival rates, study shows
Contrary to recent claims, discussing patients’ preferences for care at the end of life does not lead to increased mortality, according to a Read More » New guideline targets reducing blood clots after hip, knee replacement
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons has released an updated clinical practice guideline recommending how to reduce the likelihood of blood Read More » 