It is well known that the elderly population has a substantially increased incidence and severity of many infectious diseases. In fact, the Centers Read More »
In spring 2007, a team of AG Architecture employees gathered to participate in a weekend charrette called “Aging in Community—A Senior Housing Ideas Read More »
It appears that skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) face the likelihood of entering 2009 with the same Medicare reimbursement rates that exist today, Read More »
Can you imagine a day when no one will live in a healthcare facility, when all older or disabled individuals live at home, even people with Read More »
Few would argue that turnover in long-term care has been out of control for a long time, despite repeated research projects and surveys examining Read More »
Root cause analysis has become an important quality assurance method for identifying problems encountered in long-term care. Without a doubt, it is Read More »
One staff member reports another staff member for abusing a confused resident, but there are no other witnesses and no physical evidence of abuse. Read More »
When Michael walks through the halls of his facility, he has trouble understanding what his staff members are saying. It's as if they're speaking a Read More »
This Month's Victim: Phil Fogg, Jr. is founder and president of Marquis Companies, offering skilled nursing, assisted living, Alzheimer's, and home Read More »
Long-term care (LTC) requires hands-on support and care from frontline workers—the human element in caring for a frail, aged population. While the Read More »
Recent years have seen the beginnings of a boom in technologies designed to support seniors’ health and well-being in various settings, ranging from Read More »
Employee Scheduling Software With version 10 of Atlas Business Solutions’ Visual Staff Scheduler Pro (VSS Pro), users can schedule personnel more Read More »
Q: Our therapist coded too many minutes on the MDS in item P1b—about 2,000 too many. The MDS was submitted to the state, but we caught the error Read More »
In 2006, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued new guidance for activities that specifically directed facilities to improve Read More »
Now that PACS has redefined Radiology workflow providing many improvements in medical imaging services, What’s Next? A PR representative for Merge Read More »
You've received a call from the local hospital that one of your residents, after being found on the street by the police, has been brought to the Read More »
As a nationally ranked academic healthcare system, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) serves the health needs of more than 4 million Read More »
We have a very complex payroll,” says Bridget Gibson. As controller for Augustana Care Corporation in Minneapolis, she is responsible for 17 Read More »
Beginning this month our magazine is about to undergo a major makeover. Doing this isn't easy, when you are working with a magazine that has Read More »
Bob Kerrey Newt Gingrich America's nursing homes and long-term care facilities face the daunting challenge of instituting sweeping reforms in their Read More »
Surveyors are looking more closely at activity programs to ensure that they are adequately serving the needs of the nursing facility residents. Read More »
Safety Footwear Shoes For Crews® offers feminine athletic-style footwear designed specifically for the contour of a woman's foot, along with rugged Read More »
This year will see the expansion of a federal demonstration program that could lead to greater consistency and, hopefully, improvement in the state Read More »
If Shakespeare had suffered from a sleep disorder, his work might not have turned out quite so well. He'd have written more like me—in a state of Read More »
Perhaps the most distinctive among the alternative environments to accommodate aging is the model known as senior cohousing. Unlike the famous Read More »
It is impossible to talk about public policy in 2008 without recognizing that the year could bring significant changes in the political arena. A Read More »
Mrs. June, a Greenspring resident, finds a new use for wash hanging on the line Sometimes less is more. In the case of 11 female residents of the Read More »
Patient safety is a top priority for all healthcare facilities, and nursing homes are no exception. Specifically, medication errors have become a Read More »
Odors and gaseous contaminants can permeate throughout your facility, leading to a variety of potentially bad health effects for patients as well as Read More »
