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Enough is Enough!

“What is being launched tomorrow is poorly planned, prematurely implemented and ham-handedly rolled out.” So said a press release “rocket” from the Read More »

AANAC, Resource Systems offers nurse assistant scholarships

Recognizing the critical role nursing assistants play in the lives of long-term care residents, CareTracker by Resource Systems, in conjunction with Read More »

The Food Could Be Better

I have had three separate nursing home stays and the food was different each time. My first stay was when I was 29. I did not know the largest meal Read More »

Just one more question

Like the great TV detective Columbo, Long-Term Living columnist Gary Tetz (Funny You Should Ask) always has one more question. In this bimonthly Read More »

Product Focus

Adjustable Height Shampoo Bowl The Adjust-a-Sink® by Accessible Systems is an adjustable height shampoo bowl designed for salons in senior care Read More »

Conservative values

When I was a young reporter starting out, I couldn't buy a house to save my life. My wife and I joked that, as perhaps the only renters in Upper Read More »

Aging With Choice: Coping with a changing marketplace

As aging services providers, your mission is clear: serve the senior community in a way that enables aging with dignity, grace, and security. Read More »

LTL Online

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 »

Workforce crisis worsens

The nation's nursing home industry is facing a critical, and apparently worsening, workforce crisis and is urging the federal government to step in Read More »

Darkness descends over Sunrise

Last year on November 7, Sunrise Senior Living, arguably the nation's premier brand name in assisted living services, reported a startling third Read More »

Mobile IT applications

The use of mobile information technology (IT) to assist healthcare professionals in making treatment decisions at the point of care is expected to Read More »

Going ‘green’ in long-term care

As times quickly change, environmental responsibility has become a national issue and is being discussed in politics, the business world, Read More »

Automate, automate, automate

Ready or not, long-term care providers are competing in a new game. While the players and objectives remain unchanged, the playing field has new Read More »

Medicine Dilemma

I thought I would share a medication dilemma that has happened in the last week. I have been taking a pediatric dose of Erythromycin for my bowel and Read More »

Business Intelligence (“BI”) – Without True Business Intelligence, How Much Intelligence Can an Organization Have?

With all the technology investments health care organizations are contemplating, I believe none can be more important than establishing a robust, Read More »

Live From New York! It’s Rich Temple!

Long-Term Living magazine is happy to welcome Rich Temple as our newest blogger. Rich comes to us from our sister publication, Healthcare Read More »

The Best Gift

My sister and I on Christmas I remember well the December I was 11. Mom must have been busy because she asked dad to take me shopping dow... Read More »

Your green initiative

Are you making a conscious effort to “go green” in at least some aspects of your facility? If so, describe your plans. Read More »

Planning for protection

The 9-11-2001 terrorist attacks, the massive disruption that followed Hurricane Katrina, the recurring Midwest floods, and the devastation caused by Read More »

Facility Christmas Memories

I suppose no one looks forward to their first Christmas in a nursing home. I remember on my first Christmas here, I wanted a small Christmas tree for Read More »

Racist attitudes in your facility

Has any of the in-service training you provide direct care workers taught them how to deal with racist attitudes in your facility? Read More »

Advancing Excellence in Pain Assessment (Part 2)

Click here for Part 1 of Advancing Excellence in Pain AssessmentScreening  Screening all residents for pain is the baseline step in the Read More »

My Last Power Chair?

My graying power chair was purchased when I was working part time here by vocational rehabilitation in 2000. Medicaid began replacing the batteries a Read More »

Advancing Excellence in Pain Assessment (Part 1)

Every resident has the right to be pain free and this can only be accomplished through an effective pain management program. Every long-term care Read More »

Letter to the editor: Light’s impact on residents

Hello, my name is Rick Meinking and I am the Plant Operations Director at Seventy Five State Street. We are a non-profit long term care facility Read More »

Your private-pay rate increases

In an effort to offset budget shortfalls, have you/will you increase private-pay rates in 2009?           Comments:   - The goal is to Read More »

Healthy aging in the center of NYC

Photos by Dani Piderman Ask architect Chien Chung (C.C.) Pei, AIA, what he's most proud of in the design of the Martha Stewart Center for Living at Read More »

Putting the fun in fundraising

What do you mean, the oven is not hot?” I ask as Emma attempts to put the biscuits in the oven during the weekly cooking class. As I begin to check Read More »

Product Focus

Vital Signs Monitoring Life Systems' Rosie® II Vital Signs Monitoring System captures Sp02, E-Temp, blood pressure, and pulse rate in 45 seconds. Read More »

Are You Ready for the New Survey

There is a transformation under way of the long-term care (LTC) survey process, and it has significant implications for every LTC facility in the Read More »