While half of women at age 65 will likely live beyond age 85, 92% of female retirees and 89% of female pre-retirees do not plan far enough in the Read More »
Real estate investment trust Ventas, Inc., announced this week that it has completed the acquisition of 58 private-pay senior living communities from Read More »
Philadelphia-based ACTS Retirement-Life Communities reached a milestone recently by surpassing more than $1 billion in total assets. The achievement Read More »
A dear friend of mine called last week looking for answers. Her 75-year-old father, having battled melanoma for the past year, had fallen at home and Read More »
Memory difficulties such as those seen in dementia may arise because the brain forms incomplete memories that are more easily confused, new research Read More »
After reviewing the stark contrasts in carriage rates of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in several California nursing homes, Read More »
I grew up in a house that had small closets circa 1900. They were approximately 40 inches wide and we learned to strategically hang and frequently Read More »
IPC The Hospitalist Company, Inc., a national hospitalist physician group practice company, has acquired Senior Care of Colorado, PC. Senior Care of Read More »
One fourth (27.8%) of individuals purchasing long-term care insurance during the first half of 2010 who were under age 61 pay less than $1,000 a Read More »
The Coalition to Protect Senior Care, a national association composed of frontline long-term caregivers and association stakeholders, this week Read More »
Editor’s note: Long-Term Living welcomes Frieda Stewart, RN, DON, to our team of bloggers. Frieda brings a wealth of long-term care knowledge and Read More »
Mather LifeWays Institute on Aging, in collaboration with Whole-Person Wellness Solutions, Inc., is offering a wellness workshop next year in Tucson, Read More »
A policy brief published by the Direct Care Alliance explains how direct-care workers can help lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) elders Read More »
The Long-Term Living team loves a challenge, which is why we’re excited that we’ve been nominated to the SeniorHomes.com Best of the Web contest in Read More »
This was my 15th Thanksgiving holiday weekend in long-term care. Most of them have been spent with the staff of the facility. I always miss my Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Scott Brown (R- Mass.) have introduced legislation that would give states the flexibility to Read More »
A new cognitive assessment tool with 16 items appears potentially useful for identifying problems in thinking, learning, and memory among older Read More »
There was music playing through the PA system at my former facility for several years. Because of a disagreement between residents and staff over the Read More »
The Senate voted late last week to temporarily delay a 23% Medicare payment cut to physicians, continuing current payment levels through the end of Read More »
Like millions of other Americans, I’m packing up the car and heading east to visit my large extended family for Thanksgiving. While I’m excited to Read More »
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services formally established this week a new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, created by the Read More »
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is hosting a live webcast at 1:15 p.m. EST today in the effort to remind and educate seniors about Read More »
For the third year, the National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners (NCCDP) is offering a free, downloadable toolkit for the education of Read More »
The Pioneer Network is requesting proposals to be a guide and/or presenter at its 2011 National Conference taking place from August 1-4 in St. Read More »
It’s amazing to realize that the first Baby Boomers will be turning 65 in 2011. Regardless of where you fall in the Boomer timeline or how healthy Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Stating that the 111th Congress was “too close to fail” on two issues critical to the continued delivery of senior care, the Read More »
Never, ever in a marketing brochure would you see residents using either of these aids, and yet I encounter them on 50% of my projects. If you Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Twenty-four securities regulators across the U.S. will announce Wednesday during a live phone-based news conference that they have Read More »
A new national survey conducted by researchers from Indiana University and the Regenstrief Institute has found that while palliative care may be Read More »
