The Long-Term Living Web site serves daily news focused on the LTC field. The news feed covers reports and studies, governance, views and news from Read More »
The challenge intensifies when facilities within that system are attempting to make profits, sustain margins, or otherwise survive as viable Read More »
With President-elect Barack Obama ready to assume power next month and Democrats significantly increasing their majority in both the House and Read More »
As we conclude this very long year (wasn't New Year's about five years ago?), we naturally wonder what Santa will leave in our stockings to Read More »
An 86-year-old resident comes back from the hospital with a diagnosis of celiac disease. A family is looking for a facility that can assure safe Read More »
During the holidays you will want to send a gift to a loved one near or far who is in a nursing home. Since I have lived in a nursing home for years Read More »
From left: Meredith (niece), Kathleen, Andy (brother-in-law), Janice (sister), King (four-footed-friend). When I moved to this nursing ho... Read More »
During the GE Healthcare national user conference in Washington this August, the keynote speaker for the Executive Forum was former senator Tom Read More »
On November 7, Sunrise Senior Living, arguably the nation’s premier brand name in assisted living services, reported a startling third quarter Read More »
Voice recognition or Speech recognition (also known as automatic speech recognition or computer speech recognition) converts spoken words to Read More »
I was brought up to dress well and be neat to as a pin. I wore uniforms to school and we changed to other clothes immediately after. My mother Read More »
The value of positive media coverage is—to paraphrase the credit card commercial— “priceless,” and is often overlooked by senior communities. The Read More »
When I first came to live in a nursing home I was not very interested in participating in facility activities. Bingo was a big deal here, but I am Read More »
Is the Internet available to your residents? Comments: - We have three computers in our lab, and are soon adding a cognitive exercise computer Read More »
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 »
Recently the New York Times ran an article about all the “sweeties,” “dears,” and “honeys” who occupy our long-term care facilities. And all of them Read More »
In terms of aging, everyone is touting 60 as “the new 50”; thus, 70 is the new 60, and so on. Clearly, this is evident everywhere—in the workforce Read More »
I'm in an awkward position. Not literally, because I'm actually quite comfortable here in my cozy recliner, feet up, mug of coffee in hand, computer Read More »
Every day, a typical long-term care (LTC) organization experiences many training-related challenges. Worker skill and performance gaps and an Read More »
Nanotechnology is moving beyond the hype and R&D labs and into real-time application. It's the big buzzword in industry today—but what is it? Read More »
Incontinence Briefs TENA® Super Stretch Briefs from SCA Personal Care have stretch sides to provide full breathability, promoting skin health and Read More »
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 »
Editor's Note: This article was originally sent to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and appeared in the Illinois Council on Long Term Read More »
The Long-Term Living Web site serves daily news focused on the LTC field. The news feed covers reports and studies, governance, views and news from Read More »
Sometimes repositioning of a facility to transition from the old to a new era can seem to be the most obvious course of action imaginable. But what Read More »
When the new Congress gets down to business early next year, organizations representing the nursing home community will be confronted with two Read More »
