Not long ago, as a new member of the local YMCA, I got an informal tour of the facility's new exercise room, courtesy of my daughter-in-law, a Read More »
With the election campaign heating up–one in which control of Congress is at stake along with the White House–nursing home industry advocates appear Read More »
Even as the federal government proposes Medicare and Medicaid spending cuts for 2009, long-term care organizations are pushing to reform the Read More »
I know this is a radical thought, but it just seems to me that healthcare financing and reimbursement systems ought to focus on the needs of the Read More »
It's no secret there is a sea change happening in the long-term living market. With baby boomers turning long-term care (LTC), as most know it, on Read More »
Individuals who seek long-term care have three distinct needs: housing, assistance with activities of daily living, and chronic disease management. Read More »
Aggregate MDS data indicates that more than 50% of the nursing home population experiences some degree of urinary incontinence (UI).1 UI, however, Read More »
With the current economic downturn and President Bush unveiling his Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 budget freezing Medicaid and Medicare funding, long-term Read More »
Read Part I here. JO: You’ve mentioned some of the functions that the program plays for employees. Can you expand on those and explain some of the Read More »
Michigan’s elderly population is expected to expand during the next 25 years by more than 52%—from 1.2 million to 1.8 million. Its traditional source Read More »
For a long-term care industry yearning for an alternative—any alternative—to the OBRA state survey system that gives facilities such trouble in terms Read More »
In the following video, Susan Mazer, cofounder of Healing Healthcare Systems, wraps up her session at Environments for Aging 2008 in Tucson, Arizona. Read More »
Janet Merutka of Hanna Z. Interiors and Richard Peck, Nursing Homes/HEALTHCARE DESIGN editor-in-chief, discuss some of the townhall aspects of a Read More »
I'll make this one short, as I've posted more info and photos about the DESIGN Awards as a news item, found here. But I do want to say how many Read More »
Matt Thornhill, the founder of The Boomer Project, a marketing research and consulting company focusing on baby boomers, gave an informative and Read More »
About 40 EFA attendees and I went on the afternoon tour of Splendido at Rancho Vistoso, a resort-styled retirement community with 246 independent Read More »
Took this photo this morning (Monday), from the pool at JW Marriott. The resort and the surrounding area looks wonderful, and I think I'll go Read More »
Every PACS application has a set of image viewing and manipulation tools. Basic features include Window and Leveling (adjusting the density, Read More »
Just sorting out some things today before leaving for Tucson Sunday morning for the Environments for Aging conference. I hope to spend the majority Read More »
It is always fun—and about as real as it gets—to ask designers about the problems they encountered in getting their projects together and completed. Read More »
People are no longer willing to accept that nursing homes have to be institutional, staff-centric facilities based solely on a medical model. Read More »
Lounge and Guest Seating Legacy Furniture Group has introduced the Celebrate Collection, its newest lounge and guest seating series. Celebrate's Read More »
Computed Radiography (CR) was first introduced in 1982 but was not widely used until the early 1990’s. CR uses the exact same x-ray sources as Read More »
Today is the most anticipated sports day of the year. The National Football League is featuring the 42 Annual Super Bowl game between the New Read More »
Sometimes to really evaluate change you need perspective—and the broader and deeper the perspective, the better. It would be difficult to exceed the Read More »
