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Incontinence Briefs TENA® Super Stretch Briefs from SCA Personal Care have stretch sides to provide full breathability, promoting skin health and Read More »

Risk management: Lighting’s impact on residents

An issue receiving more and more attention by researchers and designers in long-term care is lighting and glare. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Read More »

CMS star rating system should be based on quality, not compliance

Editor's Note: This article was originally sent to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and appeared in the Illinois Council on Long Term 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 »

A new world for residents

Sometimes repositioning of a facility to transition from the old to a new era can seem to be the most obvious course of action imaginable. But what Read More »

The case for care transparency

When the new Congress gets down to business early next year, organizations representing the nursing home community will be confronted with two Read More »

Allendale’s ‘CNA of the Year’

It’s a May afternoon at the Allendale Community for Mature Living in Bergen County, New Jersey. Residents are gathered in the courtyard, waiting Read More »

Death’s Effects

After living here for two years I frequently made the comment, "Nobody dies here." I remember an aide looking at me strangely and saying, "What are Read More »

Your flu pandemic readiness

Is your facility prepared for a flu pandemic?   Comments:   - We are currently working on a program for this.   How would you describe your Read More »

Retirement Community Recognized for Leading AAHSA ‘Pathway to Greatness’

The American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSA) and LarsonAllen, LLP, recently awarded the Jewish Geriatric Services, Inc., the Read More »

Design versus patient safety

Today more than ever you and the designers that you hire should understand the “safety” issues healthcare is facing and the rules facilities are Read More »

Your pest control priorities

Which statement about your facility’s pest control is most accurate?                   Comments:   - What are the other sustainability Read More »

Staying Active

As a long-term nursing home resident, I want to explain how I keep myself going both physically and mentally. To better understand, I will give you a Read More »

Your plans for LEED certification

If you are building new or renovating an old facility, are you considering obtaining LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Read More »

RHIO Reports

I’m writing from the second annual RHIOhio conference at OhioUniversity in Athens, Ohio. Brian Phillips, the CIO of the Ohio University College of Read More »

Resident Council Matters

My first foray into resident advocacy began a few months after I arrived here twelve years ago. A resident's family member asked me to attend the Read More »

Hurricane IKE and the Common Carotid Artery

The massive 200 mile wide Hurricane IKE devastated coastal Texas and caused major damage inland as far as the Great Lakes.  Millions of people are Read More »

Inspector General’s Quality Smear: Strike Back!

CLEVELAND—The New York Times has given the LTC industry a gift—in the form of an article in the Sept. 30th edition concerning a report on nursing Read More »

Reacting to rebellion

Editor’s Note: If revolutions are carried out by organized groups of frustrated citizens, then the Wesley Enhanced Living (WEL) Aging Revolution Read More »

Your view on Quality First efforts

How do you view professional associations’ Quality First efforts?Comments:   -The associations provide a platform from which facilities can build Read More »

Better Nursing Home Visits

Visitors bring residents needed familiarity and make their lives better. But some visitors unwittingly can make things worse. Knowing the resident's Read More »

Welcome to Long-Term Living’s Platinum Products and Services special section

We asked readers to nominate products that helped them do their jobs better and elevate patient care to new levels. Our readers heeded the call and Read More »

Caring for America’s heroes

Vaughn Jackson speaks with pride about his service to our country. “I was in the Army for 12 years—three in Vietnam,” he says. “I worked as a Read More »

An information-based approach to staff efficiency

The clock ticked 11:00 p.m. and still no nurse for the Medicare unit. The agency called and said the last bill had not been paid and they would not Read More »

Stepping up to say hello

At night it sends a glowing welcome, and both day and night it extends services and activities to residents and visitors at the C.C. Young CCRC in Read More »

Product Showcase

Maxi Sky600 The Maxi Sky600, the most technologically advanced ceiling lift on the market, is an easy-to-operate system that allows a single Read More »

Takin’ it to the streets

Stephen A. Moses likens the current status of long-term care to the blind men and the elephant allegory. Each blind man felt different parts of the Read More »

Staff recognition: The result

Recognition is an important component of any organization's total reward program. It motivates staff and inspires personal achievement. Tell your 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 »

Consumer-focused approach fuels assisted living growth

When a tsunami of skyrocketing energy costs and slumping residential housing hits the U.S. economy, there is much devastation and everyone gets wet. Read More »