Pamela Tabar
Pamela Tabar was editor-in-chief of I Advance Senior Care from 2013-2018. She has worked as a writer and editor for healthcare business media since 1998, including as News Editor of Healthcare Informatics. She has a master’s degree in journalism from Kent State University and a master's degree in English from the University of York, England.
Is senior living ready for a C-suite retirement exodus?
Succession planning and employee incentives will become even more important over the next few years, as more than 40 percent of senior living’s top-level executives near their own retirement ages. Read More » Canada takes on violence in LTC communities
Ontario’s long-term care communities ask for the government’s help as aggression and violent deaths among nursing home residents continue to rise. Read More » Don’t call me ‘honey’: Avoiding elderspeak
When it comes to culture change, put your awareness where your mouth is. What you say—and how you say it—affects the dynamics of staff/resident relationships, especially in dementia care. Read More » CareWorx and TUC merge
Two Canadian companies merge to grab a greater market share in integrated long-term care management services. Read More » CDC, NCIPC launch first national definitions of elder abuse
What constitutes elder abuse? Until now, the answers have depended on what state you live in. Read More » STANLEY Healthcare partners with GPO for safety solutions
Two of STANLEY Healthcare’s safety solutions will now be available through the Prime Source GPO group purchasing organization. Read More » Staff training, retention top concerns for housekeeping sector
Cleaning professionals are betting on better training and more efficient processes to aid staff retention and cut costs. Read More » Wanted: Senior-savvy tech
2015 may have been the buzz year for "The Internet of Things," but 2016 could be about the "Internet of Meaningful Senior Tech Things." Read More » Obesity and dementia
Scientists dig deeper into the reasons why obesity hurts the brain by altering the genes responsible for making memories. Read More » Medalogix launches data analytics for home healthcare
Nashville-based Medalogix has released new software to track when and why a recently discharged person might need further home healthcare—and tracks it all through the electronic health record. Read More » CMS adds patient experience ratings for home healthcare
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services adds patient experience ratings to its Home Health Compare five-star quality ranking system. Read More » ACOs thwarted by lack of interoperability
Accountable Care Organizations have spent the past four years struggling to achieve the goals that set them apart. But ACOs still don't have the one thing needed for success: data interoperability. Read More » Medicaid insurer loses data on 950k beneficiaries
St. Louis-based Centene Corp, a Medicaid health plan manager, can’t seem to find six hard drives containing personal information on about 950,000 beneficiaries. Read More » Botox approved for lower limb spasticity
The latest FDA approval could open new doors for treatment of Parkinson's disease, stroke and brain injury, while improving gait and the ability to perform activities of daily living. Read More » Eden Alternative’s Bill Thomas joins Mainstreet
The investment firm's healthcare arm taps one of the country’s most famous senior care culture change gurus. Read More » Joint Commission launches new certification for total hip and knee replacements
Advanced certifications for certain joint replacement procedures could help the market bring quality to the fore from pre-op all the way to the rehabilitation center. Read More » Brain Health Registry gets a boost
Thanks to a new partnership, the Brain Health Registry, a global online registry of volunteers who are taking part in data-gathering to uncover new clues about Alzheimer’s disease and how to treat it, could have thousands of new enrollees by fall. Read More » NIC: Seniors housing seems strong for 2016
The Q4 2015 numbers are in: The combination of a stronger economy and job growth has painted a promising picture for seniors housing market growth in 2016. Read More » Relias Learning adds international dementia training portal
Certified Dementia Practitioner training goes global as a U.S.-based training organization partners with an international dementia care association. Read More » More departures from national Alzheimer’s Association
The central Texas chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association is separating from the national organization, citing dissatisfaction over the recent reorganization at the national level. Read More » Social connections and health
New research is emphasizing just how much social connectedness affects the physical side of aging, including chronic conditions like obesity and high blood pressure. Read More » How prepared is your SNF for emergencies?
A state survey of Ohio's nursing homes holds lessons for others on disaster preparedness—including practicing what's on paper. Read More » Joint Commission launches falls prevention analytics tool
The Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare has a new tool that has helped many hospitals lower their falls rates by one-third. Can its methodology help your long-term care facility do the same for one of Medicare's "never events"? Read More » RehabCare to pay $125M in fraud settlement
National therapy giant RehabCare is back in trouble again, this time agreeing to pay $125 million to settle false billing claims. Read More » Calif group splits from Alzheimer’s Association
Following the fall 2015 restructuring of the national Alzheimer's Association, the Los Angeles chapter has decided to leave the national group and form its own association. Read More » Shifting views on exercise for osteoarthritis
Most recommendations for osteoarthritis tend to favor low-impact exercise, but some research indicates that if the osteoarthritis is mild, a little bit of higher impact exercise might do a lot more good. Read More » CMS, ONC seek feedback on clinical data gathering
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT are requesting input from providers across the healthcare continuum on the challenges of gathering clinical measures data. Read More » Nationwide tests new LTC + life insurance model
A national insurance company has added a new hybrid policy for the “sandwich” generation: A life insurance policy with a long-term care rider that can provide survivorship benefits for an elderly parent rather than a spouse. Read More » Circadian rhythms and aging
Everyone has “internal timing genes” that regulate sleep and wake cycles and other body processes. New research shows older people might have an internal clock that younger people don’t. Could this provide a clue on sundowning? Read More » 