Month: September 2005

Editorial

editorialBY RICHARD L. PECK, EDITOR-IN-CHIEFA quiet 10th anniversary As you read this year's OPTIMA Award winner, "Butterflies are Free: One Nursing Read More »

NIC on Financing

inperspectiveNIC ON financingBY ROBERT G. KRAMER AND ANTHONY J. MULLENBears or bulls? Financiers reveal attitudes on reductions in capitalization Read More »

Focus On…Pressure Relief & Wound Care

focuson Pressure Relief & Wound Ca reImplementing the new CMS guidelines for wound care Areas for potential citations are explained by Jeffrey M. Read More »

Hot Technologies: Portable Documentation Comes to Resident Care

BY BETH DELAHUNT, RN, BAN Portable documentation comes to resident careWhat "point-of-care" information technology means to caregiving operations Read More »

Design Center

Westview MeadowsMONTPELIER, VERMONT   PROJECT SUMMARYType of Facility/Setting: Independent Living/Assisted LivingChief Read More »

Hot Technologies: Technology for Independence

Technology for independenceAn interview with Marge Skubic, PhD, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Read More »

Hot Technologies: Technology for Independence

Technology for independenceAn interview with Marge Skubic, PhD, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of... Read More »

Managing Diabetes Awareness in Long-Term Care

BY MICHELLE D. DUMONCEAUX Managing diabetes awareness in long-term careTargeting the right resources is key to saving time while improving care Read More »

Hot Technologies: Bridging the Voice Communication Gap-Without a Wire

BY TODD HUTLOCK, ASSISTANT EDITOR Bridging the voice communication gap-Without a wireVoice-recognition technology has been talked about, with little Read More »

Hot Technologies: New Infection-Fighting Linens

BY JEFF WILLIAMS, PHD, BVSC, MRCVS New infection-fighting linensA recently developed fabric treatment promises major progress in infection and odor Read More »

Hot Technologies: Advanced Lighting Technologies Enhance Resident Care

BY JENNIFER TAYLOR Advanced lighting technologies enhance resident careResearch by a preeminent technical institute points the way toward more Read More »

Paul Willging Says…

PAUL WILLGING says...Politics is a part of marketing, too  Last month we talked about marketing your facility to the community at large. Let's talk Read More »

Butterflies are Free: One Nursing Home’s End

< b>BY THE STAFF ASSOCIATES AT LIFE CARE CENTER OF SARASOTA, SARASOTA, FLAAs fellow leaders of quality skilled nursing facilities, Read More »

Survey Survival

SURVEY survivalBY RETA A. UNDERWOOD, ADCGood reasons to take elder abuse seriously As an industry that will forever experience the fallout from abuse Read More »

Computer Technology

COMPUTER technology BY DAVID OATWAY, RNComing October 1: New HIPAA and CMS requirements  An annual rite of fall is the arrival of new government Read More »