Financial pressures, a lack of food and preoccupation at work with troubles at home contribute to depression in low-wage SNF workers, study says. Read More »
After recently teaching my dining class in a senior care community, I had an illuminating conversation with a resident. During the class I had Read More »
One of the first stories I tackled when joining Long-Term Living three years ago was a Q&A interview with patient care advocate Wes Bledsoe, who at Read More »
As an architect and designer, I am encouraged to gather input from clients as we begin the planning and design process. In the senior living world, Read More »
Tiankai Wang, PhD Health information technology (HIT) is not a new concept to the long-term care industry. Since the late 1990s, HIT functions Read More »
Predicting can be a fool's game-so many unforeseen events, personalities and circumstances can intrude to cloud the crystal ball. Predictions are as Read More »
Nurses in today's LTC and assisted living settings act in a variety of roles, both clinical and nonclinical. Nurses assist with or administer Read More »
In 2006, PHI launched the Center for Coaching Supervision and Leadership. Funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation and the Atlantic Philanthropies, Read More »
I was witness yesterday to the turmoil, frustration and confusion that countless families experience when faced with the crisis of an elder parent’s Read More »
Ah, the glory and beauty of Netflix. It reaches me where I live—literally. And then it grabs whole chunks of my time and life by selecting intriguing Read More »
In LTC litigation, plaintiffs’ attorneys routinely assert claims for punitive damages, largely based on statutory language such as that contained in Read More »
I searched on Google for images of the word “overwhelmed” and you can only imagine what I saw. In truth, I thought I would see a picture of a Read More »
Playing computer-based physical therapy games can help people with Parkinson’s disease improve their gait and balance, according to a new pilot study Read More »
During today’s general session at the LeadingAge annual meeting in Washington, D.C., Larry Minnix delivered his state of the association speech with Read More »
I worked at a unionized grocery store during college, which I did not initially give much thought to aside from questioning the $6 in dues deducted Read More »
Three recent developments indicate sharp scrutiny being placed on the home health industry. Stemming from Congress, the courts and the Office of Read More »
In the professional cleaning industry, Stephen Ashkin is known as the “father of green cleaning.” He and his consulting organization, The Ashkin Read More »
Despite the rapid advancement of genetic science over the past several decades, concerns eventually arose nationwide that Americans were not taking Read More »
Judah L. Ronch, PhD We talk a lot about culture change, but what is it about the culture that needs to be changed, and which culture are we Read More »
Over the past few years, the financing landscape for both for-profit and nonprofit senior living providers has changed dramatically. Underwriting Read More »
Robert Supper In 2010, ACTS Retirement-Life Communities completed a mutually beneficial affiliation agreement with Peninsula United Methodist Read More »
This has been one rollicking year for senior housing developers and owners-and not in a fun way. What with the anemic economy, debt ceiling Read More »
William Day at The Crystal Conservatories For more than three decades I have heard a steady drumbeat from providers and from the healthcare Read More »
Skilled nursing facilities often get criticized for their less-than-stellar performance when it comes to resident hospitalizations. Hospitalization Read More »
Perhaps English Romantic poet John Keats said it first, or at least best: “A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: Its lovliness increases; it Read More »
