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I Advance Senior Care is the industry-leading source for practical, in-depth, business-building, and resident care information for owners, executives, administrators, and directors of nursing at assisted living communities, skilled nursing facilities, post-acute facilities, and continuing care retirement communities. The I Advance Senior Care editorial team and industry experts provide market analysis, strategic direction, policy commentary, clinical best-practices, business management, and technology breakthroughs.
I Advance Senior Care is part of the Institute for the Advancement of Senior Care and published by Plain-English Health Care.
I Advance Senior Care is part of the Institute for the Advancement of Senior Care and published by Plain-English Health Care.
Evidence-based skin tear protocol
A common experience: Aresident's daughter comes to the front office wanting to see the administrator. She reports her mother has very fragile skin, Read More » Upcoming in July: The Buyers Guide
Once again Long-Term Living’s July Buyers Guide will offer convenient, easily accessible shopping for products and services in long-term care. Read More » Make way for the therapeutic harp
Music touches everyone in a very personal way and offers diverse beneficial effects. Just as a person experiences the various rhythms of life, the Read More » Seize the Day
The American College of Health Care Administrators (ACHCA) has had its ups and downs over the years. I’m happy to say, having just returned from the Read More » OPTIMA Award: Lucky Number 13
Attentive visitors of this Web site may have noticed a sudden flurry of activity around one feature, called the OPTIMA Award. It’s our 13th annual Read More » Facility for vision-impaired residents
The new community can accommodate 38 residents in private and semiprivate rooms, along with community space featuring public and private areas Read More » Who should be the PACS Administrator?
This is a question that has been asked since the first PACS were installed in the early 1990’s. There are basically two schools of thought on Read More » Intellectual demands pay dividends in retirement
Don’t be so quick to complain about your demanding job. An interesting study from Duke University Medical Center found an intellectually Read More » NYU dean warns of “perfect storm” brewing in healthcare
Dr. Fulmer was one of 14 members of an Institute of Medicine committee that compiled a report calling for fundamental changes in the U.S. healthcare Read More » For the Nurses
Greetings to the nurses. For National Nurses Week (May 6-12), I got you this special e-card. OK, I guess it is really from the American Nurses Read More » Are you Web 2.0?
Social media are Web-based integrated technologies that facilitate social interaction and the construction of words, pictures, videos, and audio. Read More » Strange bedfellows: The improbable romance of accounting and nursing, part II
Strange bedfellows: The improbable romance of accounting and nursing, part IStaffingFinding the ideal admission mix, however, is not the only Read More » The future is predictably unpredictable
I talked last column about alternative approaches to financing long-term care. And I admitted that the suggestions offered were, at best, Read More » LTL Online
Healthcare workforce too small, unprepared for aging baby boomers, IOM says As the first of the nation's 78 million baby boomers begin reaching age Read More » Product Focus
Wound Dressing SilvaKollagen® Gel, “Smart Silver”™, available from DermaRite, is a natural, safe, and effective medical hydrolystate of collagen Read More » More life in their years
It's no secret we're living longer these days. Medical science has made advances that have improved overall health, quality of life, and longevity Read More » The Future of Assisted Living
Assisted living has become the fastest-growing long-term care option for those who want to live independently with assistance, according to the Read More » Advanced dementia care is vital to quality of life, Part 2
Often people working with those with advanced dementia don't see the importance of doing activities with them because they believe there is no point Read More » Culture change starts from the heart
How does a facility achieve genuine culture change? Is it through the implementation of “person-centered care” or other innovative approaches such Read More » Medication errors: Managing the risk
The medication errors experienced by actor Dennis Quaid's newborn twins have received a lot of media attention. While hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai Read More » Drinking the Kool-Aid
Last week I attended the initial Board of Directors meeting for the newest RHIO in the country, the Appalachian Health Information Exchange. Brian Read More » Trailer Park Nursing Homes
It never ceases to amaze me what you can learn from doing interviews. It’s one of the reasons I became a writer and editor. I’m curious about many Read More » Strange bedfellows: The improbable romance of accounting and nursing, part I
It is odd to think that a profession born from the power of compassion and concern could join hands with an occupation filled with number crunching Read More » An Easy and Foolproof Method of Vendor Selection
OK, so that headline is a teaser. You certainly didn’t think I was going to suggest that there was such a thing, did you? I may be especially Read More » Todays bariatric trends
Bariatric patients are no longer a segregated part of the patient population. In the United States, 65% of the population is overweight or obese. Read More » Mobile computing and interoperability in microcosm
Although I should be spending my time working on big picture, “strategic” things, every now and then some little something catches my interest and I Read More » Introductions
Welcome to the Mark Harvey Ambulatory Healthcare IT, Leadership, and Medical Management Blog. OK, so I know that I need to come up with a catchier Read More » Whole-person
Editor's note: This month, Long-Term Living takes an in-depth look at the National Whole-Person Wellness Survey and wellness in general and how this Read More » Bring back the Boren Amendment?
As part of the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1980, the Boren Amendment (named after David Boren, Oklahoma's Democratic senator) required that Read More » 