LIABILITY landscapeBY LINDA WILLIAMS, RNDo you have the 'right' to use a chemical restraint? The medical necessity for the use of any form of Read More »
BY JOSEPH CERQUONE, ACHCA VICE-PRESIDENT Plan now to be in Providence Some of the best educational offerings in long-term care-plus a full slate of Read More »
BY ERIC EICHER Environmentally responsible pest managementSafer and more targeted ways than wholesale spraying are available Residents and their Read More »
PAUL WILLGING says...The best LTC model has yet to be implemented I'm amazed at how much research has gone into developing the ideal long-term care Read More »
editorialBY RICHARD L. PECK, EDITOR-IN-CHIEFThrough the looking glass I've got to say, there's a certain Alice-in-Wonderland quality to long-term Read More »
I Advance Senior CareI Advance Senior Care is the industry-leading source for practical, in-depth, business-building, and resident care i... Read More »
On May 6, 2004, departing Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson appointed David J. Brailer, MD, PhD, one of the nation's preeminent Read More »
In today's long-term care environment, administrators and other staff are usually too busy with the day-to-day adventures of caregiving to worry Read More »
I'm sure readers of a certain vintage will quickly recognize the name Dale Carnegie and probably remember the title of his early 20th century Read More »
Many caregivers find giving baths or showers one of the most difficult aspects of caregiving. It's a time when residents with dementia are often Read More »
Bariatric Lifting Systems The Bravo Twin Cassette Bariatric Lifting System from ARJO is designed to lift and transfer patients weighing up to 900 Read More »
In Southampton, Pennsylvania, the ACTS Retirement-Life Communities' Southampton Estates has a room that literally hums with happiness. For 90 Read More »
The quality of care in America's nursing homes has, beyond a doubt, become the most contentious issue in contemporary long-term care. The issue has Read More »
Is it time for your long-term care organization to take the plunge and invest in one of the latest healthcare information technology systems? Is it Read More »
INTERVIEW WITH RITA MCCORMICK, RN, CIC, SENIOR INFECTION CONTROL PRACTITIONER, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN HOSPITAL & CLINICS AUTHORITY Handwashing Read More »
BY LOU BURGESS Marketing to meet today's consumer demandsAttending to the "little" details can give your long-term care facility or senior community Read More »
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!A selection of LTC programs that made a differenceReprinted from past editions of the Not-for-Profit Report For the past eight years, Read More »
The jobs aren't what they used to be-three distinguished practitioners tell whyBASED ON INTERVIEWS BY SANDRA HOBAN, MANAGING EDITOR, AND TODD Read More »
BY KATHLEEN K. BROGAN, MSN, MSHED, RN, AND ANNA MARSHALICK, MSN, RN To address the extreme nursing shortages that exist today and are predicted for Read More »
BY BRIAN GARAVAGLIA, PHD Many individuals are admitted to acute, subacute, and long-term care facilities each year suffering from a depression that Read More »
BY MARIAN DEUTSCHMAN, PHD When you ask nursing home staff about their jobs and ideas for improvement, what do you hear? A few years ago I visited Read More »
BY STEVEN ELDER An integrated security-response system combines safety systems into a single entity. It is essentially a network of networks, Read More »
BY RIC HENRY, CPHRM, CNHA, FACHCA "Gone fishing"-these words should be posted on the doors of many plaintiffs' attorneys across the country. For Read More »
BY DOUGLAS J. EDWARDS, ASSISTANT EDITORProcter & Gamble recently announced that Ivory soap floats because it was designed to-its buoyancy was not the Read More »
