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Read More » BY MORRIS TENENBAUM AND EFFIE BATIS, MA Financing long-term care: The life insurance solutionAs Medicaid tightens and private long-term care
Read More » inperspectiveNIC ON financingBY RAYMOND J. LEWISSNFs need to 'tough it out' for the first part of 2005 Skilled nursing providers have been
Read More » IMPROVINGHEALTH BENEFITSFOR STAFFA new report points up reasons for optimism and action BY LINDA ZESPYAmong executives and employees alike, talking
Read More » LIABILITY landscapeBY LINDA WILLIAMS, RNDo you have the 'right' to use a chemical restraint? The medical necessity for the use of any form of
Read More » BY ERIC EICHER Environmentally responsible pest managementSafer and more targeted ways than wholesale spraying are available Residents and their
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Read More » In today's long-term care environment, administrators and other staff are usually too busy with the day-to-day adventures of caregiving to worry
Read More » Is it time for your long-term care organization to take the plunge and invest in one of the latest healthcare information technology systems? Is it
Read More » BY LOU BURGESS Marketing to meet today's consumer demandsAttending to the "little" details can give your long-term care facility or senior community
Read More » The jobs aren't what they used to be-three distinguished practitioners tell whyBASED ON INTERVIEWS BY SANDRA HOBAN, MANAGING EDITOR, AND TODD
Read More » BY ROBIN A. BLEIER, RN, CLC, LHCRM This article is based on a presentation at the 17th Annual NADONA/LTC conference, Orlando, Florida,
Read More » BY KATHLEEN K. BROGAN, MSN, MSHED, RN, AND ANNA MARSHALICK, MSN, RN To address the extreme nursing shortages that exist today and are predicted for
Read More » BY MARIAN DEUTSCHMAN, PHD When you ask nursing home staff about their jobs and ideas for improvement, what do you hear? A few years ago I visited
Read More » BY RIC HENRY, CPHRM, CNHA, FACHCA "Gone fishing"-these words should be posted on the doors of many plaintiffs' attorneys across the country. For
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Read More » BY SCOTT A. MAGER, ESQ. The landscape for the long-term care industry is not a pretty sight. Advertising by lawyers sensationalizing negative
Read More » BY RICHARD L. PECK, EDITOR-IN-CHIEFEver get the feeling that you've been spinning your wheels professionally, that your career has bogged down in
Read More » BY SUSAN J. PENNER Long-term care administrators are familiar with monitoring their budgets, and they soon learn from experience that some sources
Read More » BY RONDA CHRISTOPHER The Long Term Care division of Mercy Health Partners designed a collaborative oversight team, called the Mock Survey Team
Read More » BY DAVID LENNOX, PHD Where would you feel safer working, a nursing home or a coal mine? According to the Occupational Safety & Health Administration
Read More » BY MARIA MOTSAVAGEOur organization had been struggling for years with declining resident satisfaction scores, increasing employee turnover, and a
Read More » BY DAVID DILLON, ASA, AND BONNIE ALBRITTON, ASA Many CCRCs conduct operations on a short-term cash basis. They pore over last quarter's monthly fee
Read More » inperspectiveSURVEY survivalBY RETA A. UNDERWOOD, ADCDemystifying documentation Why does our industry remain so mystified, if not completely psyched
Read More » BY JULIE A. BRAUN, JD, LLM Fire safety: Is your facility legal?The legal stru cture governing nursing home fire safety: A guide to self-examination
Read More » BY DONALYN GROSS, PHD, LCSW, CMPMissing: Death education for nursing facilitiesStaff need to be trained in comforting dying residents, their
Read More » inperspectiveNIC ON financingBY ANTHONY J. MULLENHeaded in the right direction After several quarters of not-very-inspiring developments in capital
Read More » BY CHRISTINA A. HASEMANN, PHD, RD, L/CDNCan administrators' leadership style influence quality of care?In quest of the "authoritarian" administrator
Read More » Building the new culture of aging-One leader at a timeBill Keane, MS, MBA, Director of Special Programs, Mather LifeWays, interviews Bill Thomas, MD,
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