Usually once during the fall/winter season the facility is invaded by flu. In order to contain the infection, activities are canceled and no meals Read More »
This week at the AAHSA Annual Meeting & Expo in Chicago, I had the eye-opening pleasure of touring the 2,600-square-foot AAHSA ‘Idea House,’ where Read More »
A reader asks, “Is there a correlation between nursing staff length of service and resident longevity? Our 180-bed sister skilled nursing and Read More »
Larry Minnix, president and CEO of the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSA), speaks to Maureen Hrehocik, editor of 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 »
A senator tells a lobbyist that she will not change her stance on legislation that could adversely affect seniors. She then finds out the impact Read More »
This facility began to use shower aides again the beginning of November. We have two shower aides on our unit and each aide works three 12-hour Read More »
At a glance… Isabella Geriatric Center, New York, has found that by stating its values, involving everyone in the process, and tackling issues that Read More »
Passenger Vans Commercial passenger and ADA-compliant, wheelchair-lift-equipped vans and buses are Mobility Transportation Services' only business. Read More »
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed into law a measure that works toward creating transparency in the ownership and management Read More »
I arrived here with just the clothes on my back. Two days later, a former caregiver brought me some personal care items and clothing. Her visit was Read More »
At a glance… Bob Gatty highlights two reports on the state of quality in long-term care. Industry lobbyists, intent on blocking proposed Medicare Read More »
If I can just find the right external device I know I can change the person's internal motivation to move, I just know it!” It seems obvious, even Read More »
“News is news, but what do you do about it?” Turn to LTL for depth, analysis, perspective. Erickson Retirement Communities, a Maryland-based Read More »
At a glance… Technology now holds promise for compliance with some of the new CMS interpretive guidance (effective June 12, 2009), for several of Read More »
BLOG Something good about nursing homes Gary M. Riffe, administrator of Hi-Acres Manor Nursing Center in Jamestown, North Dakota, tells LTL Blogger Read More »
With a successful annual conference behind him, NIC's Founder and President Robert Kramer discussed with Long-Term Living Editor Maureen Hrehocik Read More »
At a glance… All the goals of the remodel/renovation of Redwood Lodge were met, including increasing the residential component to improve financial Read More »
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 »
Since OBRA 1987, there has been a steady climb in the rate of pressure ulcer litigation in the United States. Fueling the fires are policies from Read More »
Over the years I have seen many administrators come and go. The longest any has stayed has been about two years, so we residents can usually count on Read More »
For 11 years I pleaded with my elderly father to allow a caregiver to help him with my ailing mother, but after 55 years of loving each other he Read More »
A probe by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the staff at Rosewood Care Center in Northbrook, Illinois, revealed many employees at the Read More »
Today, guest poster Karlin Mbah, of the New York-based organization Friends and Relatives of the Institutionalized Aged (FRIA), explains what “family Read More »
Ever since I came to a nursing home 13 years ago, I wondered why this facility did not recycle. I know there are recycling centers in the area. But I Read More »
