The use of standing order programs has found a place in long-term care, specifically related to influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations. These Read More »
Laundry rooms in long-term care facilities have never been profit centers, yet they hold one of the keys to customer satisfaction and facility Read More »
Our next great challenge may be one that we have not worried about in many years: weight gain and obesity. General population trends of aging, Read More »
Any humorist or comedian likes to have a parting shot. In Art Buchwald's case, his parting. A shot was actually a shot in the arm for the hospice Read More »
Experts are saying a bird flu pandemic is not a matter of if, but when. If we do have a pandemic, the proportions of this disaster will likely Read More »
Ceiling Lifts The EZ Way Ceiling Lift line, from EZ Way, Inc., has portable motors in 450 and 600 lb. weight capacities, and fixed motors in 400, Read More »
As famed philosopher Immanuel Kant once wrote, “Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.” But while science can be researched in a Read More »
Robert Frost1 was quite a guy. Besides being a poet of some renown, he was one of the nation's early traffic engineers, advising motorists in a Read More »
President Bush's 2007 State of the Union address, delivered last month, included a clear definition of societal responsibilities for healthcare Read More »
Q: What is AANAC and how do I get my questions answered on the Resident Assessment Instrument/Minimum Data Set (RAI/MDS)?A: The American Association Read More »
Although customer service is often given lip service in healthcare settings, long-term care (LTC) has shown more interest in resident and family Read More »
Myths, legends, proverbs, and folklore—every nation, community, and profession uses them to dress up its history, filter reality, and color facts. Read More »
Embezzle. An ugly word. One edition of Webster's Dictionary defines it as “to take (e.g., money) for one's own use in violation of a trust and by Read More »
Introducing new information technology—software and hardware—to a long-term care operation can be a daunting prospect. This is never more so than Read More »
Meet Ernesto. He's 87 years old and has congestive heart failure, hypertension, and mild cognitive decline. He has a team of doctors managing his Read More »
Imagine a nursing home where residents have more in common than age, life experience, and medical challenges. Imagine a nursing home where the Read More »
We help people” is the mantra of long-term care. Yet, for an industry dedicated to caring for others, how often do we turn the focus inward and Read More »
Phillip Rubin and Health Buddy Every morning when Joann Wayans wakes up, she is asked a variety of questions: Did you take your medicine? Are you Read More »
The federal government has urged that Electronic Health Records (EHRs) be in use by the year 2010. Clearly, electronic charting—a key component of Read More »
We've heard a lot over the past decade about the Greatest Generation—born during the Roaring '20s or just before, hardened by the Depression and Read More »
In the early 1950s, New York's Goldwater Memorial Hospital opened its first ventilator unit in response to polio epidemics. You may remember Read More »
The Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA), the largest national association exclusively dedicated to professionally operated assisted living Read More »
Nursing homes were originally designed to warehouse people until they die. That's consistent with the institutional model we have become burdened Read More »
Most nursing home residents will eventually die there. Yet only 3.1 percent of residents at the end of life (that is, with fewer than six months to live) are receiving hospice care. Read More »
With a warm Texas welcome, Signature Senior Living is serving folks in 10 rural communities across the state with the development of moderate Read More »
