Facility management

A behind-the-scenes look at four outstanding projects

We are proud to present the 2009 DESIGN Citation of Merit winners. The four projects that follow were deemed “the best of the best” by our panel of jurors. Read More »

Intergenerational Vacation Bible School

An intergenerational Vacation Bible School program is a way to bridge the past with the future. The children of today are the doctors, nurses, Read More »

Overcoming workplace negativity

Just as we routinely perform assessments to identify risk factors and early problems in residents' health, we must make a conscious effort to apply Read More »

Preparing to retire: Exit strategies for senior care owners

There are likely a number of reasons you went into business in the first place: independence … the pursuit of a dream or passion for caring … Read More »

Six strategies for survival

Recently Ziegler Capital Markets issued six strategies for senior living providers facing economic difficulties due to their faltering marketplace. Read More »

Leading by recognizing generational differences

As nurse executives strive to lead others, they realize the key to success is achieving the level of leadership that inspires employees to Read More »

Palm Garden of Ocala 2008 OPTIMA Award Ceremony

OPTIMA Award presentations tend to be memorable occasions, and the ceremony last fall at Palm Garden of Ocala was no exception. A sizable number of Read More »

Counterbalancing MedPAC’s funding cuts

Contending that America's skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) are raking in the dough and generating fat profits from Medicare patients, the Medicare Read More »

Retirement strategies for small-facility operators

Senior living owners and operators contend with a variety of financial issues on a daily basis—everything from meeting monthly payroll to managing Read More »

Tell cockroaches to hit the road

It may take new residents some time to think of your facility as home, and ensuring that their space is comfortable and the staff is friendly goes a Read More »

Aging With Choice: Coping with a changing marketplace

As aging services providers, your mission is clear: serve the senior community in a way that enables aging with dignity, grace, and security. Read More »

Darkness descends over Sunrise

Last year on November 7, Sunrise Senior Living, arguably the nation's premier brand name in assisted living services, reported a startling third Read More »

Mobile IT applications

The use of mobile information technology (IT) to assist healthcare professionals in making treatment decisions at the point of care is expected to Read More »

Going ‘green’ in long-term care

As times quickly change, environmental responsibility has become a national issue and is being discussed in politics, the business world, Read More »

Planning for protection

The 9-11-2001 terrorist attacks, the massive disruption that followed Hurricane Katrina, the recurring Midwest floods, and the devastation caused by Read More »

Putting the fun in fundraising

What do you mean, the oven is not hot?” I ask as Emma attempts to put the biscuits in the oven during the weekly cooking class. As I begin to check Read More »

Darkness descends over Sunrise

On November 7, Sunrise Senior Living, arguably the nation’s premier brand name in assisted living services, reported a startling third quarter Read More »

The power of publicity

The value of positive media coverage is—to paraphrase the credit card commercial— “priceless,” and is often overlooked by senior communities. The Read More »

The value of a root cause analysis

In recent years, a special focus of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, as well as the healthcare industry in general, has been the need Read More »

The LTC Training Dilemma: Finding the Right Training Company

Every day, a typical long-term care (LTC) organization experiences many training-related challenges. Worker skill and performance gaps and an Read More »

Risk management: Lighting’s impact on residents

An issue receiving more and more attention by researchers and designers in long-term care is lighting and glare. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Read More »

The case for care transparency

When the new Congress gets down to business early next year, organizations representing the nursing home community will be confronted with two Read More »

Design versus patient safety

Today more than ever you and the designers that you hire should understand the “safety” issues healthcare is facing and the rules facilities are Read More »

An information-based approach to staff efficiency

The clock ticked 11:00 p.m. and still no nurse for the Medicare unit. The agency called and said the last bill had not been paid and they would not Read More »

Staff recognition: The result

Recognition is an important component of any organization's total reward program. It motivates staff and inspires personal achievement. Tell your Read More »

Consumer-focused approach fuels assisted living growth

When a tsunami of skyrocketing energy costs and slumping residential housing hits the U.S. economy, there is much devastation and everyone gets wet. Read More »

QAA activities need to show results

Nurse Wilson just dreads sitting through the quarterly Quality Assessment and Assurance (QAA) meeting. He always thinks of it as voices droning on, Read More »

Flu season

As flu season approaches, Long-Term Living magazine asked board-certified geriatrician Jonathan Musher, MD, CMD, president of Metropolitan Read More »

Surface sanitation

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 15% of nursing home residents have infections, including wound Read More »

“Empower With Choice”

Effective January 1, 2007, we were mandated by the state of Florida to increase CNA staffing to a ratio of 2:9. Like many others across the state, Read More »