A long-term care staff training initiative in Washington state passed last night with broad support, according to a report in The Seattle Times. Read More »
The ongoing litigious battle between healthcare real estate investment trusts Ventas, Inc., and HCP, Inc., came to an end Wednesday when the Read More »
Luke Fannon Relationships with hospitals, physicians and other healthcare referral sources are critical to an LTC provider's ability to maintain Read More »
Bob Gatty The hits from Washington keep coming for the LTC industry, already reeling from a series of Medicare and Medicaid cuts, and now facing Read More »
Tiankai Wang, PhD Health information technology (HIT) is not a new concept to the long-term care industry. Since the late 1990s, HIT functions Read More »
Judah L. Ronch, PhD The ancestors of the modern nursing home were the almshouses of the colonial era. Over time, settings for the care of the Read More »
Carol Maher, RN-BC, RAC-CT October 2011 came to pass with a whole host of challenges for the SNF Prospective Payment System (PPS). Along with Read More »
It's tough to recall a time over the past 50 years when there was such a mood of unrest and uncertainty among the American populace as there is Read More »
Kelley Hoffman While I was a student in design school, my grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and my family needed to choose a Read More »
Predicting can be a fool's game-so many unforeseen events, personalities and circumstances can intrude to cloud the crystal ball. Predictions are as Read More »
Nurses in today's LTC and assisted living settings act in a variety of roles, both clinical and nonclinical. Nurses assist with or administer Read More »
WARM SCRUBS ThermScrub® warm scrubs keep healthcare employees warm without extra layers of clothing. When worn with an undershirt, ThermScrub tops Read More »
Rachelle DeGeorge For a typical new construction or renovation project the owner of a senior living community is responsible for bringing together Read More »
A three-year pilot program meant to reduce unnecessary hospitalization of Minnesota’s nursing home residents has been launched by 49 of the state’s Read More »
The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) has announced the first group of electronic health records to be certified Read More »
Nurses in skilled nursing facilities need more support from facility and industry stakeholders in disclosing the errors and adverse events that are Read More »
Testing the theory that an older adult might believe the popular stereotype that age affects memory, researchers at the Cognitive Aging and Memory Read More »
Nursing homes plan to lay off an estimated 20,000 workers nationally in light of the final SNF PPS rule for FY2012 that went into effect on October Read More »
In addition to obesity causing cardiovascular disease, its name is now being linked to osteoporosis—and an increased risk of fractures, according to Read More »
Several provider associations Wednesday came to assisted living’s defense during a Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing on quality and Read More »
A national hotline for seniors and adult children of the elderly will be available on November 10 to combat the financial swindling of senior Read More »
Nearly eight in 10 Americans acknowledge the increasing need for long-term care planning, yet almost half are “not sure” how they plan to address Read More »
The recovery in assisted living is keeping pace as occupancy continues to improve. In 3Q11, assisted living occupancy was 88.6 percent, which is an Read More »
People with dementia who have a stroke are more likely to become disabled and not return home compared to those who didn't have dementia at the time Read More »
Accounting and consulting firms Clifton Gunderson and LarsonAllen LLP, announced Tuesday plans to merge and form “one of the top-10 accounting firms Read More »
Elderly hospital patients who suffer falls within the facility move around no more than patients who do not fall, according to a new pilot study from Read More »
In anticipation of a projected 28.7 percent increase in state Medicaid expenditures next year, many states have enacted cost-cutting measures, Read More »
People taking Alzheimer’s disease medications known as cholinesterase inhibitors are also commonly given medications that oppose their effects, Read More »
