I Advance Senior Care

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.

Stemming contagious outbreak

Did you miss out on the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) Annual Conference this past July in New Orleans? Read More »

Flavor enhancers

The number of elderly individuals is increasing. By the year 2025, there are expected to be more than one billion persons over the age of 60 years Read More »

Facility eye care

Several years ago, I saw the visiting eye doctor at this nursing home for examinations and prescriptions. I never liked the styles of frames Read More »

Alzheimer’s conditions worsen during experimental treatment

“News is news, but what do you do about it?”Turn to LTL for depth, analysis, perspective. Pharmaceutical developer Eli Lilly and Company halted Read More »

Linking quality measures to clinical practice

Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) is a process of creating an environment in which administration, healthcare workers, and ancillary staff Read More »

Providing Internet access without going into the Internet business

It's not news that older Americans are using the Internet in unprecedented numbers, but recent statistics are striking. A June 2008 survey conducted Read More »

What about local produce?

During a June alfresco lunch at my sister's, my brother-in-law remarked that local produce was delicious and would be for the entire summer. He asked Read More »

New claim speeds Aid and Attendance pensions

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Aid and Attendance pensions are non-service-connected pensions, which are for veterans whose disability or Read More »

When a resident’s family does their laundry

We have a few residents here whose families do their laundry. However, some families do not realize how much laundry a resident can use in a few Read More »

How the Internet affects long-term care design

A simple Google search for long-term care design key words results in the following: Lobby furniture - 2,690,000 resultsFurniture - 179,000,000 Read More »

Reminders of mortality

Ever since I have lived in a long-term care facility there are frequent reminders of my mortality. At any time we may have several residents who are Read More »

Your community needs a vision (cont.)

Click here for part one of this two-part series.   What leaders and the leadership team say and do is important to staff. Employees are watching Read More »

Changing the color of nursing home rooms

My room was last painted five years ago. It is supposed to be a cookie dough type of color, but it looks a bit darker than that. It was quite a Read More »

The best staff members

Q: What qualities or characteristics make for a good staff member who meets your needs? Resident Betty Read More »

How we’ve mishandled art in assisted living

Artwork has been slowly changing in assisted living communities from paintings of children and puppies to a more sophisticated pallet of abstracts, Read More »

Three strategies to get the loans you need

Assisted living and skilled nursing facilities are among the few bright spots for lenders when it comes to real estate. Driven by demographics, the Read More »

Refrigerators for residents

When I first came here, many residents had small refrigerators. The staff made a point to tell me that I could purchase one and put it in my room. I Read More »

Connecting the dots

AT A GLANCE It is critical that facility administration make sure every discipline involved in assessment and care planning understand the new MDS Read More »

Planning, communication, fiscal preparation ensures smooth transition

The big news this summer and fall is the conversion of the Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) process from the MDS 2.0 to the MDS 3.0 and the Read More »

End-of-life issues

At a glance… The staff of Groton Community Health Care Center has made it a priority to honor their residents at the time of death. Read More »

Team approach

AT A GLANCE Administrators contacted by Long-Term Living say they are taking a team approach to make sure the new MDS 3.0 is implemented smoothly Read More »

Resident interviews

AT A GLANCE Besides promoting resident-centered care, the new Resident Interviews in the MDS 3.0 will ensure greater accuracy of the information Read More »

Caring for wounds

At a glance… The author provides strategies and resources to help wound care professionals with documentation and assessment.   Properly Read More »

Protecting administrators from ‘layer in between’

At a glance… This article will examine how the administrator of record could be disciplined for negative outcomes of decisions made by managers who Read More »

Sustaining a person-centered care environment

ACTS Retirement Life Communities (ACTS) has implemented a person-centered care (PCC) initiative throughout its family of 23 continuing care Read More »

Life with cancer treatments

I recently finished months of treatment for recurrent breast cancer. The recurrence began with a sore armpit and a lump that was palpable and then Read More »

MDS 3.0 Product Spotlight

Information Systems eHealth Data Solutions, a leader of innovative data analytics for clinical, administrative, and reimbursement concerns in Read More »

What I have learned

When I was a newspaper reporter I wrote a story about a flying club. One of the members asked me how much I knew about flying. “Not much,” I Read More »

Federal strike force discovers $251 million in Medicare fraud

“News is news, but what do you do about it?”Turn to LTL for depth, analysis, perspective. WASHINGTON, D.C.-Ninety-four people across several Read More »

Are you ready for MDS 3.0?

At a glance… Providers with effective and dynamic leadership in an atmosphere of resident-directed care are likely to be the ones to experience a Read More »