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.
Pitch perfect: Submitting your story ideas to Long-Term Living
Got a great article idea or business success story? Here are some tips on how to help us share your experiences and input with readers. Read More » EHRs: Progress or pileup?
The long-term care industry’s adoption of electronic health records systems has made great strides in the past year. What needs to happen next? Read More » Joint Commission launches new infection prevention portal
The Joint Commission has gathered all of its online resources relating to infection control and healthcare-acquired infections in one place. Read More » Jewish Home Lifecare gets $500K for dementia respite pilot, outpatient rehab programs
Jewish Home Lifecare has received $500,000 in grants to fund programs for outpatient rehab services and overnight stays for those with dementia. Read More » Lippincott Procedures adds physical therapy component
The nation's dominant clinical procedure guideline software adds physical therapy to its portfolio. Read More » PACE expands to 32 states
The Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) adds a new state to its portfolio as Indiana gets its first PACE community. Read More » How to protect residents from scams
Con artists never take a holiday, and their favorite targets are seniors. What should your organization be doing year-round to educate residents on being "savvy shoppers and donators" and to help protect them from becoming victims of telemarketing scams and financial fraud? Read More » FDA approves new antibiotic for UTIs
A new antibiotic drug will add another weapon in the arsenal to combat resistant infections and complicated urinary tract infections. Read More » CMS policies, new technologies will change home health: Survey
Home health will see a greater use of data-gathering technology in 2015 but also will face changing regulations, according to a new survey. Read More » SCOTUS schedules case on healthcare exchange subsidies
The Supreme Court has granted a March date to hear King v. Burwell, a case that challenges the government’s reach in giving tax-credit subsidies for health insurance coverage purchased via state health exchanges. Read More » Delivering dynamics
Long-term and post-acute care providers will grapple with crucial issues in 2015, and will have to put the pieces together amid new business models and new initiatives. The key is to look forward instead of back. Read More » Largest healthcare workers’ union hits the picket lines in NY
The nation's largest healthcare workers union holds a picket to protest benefit cuts and contract struggles. Read More » 5 tips for happy holiday visits
Caregivers and nursing homes can help families have happier holiday visits by doing a few things in advance. Here are five tips to avoid “visit crises” and make everything easier for residents and their visiting families during the holidays. Read More » Drug-resistant infections could rise unchecked without stewardship
If strong actions are not taken to curb microbial resistance, then deaths attributed to drug-resistant infections could skyrocket to 10 million by 2050, more than all current cancer-related deaths put together. Read More » ONC widens scope of EHR incentives program
The Electronic Health Record Incentives Program, currently limited to hospitals and certain other providers, may be expanded to a wider field of care providers, including those in long-term care. Read More » Aviv, Chelsea Jewish merge senior services in Boston region
Two of eastern Massachusetts' dominant senior living players have become one company. Read More » CMS tweaks shared savings program to add more time, options for ACOs
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services wants to ease the time lines for accountable care organizations participating in its shared savings program. Read More » One-on-one with…Scott McFadden
After years of losses, turning around a financially failing nursing home takes more than stopgap measures, explains Scott McFadden, CEO of Lutheran Home & Hardwood Place. Read More » Skin is in
Keeping the bedsores at bay is about much more than body-turning protocols. Helping residents and their families understand the importance of skin health can make fighting unnecessary skin breakdown a group effort. Read More » Novaerus gets $10M in funding for airborne pathogen control technology
Novaerus, developer of air-sanitizing technology for long-term care environments, gets a big boost of new funding. Read More » NCB launches lending program for PACE communities
The National PACE Association forges a lending partnership with National Cooperative Bank to provide new funding opportunities for PACE expansions and startups. Read More » CMS proposes to add annual lung cancer screening for high-risk seniors
CMS has followed the lead of a preventive services agency and proposed coverage of annual lung cancer screenings for certain older adults. But can Medicare afford it? Read More » 1 in 5 SNF residents involved in aggressive, nasty behavior: Cornell study
Pow! Biff! Smack! SNFs increasingly are having to deal with a different form of elder abuse—residents who display hostile, aggressive and inappropriate behavior to each other, says a new study from Cornell University. Read More » NCOA, YMCA tackle pre-diabetes awareness in older adults
The NCOA and YMCA have teamed up to teach older adults about pre-diabetic conditions and their risks. Read More » National registry tracks joint replacements post-surgery
The first national joint replacement database issues its first report and intends to add more data sets to improve the quality of joint replacement devices and procedures. Read More » Solving the readmission rate puzzle
Long-term care organizations and hospitals are both trying to reduce readmission rates. But are we all on the same page? Read More » Depression in seniors: Can the genes choose the treatments?
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is giving the reimbursement nod to a first-of-its-kind genetic test to help physicians choose the best medication to treat depression in older adults. Will this policy help solve the tricky task of treating depression in care settings plagued by polypharmacy and look-alike symptoms? Read More » Omega Healthcare buys Aviv REIT in $3B blockbuster deal
Two of the largest healthcare real estate companies merge to create one of the country's most powerful real estate forces. Read More » Kindred gets a new CEO
The new Kindred Healthcare, recently merged with Gentiva Health Services, now gets its first CEO change in a decade. Read More » 