November 6, 2013 | Pamela Tabar, Editor-in-Chief
Payers, providers and care networks are making vast efforts to combine care delivery, coverage and costs—merging control over the once-siloed segments of healthcare business. Will the post-acute care sector be the golden ticket to success or the cost-laden component that drags the system down?
September 24, 2013 | Pamela Tabar, Editor-in-Chief
If your "get up and go" has gotten up and gone, get it back in gear—and solve what will surely become one of skilled nursing's biggest challenges in the future.
August 26, 2013 | Pamela Tabar, Editor-in-Chief
New drug-extraction techniques have turned the spotlight back on how CBD can help to treat those with neurological tremor disorders like Parkinson’s—and the new interest in a “transformed” version of medical marijuana.
August 6, 2013 | Pamela Tabar, Editor-in-Chief
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services birthed several key initiatives last year, including edicts to reduce unnecessary antipsychotic drug doses, preventable readmissions and avoidable infections. In other words, edicts for long-term care to do its job right.
July 24, 2013 | Pamela Tabar, Editor-in-Chief
The opening of the National Senior Games means Cleveland is full of athletic seniors who are so eager to share their love of sports they’re willing to advertise it.
June 3, 2013 | Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
Expanding service lines and increasing referrals from acute care could depend on a growing trend within long-term and post-acute care organizations: Find your business's perfect mate and partner up.
April 18, 2013 | Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
At this week's Boston Marathon, some victorious stories emerged despite the cruel bombing attacks. For Bill, it’s victory #46.
April 16, 2013 | Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
The "culture city" of New Orleans served as the perfect venue for discussing culture change in elder-care building design at the 2013 Environments for Aging conference.
March 6, 2013 | Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
Calling all hospices: Are you ready for a challenge? Today is the launch of my "Hospice Notebook." Gather your ideas, projects, initiatives and missions. My inbox is yours.
February 5, 2013 |
In this blog, Pamela Tabar recounts her two-week visit with a group of septuagenarians, and how snowbirding seniors can teach us a lot about the high-tech, high-service expectations senior living organizations are going to have to meet--starting now.
