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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.
AMDA expands membership to practitioners
The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine has formed a Practice Management Section as part of a broader effort to reach more long-term care practitioners. Read More » Guardian Pharmacy Atlanta grows base by 75% with new acquisition
Guardian Pharmacy continues its growth spurt as the Atlanta arm of the Guardian group acquires Georgia-based Collier's Personal Care Pharmacy. Read More » Decoding the mixed messages about psychiatric care in SNFs
What should SNFs do when CMS’s 5-star guidelines for antipsychotic medication use don’t agree with SOM guidelines? Read More » Bill Thomas joins Holiday Retirement
The Eden Alternative founder will serve as chief wellness officer Read More » Top 10 patient safety concerns for 2017: ECRI Institute
Electronic Health Record information management tops the list of this year's key patient safety issues across all healthcare sectors, but assisted living and skilled nursing facilities are directly involved in three other items on the list. Read More » Listening with compassion
A professional caregiver reflects on the very personal side of family communication. Read More » New PBJ double-checks software
ezPBJ launches auditing software to help skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) avoid Payroll-Based Journal (PBJ) reporting errors. Read More » HoverTech expands distribution in LTC market
Patient lift manufacturer HoverTech is partnering to distribute its lifts in the LTC market. Read More » Potential of onsite hemodialysis for ESRD
New data show onsite hemodialysis in the skilled nursing setting can provide a cost-effective alternative to expensive transportation services. Read More » The bright side of the staffing crisis
The workforce shortage may be just the impetus the long-term care industry needs to invest on staff recruitment, development and training. Read More » Clorox to help LTC facilities pass the sniff test
Clorox Professional Products Company has launched a spray to identify and capture odors, so potential residents and loved ones can first see long-term care facilities, not what they smell like. Read More » Hoyer lift can handle more weight
Joerns Healthcare has released a new and improved version of its Hoyer lift for bariatric residents. Read More » AAPACN launches LTC education foundation
The parent association of AANAC and AADNS has formed a new educational foundation that offers grants toward nursing degrees. Read More » SPONSORED BY:
Pharmacogenomics: Advancing medication management in long-term care
By Don Rule, CEO, Translational SoftwareOlder adults are at increased risk of adverse drug events, but would medication treatments that are tailored to each person’s genetic makeup help reduce dangerous side-effects and interactions in long-term care? Learn More » Briggs, MatrixCare partner for home care EMR
Briggs Healthcare has teamed up with MatrixCare to provide Home Care users with its electronic medical record platform. Read More » Falls-related ER visits rise in Calif.
Surging numbers of seniors—and their lengthening life spans—are keeping emergency rooms busy with visits attributed to falling. Read More » OptimizeHealth launches IT outsourcing service for LTC
The service puts the management of information technology systems into the cloud and can handle anything from telephone services to data analytics. Read More » New federal rules for home health agencies
Federal regulations, set to go into effect in July, would require the more than 12,000 home health agencies participating in Medicare and Medicaid be more responsive--and responsible--for patients and caregivers. Read More » Avoiding legal claims in assisted living
Assisted living facilities can get in hot water legally if they provide care that exceeds the assisted living level. Read More » Couple celebrates 65th wedding anniversary
A continuing care retirement community helped plan a memorable evening in for a Pennsylvania couple still in love all these decades later. Read More » PharmScript expands leadership team to prepare for growth
PharmScript, pharmacy provider for long-term and post-acute care facilities, is positioning itself for growth by adding to leadership team with healthcare industry veterans. Read More » Neurologist opera singer, veterans’ care experts to headline spring Memory Care Forum
Ready to learn about the latest and best practices in memory care? All-new programming for the 2017 Spring Memory Care Forum includes OPTIMA Award-winning innovators in veteran dementia care and a neuroscientist working to validate MP3 player music therapy. Read More » Price confirmed to head HHS
The Senate has approved the president’s nomination of Representative Tom Price as the new secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Read More » New C. diff treatment reduces recurrent infections by 40%
Clostridium difficile (C. diff) is the bane of nursing homes, since it tends to return over and over again. British researchers have found a drug that could stop the cycle in its tracks. Read More » NCCDP seeks Educator of the Year noms
The credentialling organization's award program recognizes the impact of CADDCT-certified dementia caregivers. Read More » Providers, Medicare renew battle over therapy services
Four years after the Jimmo court case, Medicare officials, providers and senior advocates still can't agree on how to handle ongoing therapy services for patients who aren't improving. Read More » MatrixCare earns KLAS software award
MatrixCare, the nation's largest long-term post-acute care (LTPAC) technology provider has been awarded the 2017 Best in KLAS award for long-term care software. Read More » Reducing hospital readmissions
A New Jersey provider uses monitoring technology to reduce residents' risk of falling. Read More » NQF endorses long-stay hospitalization metric
The tool is the first recognized by the National Quality Forum to measure hospitalization rates among those who have stayed in a skilled nursing facility for more than 100 days. Read More » 