The average private payor nursing care rate continues to grow at approximately three percent annually and has risen a total 17 percent during the Read More »
Brookdale Senior Living Inc., has agreed to acquire Horizon Bay Realty, LLC, which Brookdale says is the ninth largest operator of senior living Read More »
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its final rule Wednesday reducing or prohibiting payments to doctors, hospitals and other Read More »
I just had a fantastic healthcare experience. I know you don’t hear that phrase a lot these days, but it’s absolutely true. A friendly welcome. Read More »
Jason E. Bring, Esq The federal False Claims Act (FCA) permits private persons known as “relators” to file a form of civil action against private Read More »
Chris Orestis For years experts have discussed Baby Boomers reaching retirement age in the future and the impact it would have on long-term care, Read More »
Remembering the ‘dragon’ “‘Fearless’ and ‘passionate’ best describe those born in the year of the Dragon,” said my aunt, reading off the paper Read More »
Bogey did it. Bette Davis did it. James Dean did it. Soldiers in foxholes did it. In the 1920s, ″30s and for the greater part of the 20th century, Read More »
AMDA-Dedicated to Long Term Care Medicine (formerly the American Medical Directors Association) recently updated its “Common Infections in the Read More »
Judah L. Ronch, PhD The Pioneer Network, in conjunction with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), recently convened the Food and Read More »
The scripted interviews that are integral to the MDS 3.0 are a rich source of information about each nursing home resident that often may not be Read More »
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics It's no surprise that long-term care (LTC) facilities incur work-related injury rates that are greater than Read More »
The Design Challenge: To position an aging Austin, Tex., retirement community to capture the growing independent living market, while enabling best Read More »
Side-Entry Tub Invacare TheraPure Side-Entry Tubs from Direct Supply feature innovative pipeless technology, allowing caregivers to quickly remove Read More »
Legendary actor Mickey Rooney's testimony during a Senate hearing last winter about alleged abuse suffered at the hands of a family member triggered Read More »
I'm a sucker for motivational speakers. Get me in a room with a professional pontificator and a group of captive attendees and my innate skepticism Read More »
The long-term care industry is too often saddled with the reputation of giving nursing home residents pressure ulcers. Media reporting frequently Read More »
(Photo: George H. Long) Marianna Grachek, 61, celebrates five years as president and CEO of the American College of Health Care Administrators Read More »
Older Americans are losing $2.9 billion annually to elder financial abuse, a 12 percent increase from the $2.6 billion estimated in 2008, according Read More »
After testifying before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging last week, Assistant Secretary for Aging Kathy Greenlee told reporters that a Read More »
A proposed rule concerning the accounting of disclosures requirement under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Read More »
Sunrise Senior Living announced last week that it has entered into an agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare (DPW) to have its Read More »
I always face Memorial Day weekend with a sense of trepidation. Since I moved to a nursing home I have spent 16 of these “first of summer” holidays Read More »
My daughter, Annie, is spending her summer college break as a dietary services worker at a local hospital, which includes a senior behavioral health Read More »
The Senate on Wednesday rejected a controversial budget plan—devised by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.)—that would have Read More »
Seven Republican senators sent a letter Tuesday to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Donald Berwick, administrator of the Read More »
