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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.
Providers who do social media well
While researching potential interview subjects for this month’s cover story on social media, it was mildly upsetting to learn that many long-term Read More » Medical Center ‘Wages War’ on C. difficile
In a study presented Tuesday at the American College of Gastroenterology's (ACG) 75th Annual Scientific meeting in San Antonio, researchers argued Read More » Fitness equipment’s dramatic effect on reducing incontinence
Any marketing director in long-term care will tell you that urine kills. Not literally, but it will kill a facility’s move-in rate. Incontinence not Read More » UnitedHealth’s Medicare, Medicaid Proposal could Save $3.5 Trillion over 25 Years
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Federal and state governments could save taxpayers about $3.5 trillion over the next 25 years by expanding the use of coordinated Read More » Different home, different dining
Dining is different at this 50-bed Northwestern Ohio facility where I am. Residents who feed themselves eat in a large, well-lit dining room. The Read More » Alzheimer’s media coverage is growing, but it’s mostly too general
I snapped out of my Saturday morning sluggishness this past weekend when I picked up the latest issue of Time. Staring out from the magazine’s cover Read More » Hospitalization of Medicare Beneficiaries in Long-Term Care Costs Program Billions
The 1.7 million Medicare beneficiaries who resided in long-term care facilities during 2006 cost the program $25 billion, with nearly 40% of that Read More » International Experts Propose Revised Definition of Alzheimer’s
International Alzheimer’s disease experts are proposing new criteria for diagnosing dementia at an earlier stage, which in turn would get more Read More » What would you do if 60 Minutes showed up at your door?
It’s every long-term care administrator’s worst nightmare: A resident is locked outside the facility on a cold winter day; or, there’s been an Read More » Nursing home research I’d like to see: An open letter to researchers
Dear Researchers, I've been a nursing home psychologist for the last 14 years and, while there are many fascinating areas to be studied in the Read More » Incoming AHCA President Energizes LTC Professionals at Annual Expo
LONG BEACH, CALIF.—More than 2,500 long-term care providers descended yesterday on the Long Beach Convention Center for the American Health Care Read More » Beacon Hospice Announces Merger with Seacoast Hospice
Seacoast Hospice, Inc., has consummated a transaction with Beacon Hospice, Inc., under which Beacon has agreed to purchase substantially all of the Read More » Three Rs dominate legislative overview at AHCA/NCAL conference
Reform, reimbursement, and regulatory issues were on the minds of speakers and attendees at Monday’s Legislative Overview session presented during Read More » A resident’s lifting device experience
I do not suppose that anyone wants to be lifted with a device. I was certainly in that group. Even though I am quadriplegic, I had only been lifted Read More » DEA Announces Policy Change Recognizing LTC Nurses as Agents of the Prescriber
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced internal policy changes that will now recognize nurses who work in long-term care facilities as Read More » Bridging the CNA divide
After my session with Evelyn, who painstakingly typed her thoughts on her computer, I stopped at the nursing station to relay her message. “Can Read More » Social media and the future of long-term care
I knew a sea change in social communications had taken place, not when the mainstream media reported it, but when my mother—at 75 years young, a Read More » Are your employees being heard?
In a previous column about staff satisfaction, we discussed what common themes are important to staff, as found in numerous staff satisfaction Read More » CMS Releases $13 Million to Fight Abuse in LTC Facilities
To combat abuse and neglect in the nation’s long-term care facilities, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today awarded more than $13 Read More » Being involuntarily discharged
My last blog posting was in early September. A great deal has happened in a short period of time. On August 18, I received an "Involuntary Discharge Read More » Survey Shows 51% Increase in Wellness Programs for Older Adults
The economic news this year has generally focused on the standstill in production and consumer spending. Despite this environment, the active-aging Read More » Ventas to Purchase Remaining Sunrise Interests for $41 Million
Ventas, Inc., said today that it has agreed to acquire the real estate interests in 58 private pay senior living communities from affiliates of Read More » NCPA Announces New Division Dedicated to LTC Pharmacies, Patients
ALEXANDRIA, VA.—The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) announced a new division of the association dedicated to advancing the Read More » Successful implementation
Adopting technology in a long-term care community requires treating it as a strategic asset. Strategic assets require well-thought-out plans and Read More » Great expectations
Culture is ever-evolving and so is training. Gone are the days of stacks of papers looked at once and then stored away in training purgatory. Read More » Assessing what matters
You expect me to assess yet something else? Yes, I am posing the question, so please hear why. So much of what we assess is driven by the MDS, and Read More » View from the ‘other side’
Editor's note:In 2007, Philip C. DuBois, a Maine nursing home administrator, was involved in a car accident that claimed three of his family members Read More » Engaging families
Successful relations with our residents require that we establish trusting, lasting relationships with their families. Sometimes that is easier Read More » Dysphagia
Eating a good meal or drinking a glass of water, seemingly two of the most basic human activities, cannot always be taken for granted, especially Read More » 