Pamela Tabar was editor-in-chief of I Advance Senior Care from 2013-2018. She has worked as a writer and editor for healthcare business media since 1998, including as News Editor of Healthcare Informatics. She has a master’s degree in journalism from Kent State University and a master's degree in English from the University of York, England.
Pamela Tabar |
October 24, 2017
The healthcare documentation company now offers compliance and data forms in electronic format for easy exchange.
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October 24, 2017
The state’s long-term care ombudsman office is investigating claims that the provider charged its Florida residents a special surcharge because of the storm.
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October 23, 2017
The connection between trauma and dementia is gaining in attention, but some researchers say sleep also is a crucial factor in how the brain deals with cellular degeneration.
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October 20, 2017
Care sites in the United States and the United Kingdom will test the razor, billed as the world’s first razor designed for shaving someone else.
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October 19, 2017
Artists create life-like dolls to awaken nurturing instincts in residents who participate in doll therapy.
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October 19, 2017
Robotic pets are putting a high-tech spin on the calming power of cuddles--and senior care providers are buying.
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October 17, 2017
America’s twenty-somethings are on pace to boost the workforce as nearly one million registered nurses are reaching retirement age in the next decade.
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October 16, 2017
Research breakthrough: Scientists have identified symptoms that could lead to earlier diagnosis of Lewy body mild cognitive impairment.
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October 12, 2017
The study is the latest attempt to develop better olfactory tests that might be used to detect early stages of neurodegeneration.
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October 12, 2017
The electronic giant is betting baby boomers will spend plenty to keep an eye on grandma.
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October 10, 2017
Editor-in-chief Pamela Tabar celebrates those who invent new ways to solve some of senior care's oldest problems.
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Pamela Tabar |
October 10, 2017
Co-workers at the assisted living community said they were ordered to let a memory care resident fall out of her wheelchair so the fall could be used as an excuse to remove the resident from the unit, according to police.
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Pamela Tabar |
October 9, 2017
The latest in wound assessment technology has nurses tossing their rulers.
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October 9, 2017
Emerging lighting solutions can react to resident movements and adapt to mimic the cycle of dawn to dusk.
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October 5, 2017
The task force analyzed which preventive interventions were the best ways to reduce falls in those age 65 and older, and some of them are surprising.
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October 4, 2017
The study will use sensors, wearables and even gut bacteria to study how seniors with mild cognitive impairment think and remember.
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October 4, 2017
One of Google’s most popular apps is being used to take people with dementia on a special bike ride down memory lane.
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Pamela Tabar |
October 3, 2017
Smart sensors can detect early illness and keep seniors safely independent for longer, according to new research in JAMDA.
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October 2, 2017
A Massachusetts couple sent diningware back to the drawing board to help older adults retain independence longer.
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Pamela Tabar |
October 1, 2017
As the head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services steps down amid scandal over the use of travel funds, how will it affect the swirl of unsolved healthcare issues?
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Pamela Tabar |
September 20, 2017
CMS Administrator Seema Verma has announced the dawn of big changes at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI). What will happen to all the bundled payment projects?
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September 19, 2017
Medications designed to combat dementia symptoms often interact with other medications, creating a swirl of adverse drug events, says ASCP president Joseph Marek, RPh, CPG.
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September 18, 2017
Dementia expert and author John Zeisel, PhD, discusses the “I’m Still Here” care model at the Memory Care Forum in San Diego.
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September 11, 2017
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is advising that older adults stick to the injection versions of the flu vaccine for the 2017-18 influenza season.
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Pamela Tabar |
September 8, 2017
Four senior industry associations are teaming up with a not-for-profit investor protection firm to provide free resources for senior care providers to help their residents stay savvy and avoid financial scams.
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Pamela Tabar |
September 6, 2017
A Pennsylvania nursing home fulfills a resident’s wish to return to the weather desk for a day and meet his TV hero meteorologist.
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September 5, 2017
Infection control takes on a new hue as some healthcare facilities are painting their problems away.
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Pamela Tabar |
August 28, 2017
When the image of elderly residents trapped in waist-deep flood water made its rounds on Twitter, many people initially thought it was fake.
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Pamela Tabar |
August 25, 2017
Senior living communities in the path of the storm are implementing their emergency preparedness plans and moving residents ahead of the landfall, expected late Friday night.
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August 23, 2017
Skilled nursing facilities and other senior care settings are finding their least-receptive demographic is the nation’s fastest-growing one: Hispanics.
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