Seniors are frequently the target of scam artists—from unscrupulous home repair contractors to questionable charitable groups. And now healthcare
Read More » I am beginning my fourth week at this behavior facility. When I first came, I was leery and somewhat frightened by the noise caused by other
Read More » The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) yesterday released an alert updating the MDS 3.0 validation report computer glitch. Programming
Read More » In a demanding economic environment, many providers want the payment process to their communities as easy to make as possible. When adult children
Read More » A webinar on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 2009 Senior Care Survey results will be taking place Nov. 10, when the EPA discusses a new
Read More » Emeritus Corporation, a national provider of assisted living and memory care services, has signed two agreements with affiliates of HCP, Inc., to
Read More » November 11 is Veterans Day. Many vets are your residents and this holiday presents the perfect opportunity to honor them. From a recognition
Read More » 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 » 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 » In a study presented Tuesday at the American College of Gastroenterology's (ACG) 75th Annual Scientific meeting in San Antonio, researchers argued
Read More » 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 » 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 » 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 » 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 Alzheimer’s disease experts are proposing new criteria for diagnosing dementia at an earlier stage, which in turn would get more
Read More » 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 » 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 » Reform, reimbursement, and regulatory issues were on the minds of speakers and attendees at Monday’s Legislative Overview session presented during
Read More » 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 » Seacoast Hospice, Inc., has consummated a transaction with Beacon Hospice, Inc., under which Beacon has agreed to purchase substantially all of the
Read More » 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 » 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 » The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced internal policy changes that will now recognize nurses who work in long-term care facilities as
Read More » 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 » 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 » In a previous column about staff satisfaction, we discussed what common themes are important to staff, as found in numerous staff satisfaction
Read More » 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 » 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, 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 » ALEXANDRIA, VA.—The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) announced a new division of the association dedicated to advancing the
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