I read that nursing home survey results will no longer be available for the general public to examine. Here, surveys used to be in a large notebook Read More »
Perhaps the biggest risk posed to nursing home residents with dementia or other cognitive deficits is something rarely discussed and almost never Read More »
Long-Term Living is dedicated to providing helpful, practical information to our readers. I would like to invite four of our owner or administrator Read More »
We are proud to present the 2009 DESIGN Citation of Merit winners. The four projects that follow were deemed “the best of the best” by our panel of jurors. Read More »
In our exclusive interview, Long-Term Living Executive Editor Maureen Hrehocik talks with Barbara Gay, director of advocacy information for the Read More »
An intergenerational Vacation Bible School program is a way to bridge the past with the future. The children of today are the doctors, nurses, Read More »
Once again, charting the challenges. For the fourth year participants in the DESIGN Showcase were asked to discuss the real challenges they faced in developing and executing a design. Read More »
Visitors to our Web site at https://www.iadvanceseniorcare.com will note the arrival of a new blogger named Jonathan Rosenfeld. He is an attorney-but the Read More »
These three realities I know to be true for 2009: My 401k will look softer than Santa's belly; despite spending big bucks, the Yankees will still Read More »
One of the more fascinating aspects of publishing a long-term care design annual is the chance it gives us to follow the evolution of design Read More »
Resident incontinence represents a major challenge for the long-term care (LTC) industry. It negatively impacts residents on many levels and has a Read More »
Safety Footwear Shoes For Crews® has introduced the SFC Froggz Sport. Made from antibacterial EVA material, Froggz Sport has SFC's Mighty Grip Read More »
Just as we routinely perform assessments to identify risk factors and early problems in residents' health, we must make a conscious effort to apply Read More »
Boundary Hospital Community Health Centre in Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada, recently completed an expansion and major redesign of its Read More »
We all have dreams and aspirations. We're human, after all. I believe it was the poet Robert Browning who postulated that “a man's reach should Read More »
Readers say… the Long-Term Living Web site is featuring a new poll every Monday. Here are the results from a recent poll: As part of your resident Read More »
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 signed by President Obama February 17, includes key provisions that had been sought and strongly Read More »
Access Control Systems DoorKing, Inc. Inglewood, CA Contact: James Palfreyman Ph. (800) 826-7493 Fax (310) 641-1586 E-mail: info@doorking.com Web: Read More »
I wrote earlier in admiration of President Obama’s choice of Tom Daschle as his designee to fill the top job at HHS. I make no bones of the fact that Read More »
In 1996 I picked this facility because the staffing ratio was one aide to ten residents. Back then this facility had 100 beds with 96 occupied when I Read More »
There are likely a number of reasons you went into business in the first place: independence … the pursuit of a dream or passion for caring … Read More »
Have you heard about the nursing home employees charged with the intentional drugging of residents at Kern Valley Nursing Home, in California? That’s Read More »
Unknown to most, in the later days of his term, former-president George W. Bush signed off on a new law that effectively clamps down on the publics' Read More »
This past week I went back to the orthopedic surgeon for the results of the CAT scan of my shoulders. I thought this would be a rather routine Read More »
Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been living with the ARRA (the “Stimulus Act- we’d best get used to another new acronym.) There are plenty of good Read More »
