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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.
Listen to yourself talk! Part 1
Although customer service is often given lip service in healthcare settings, long-term care (LTC) has shown more interest in resident and family Read More » You’ve got to construct your strategic plan
I would add a fifth barrier to the four described by the Kaplan/Norton team: the data barrier. Read More » Cherished myths vs. stubborn facts
Myths, legends, proverbs, and folklore—every nation, community, and profession uses them to dress up its history, filter reality, and color facts. Read More » Embezzlement: Is your facility susceptible?
Embezzle. An ugly word. One edition of Webster's Dictionary defines it as “to take (e.g., money) for one's own use in violation of a trust and by Read More » New information technology: Getting staff on board
Introducing new information technology—software and hardware—to a long-term care operation can be a daunting prospect. This is never more so than Read More » A new age network: The future of communication in long-term care
Meet Ernesto. He's 87 years old and has congestive heart failure, hypertension, and mild cognitive decline. He has a team of doctors managing his Read More » A look inside a nursing home for firefighters
Imagine a nursing home where residents have more in common than age, life experience, and medical challenges. Imagine a nursing home where the Read More » Providing your staff with the tools for success
We help people” is the mantra of long-term care. Yet, for an industry dedicated to caring for others, how often do we turn the focus inward and Read More » Elements of a safe mobility program
The name Guy Fragala has been synonymous for years with ergo-nomic engineering for worker safety. During his years at the University of Read More » Connecting with seniors to reduce hospitalizations
Phillip Rubin and Health Buddy Every morning when Joann Wayans wakes up, she is asked a variety of questions: Did you take your medicine? Are you Read More » Preparing for electronic charting
The federal government has urged that Electronic Health Records (EHRs) be in use by the year 2010. Clearly, electronic charting—a key component of Read More » The weaning of long-term mechanical ventilator–supported patients
In the early 1950s, New York's Goldwater Memorial Hospital opened its first ventilator unit in response to polio epidemics. You may remember Read More » ALFA’s new program for utility/energy savings
The Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA), the largest national association exclusively dedicated to professionally operated assisted living Read More » Cultural dysfunction
Nursing homes were originally designed to warehouse people until they die. That's consistent with the institutional model we have become burdened Read More » Bringing more definition to end-of-life decisions
Most nursing home residents will eventually die there. Yet only 3.1 percent of residents at the end of life (that is, with fewer than six months to live) are receiving hospice care. Read More » Texas star
With a warm Texas welcome, Signature Senior Living is serving folks in 10 rural communities across the state with the development of moderate Read More » Product Spotlight
Neurorehabilitation Machine The Sit-to-Stand, from NeuroGym Technologies, Inc., provides a safe and effective way to improve standing and transfer Read More » Feds ‘no-show’ on LTC policy
The American Public Health Association (APHA) is the oldest and largest national organization devoted to research and debate on public health Read More » Focuson Baths and Lifts
Drawsheet Clamp The patent-pending Vander-Clip from Vancare, Inc., clamps onto a drawsheet while attached to a total lift or overhead lift. When the Read More » SUBJECT INDEX
A Active Aging baby boomers' changing demands, 22 (Dec) baby boomers reinventing LTC, 22 (Nov) supporting in facilities, 14 (Aug) university-based Read More » AUTHOR INDEX
A Aasve, Joan.Take a New Look at Resident and Family Councils, 62 (Nov) Amo, Michael.See, Rowe, Niki L.B Baer, John E.The Cost of Inadequate Read More » ELDERtech: Promoting Intergenerational Understanding
BY ROBERT W. CHRISTENSEN AND STEPHEN M. SOREFF, MD ELDERtech: Promoting intergenerational understandingResidents and teens explore Read More » Focus On…Mobility/Rehabilitation
focuson Mobility/Rehabilitation'Current' trends in rehab therapyOnce considered as part of a sports medicine program, electrotherapy modalities are Read More » The Great Cookie Conspiracy
They look so awfully cute. I'll grudgingly give them that. Read More » Taking a Page From Thomas Edison
BY YAEL SARA ZOFI AND SARO VARJABEDIAN* Taking a page from Thomas EdisonFacilities trying to survive by innovating have a ready source of Read More » Liability Landscape
LIABILITY landscapeBY LINDA WILLIAMS, RNPrepare for motorized conveyances at your facility Medicare payments for power wheelchairs and scooters Read More » Design Center
The Heritage CampusSUN CITY WEST, ARIZONA Paul Brokering PROJECT SUMMARYType of Facility/Setting: Senior Read More » Baby Boomers, Here We Come
BY CLAUDIA BLUMENSTOCK Baby boomers, here we comeEnhancing your current community: How to keep up with your new customers Read More » What Does Long-Term Care Think of Itself?
What does long-term care think ofitself?Nursing Homes/Long Term Care Management readers were asked to self-assess their industry onseveral countsA Read More » 