Staying on top of ever-changing government regulations is one of the greatest challenges for long-term care facilities. Poor training often leads to Read More »
Typically, 35% of a long-term care facility's operating costs are nonlabor; however, since the average facility size is 100 beds, it becomes cost Read More »
Employees are becoming very nervous about the current economic crisis that the United States appears to be in and are unsure how it will affect Read More »
Culture change is a topic of growing interest in long-term care, but confusion remains for many about its real meaning, especially if individuals Read More »
If you are simply filling staffing holes with “warm bodies,” please understand this will cost you far more down the road. Existing, dedicated staff Read More »
Long-Term Living asked Malcolm H. Morrison, PhD, president and CEO, Morrison Informatics, Inc., a healthcare information technology and data Read More »
It's been seen many times before in American film. A camera is resting ground level, capturing white vapor as it slowly billows up through a Read More »
The senior care marketplace is booming, and so is the demand for products and services relating to the care of older Americans. Like a modern-day Read More »
The last five years have spawned a plethora of online senior housing service providers in direct response to the growing number of people using the Read More »
Janice Hammond, RN from Indiana sent a question about how to get staff to show up for work and on time. This question often comes up during Read More »
New employees don’t start in a new position able to succeed without information and direction. Regardless of years of experience in healthcare or a Read More »
How do you replace a 291-bed nursing home with a building that actually looks like a series of homes rather than an institution? It's no small Read More »
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released new Interpretive Guidance for several quality of life and environment tags on April 10. Read More »
For more than 40 years William V. Day has been counted among the most visionary and creative executives in long-term care. As chronicled in this Read More »
The long-term care business-or the continuing care profession, as it is increasingly known-operates in a demanding environment. It could hardly be Read More »
Baltimore, Md.-Federal survey and certification regulations going into unprecedented detail and depth on resident quality of life will go into Read More »
Technology's perennial dilemma: How to stay upgraded without wasting money? Here's how long-term care providers are addressing the challenge and Read More »
Long-Term Living, via our Web site (https://www.iadvanceseniorcare.com) asked readers to nominate and then choose the architects and interior designers who Read More »
What happens when you get teams from 10 architectural firms clustered in one large room attempting to design four inner city senior housing Read More »
State surveys bring butterflies and stress to long term-care staff and administration. In order to survive these events, facilities must design Read More »
When the National Institute of Medicine issued its report to Congress on the condition of the nation's nursing homes as of 1986, few saw the Read More »
Noting that one in five Medicare patients are rehospitalized after discharge, and three-fourths of these cases could be avoided, the Centers for Read More »
The Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005, signed into law by President George W. Bush on February 8, 2006, is a federal law designed to severely Read More »
When thinking of quality improvement in the long-term care setting, not many areas are more important than the threat of medication errors and their Read More »
I Advance Senior CareI Advance Senior Care is the industry-leading source for practical, in-depth, business-building, and resident care i... Read More »
Administrators who have distinguished themselves by meeting or exceeding defined, stringent performance standards will be recognized at The American Read More »
Every day brings more bad news in the credit markets affecting virtually every sector of the economy, including healthcare. Even the aging of the Read More »
Maintaining a pleasant, friendly atmosphere in your long-term care facility is a top priority. The way a place smells can be as important as the way Read More »
On March 4, nearly 5,000 members of the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSA) and its supporters flooded the United States Read More »
