When The Meadows, Edgewood Retirement Community's long-term care center, originally opened in 1997, it was initially envisioned as part of a Read More »
The importance of the long-term care (LTC) mission and this hyperintensive regulatory environment requires constant vigilance and hard work. As Read More »
Picture used with permission from Orkin Commercial Services. It comes out at night to gorge on human blood. It prefers unpleasant, uncomfortable Read More »
Tasty and satisfying food when we want it and how we want it is one of the small joys in life that many take for granted. How easy it is for most of Read More »
The daughter stopped me as I began to walk into her mother's room. “My mother says a lot of things that are fabricated, but in her case, the Read More »
Legislation introduced to improve diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and provide support for individuals and families was applauded by The Alzheimer’s Read More »
At a press briefing this afternoon during the LeadingAge (formerly AAHSA) Future of Aging Services Conference in Washington, D.C., association Read More »
Six months since the Drug Enforcement Administration released its statement of policy on prescriber agents in long-term care facilities and not a Read More »
In the largest 31 metropolitan markets, the supply of operational nursing care beds has been declining an average of 0.3% annually during the past Read More »
I recently came upon an interesting website that I’d like to share with you. The Grow Coalition (www.growcoalition.org), co-founded by Mary Harroun Read More »
At its annual Conference & Expo, the Assisted Living Federation of America spares no expense in honoring some of the hardest workers in senior Read More »
Sunrise Senior Living CEO Mark Ordan has travelled to Haverford, Pennsylvania, to the company’s The Quadrangle community in response to a police Read More »
Staggering out of my final educational session at this year’s Assisted Living Federation of America Conference & Expo, hand throbbing from note Read More »
You’ve heard of a flat fee. Now wacky Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is proposing a fat fee—a $50 penalty on some enrollees in the state’s Medicaid program Read More »
A majority of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) older adults believe long-term care staff would discriminate against or even neglect Read More »
When Richard Grimes speaks about independence as non-negotiable for seniors in long-term care he speaks from experience. His 90ish father, an Read More »
Mark Ohlendorf, co-president and CFO of Brookdale Senior Living, was announced chairman of the Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA) board of Read More »
It’s no secret that real estate investment trusts (REITs) have become heavily engaged in the healthcare industry, and they are especially active in Read More »
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan released his 2012 proposal Tuesday calling for more than $4 trillion in spending cuts over the decade, Read More »
An analysis released today by the American Health Care Association (AHCA) argues nursing homes and other post-acute facilities would be eligible to Read More »
I have not had a professional manicure for a long time. The activity aides at my previous facility always did my nails and they looked very nice. But Read More »
Medicaid has seen better days. A draft of the Republican fiscal 2012 budget is calling for $1 trillion in cuts over 10 years to the entitlement Read More »
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Thursday published its proposed rule on the formation of accountable care organizations (ACOs) , Read More »
Alex Brill, member of conservative think tank organization American Enterprise Institute, has blamed Medicaid in a new report for wasting $329 Read More »
Elderly patients with heart failure who need skilled nursing care after hospital discharge are often sicker, at higher risk for poor outcomes, and Read More »
Raising Medicare’s eligibility age from 65 to 67 in 2014 would generate an estimated $7.6 billion in net savings to the federal government, but also Read More »
Conventional psychotropic medications used in managing the behavioral health of nursing home residents may actually carry increased risks compared to Read More »
