Facility management

“Settling in” team transitions smooth moves at La Posada

La Posada took on this task by creating a settling in team to facilitate the large move in a timely and organized manner. Team members visited each Read More »

Resident care process

Quality of care deficiencies can be devastating in any nursing home: devastating to the resident, who can suffer a decline in health status or even Read More »

Evolving with the neighborhood

When you've been operating a nursing home for 100 years, can you change your offerings and environment sufficiently to appeal to the new senior care Read More »

Much ado about sex offenders

Signed into law by Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry in June, The Sex Offenders Long-Term Care Facility Bill has generated a fair amount of buzz from LTC Read More »

Human Resource Solutions for Nursing Homes

The business of being an employer is hitting the nursing home industry hard. This is especially true in the areas of staffing and government Read More »

Top six ways to manage supply expenses in long-term care

With rising costs and the threat of reduced reimbursements looming, now is the time to evaluate how your facility's supply expenses are managed. To Read More »

Staffing Comes to the Blogosphere

Editor's Note: Readers with access to the Internet and, more specifically, to our Web site, https://www.iadvanceseniorcare.com, may have noticed a rather Read More »

A design primer for the aging eye

The Alliance on Aging Research reports that visual impairment is one of the top four reasons for a loss of independence among seniors. For example, Read More »

Coach your staff to deliver quality care

“Coaches who can outline plays on a blackboard are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate.” —Vince Lombardi Coaching Read More »

Renovation, the budget-friendly way

For an administrator and owner/operator, a long-term care facility in need of renovation is a daunting prospect. The mini-hospital or the 1970s Read More »

Nurse executive: If the shoes fit, wear them proudly

Recently I was approached by a veteran director of nursing who asked, “Am I really a nurse executive? I've never thought of myself as such.” I'm Read More »

Group effort makes hospice house a reality

In a tranquil setting overlooking 9.5-acres of virgin woodlands in Duluth, Minnesota, sits a $4 million, 12-bed hospice house. Inside, original oil Read More »

Strange bedfellows: The improbable romance of accounting and nursing, part II

Strange bedfellows: The improbable romance of accounting and nursing, part IStaffingFinding the ideal admission mix, however, is not the only Read More »

The Future of Assisted Living

Assisted living has become the fastest-growing long-term care option for those who want to live independently with assistance, according to the Read More »

Culture change starts from the heart

How does a facility achieve genuine culture change? Is it through the implementation of “person-centered care” or other innovative approaches such Read More »

Medication errors: Managing the risk

The medication errors experienced by actor Dennis Quaid's newborn twins have received a lot of media attention. While hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai Read More »

An urban high-rise makes green dollars and sense

At first glance you wouldn't take the building to be: (1) a senior living community or (2) an exemplar of “green” construction. The building, a Read More »

Strange bedfellows: The improbable romance of accounting and nursing, part I

It is odd to think that a profession born from the power of compassion and concern could join hands with an occupation filled with number crunching Read More »

The obesity epidemic

Nearly 135 million adults in the United States are either overweight or obese; 14 million are considered morbidly obese, and an amazing 1 million Read More »

When restraints are not an option

Editor's note: Since 1996, Nursing Homes/Long Term Care Management has been honor-ing long-term care facilities that are proactive with programs Read More »

MDS 3.0

“Leadership is not magnetic personality—that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not “making friends and influencing people”—that is flattery. Read More »

The evolution of subacute services: One facility’s view

In 1996, The American Health Care Association (AHCA), the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), and the Association Read More »

Changing paradigm: What is wellness?

One of the leading experts in environments for seniors that promote wellness is Cornelia C. Hodgson, partner in charge of architectural firm Dorsky Read More »

Turning negative feedback into positive results

Why do so few people enjoy being on the receiving end of feedback or show such little enthusiasm for a performance review session? In the case of Read More »

Get the most out of your IT investment

All nursing homes have thousands of dollars invested in essential information technology (IT) systems. Many facilities (probably most!) are not Read More »

When equipment malfunctions

Over the years, nursing homes have been required to provide increasingly complex medical care for their residents. To meet those challenges, the use Read More »

Form follows financing

I know this is a radical thought, but it just seems to me that healthcare financing and reimbursement systems ought to focus on the needs of the Read More »

A collaborative model takes on the care gap, part I

Michigan’s elderly population is expected to expand during the next 25 years by more than 52%—from 1.2 million to 1.8 million. Its traditional source Read More »

Creating a Successful Workforce Culture

Few would argue that turnover in long-term care has been out of control for a long time, despite repeated research projects and surveys examining Read More »

The problem with root cause analysis

Root cause analysis has become an important quality assurance method for identifying problems encountered in long-term care. Without a doubt, it is Read More »