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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
“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 »
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 »
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 »
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 IStaffingFinding the ideal admission mix, however, is not the only Read More »
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 »
How does a facility achieve genuine culture change? Is it through the implementation of “person-centered care” or other innovative approaches such Read More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
“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 »
In 1996, The American Health Care Association (AHCA), the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), and the Association Read More »
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 »
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 »
All nursing homes have thousands of dollars invested in essential information technology (IT) systems. Many facilities (probably most!) are not Read More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
One staff member reports another staff member for abusing a confused resident, but there are no other witnesses and no physical evidence of abuse. Read More »
When Michael walks through the halls of his facility, he has trouble understanding what his staff members are saying. It's as if they're speaking a Read More »
