After being at this facility for a few months, the only wanderer I encountered was an elderly female resident with dementia who wants to find an Read More »
In the past few years we have seen a steady increase of “Main Street” concepts for assisted living and continuing care retirement communities. They Read More »
Earlier today, NPR broadcasted the findings of its Investigative Unit’s analysis of nursing home data from the Department of Health and Human Read More »
Hurricane Katrina, a category 5 hurricane at peak strength, made landfall in the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005. The hurricane caused massive Read More »
Nursing home provider Golden Living has established an in-house consulting pharmacy company—Golden Clinical Rx Services—which will focus on improving Read More »
*This article was updated on December 10 to reflect changes to RUG-IV implementation. Congress approved a bill Thursday morning that would prevent Read More »
MILWAUKEE—Northwestern Mutual released this week its “2010 Cost of Long-Term Care” study, which examines costs for home healthcare providers, Read More »
As everyone else in the office spent today’s lunch gazing out at the impenetrable whiteness smothering Cleveland, I was happily sidetracked Read More »
A dear friend of mine called last week looking for answers. Her 75-year-old father, having battled melanoma for the past year, had fallen at home and Read More »
While half of women at age 65 will likely live beyond age 85, 92% of female retirees and 89% of female pre-retirees do not plan far enough in the Read More »
Real estate investment trust Ventas, Inc., announced this week that it has completed the acquisition of 58 private-pay senior living communities from Read More »
Philadelphia-based ACTS Retirement-Life Communities reached a milestone recently by surpassing more than $1 billion in total assets. The achievement Read More »
Memory difficulties such as those seen in dementia may arise because the brain forms incomplete memories that are more easily confused, new research Read More »
After reviewing the stark contrasts in carriage rates of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in several California nursing homes, Read More »
I grew up in a house that had small closets circa 1900. They were approximately 40 inches wide and we learned to strategically hang and frequently Read More »
IPC The Hospitalist Company, Inc., a national hospitalist physician group practice company, has acquired Senior Care of Colorado, PC. Senior Care of Read More »
One fourth (27.8%) of individuals purchasing long-term care insurance during the first half of 2010 who were under age 61 pay less than $1,000 a Read More »
The Coalition to Protect Senior Care, a national association composed of frontline long-term caregivers and association stakeholders, this week Read More »
Editor’s note: Long-Term Living welcomes Frieda Stewart, RN, DON, to our team of bloggers. Frieda brings a wealth of long-term care knowledge and Read More »
Mather LifeWays Institute on Aging, in collaboration with Whole-Person Wellness Solutions, Inc., is offering a wellness workshop next year in Tucson, Read More »
A policy brief published by the Direct Care Alliance explains how direct-care workers can help lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) elders Read More »
The Long-Term Living team loves a challenge, which is why we’re excited that we’ve been nominated to the SeniorHomes.com Best of the Web contest in Read More »
This was my 15th Thanksgiving holiday weekend in long-term care. Most of them have been spent with the staff of the facility. I always miss my Read More »
There was music playing through the PA system at my former facility for several years. Because of a disagreement between residents and staff over the Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Scott Brown (R- Mass.) have introduced legislation that would give states the flexibility to Read More »
A new cognitive assessment tool with 16 items appears potentially useful for identifying problems in thinking, learning, and memory among older Read More »
The Senate voted late last week to temporarily delay a 23% Medicare payment cut to physicians, continuing current payment levels through the end of Read More »
Like millions of other Americans, I’m packing up the car and heading east to visit my large extended family for Thanksgiving. While I’m excited to Read More »
