Transportation is a vital asset in the marketing of senior living and care environments. Regardless of the lev-el of care across the continuum, Read More »
Largely missing from the array of “employee appreciation” articles we usually see are two groups of nursing facility staff who rarely receive the Read More »
Culture change” was not born, nor was it founded. Rather, it emerged out of the experiences of long-term care (LTC) devotees and enthusiasts. Read More »
In 2005, D. Keith Perry was facing a dilemma that afflicts many long-term care providers: “Our two campuses were anchored by nursing homes that were Read More »
Juggling multiple priorities, untangling scheduling conflicts, attending to resident care issues—all in a day's work for you. These activities Read More »
Not long ago I had the severe displeasure of reading a book called The Edge of Disaster by one Stephen Flynn*. Mr. Flynn is billed in the author Read More »
According to the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC), 10.3 million people age 60 years or older in the United States have diabetes. Read More »
Nursing homes, hospitals, and other long-term care facilities throughout the country continue to face increased pricing and coverage limitations on Read More »
In the Medical Records world, I have come across a variety of documentation species. Some are more dangerous than others. A number of them can sink Read More »
Long-term care placement is probably one of the most difficult, heart-wrenching, but necessary decisions of a family's lifetime. The difficulty Read More »
Northern Hospitality staff members are treated to a scenic boat trip In business as in life, healthy competition raises the bar of performance and Read More »
The landscape of long-term care liability has never been more varied. Recently, there have been some sizable seven-figure awards and settlements, Read More »
How many times following the department of health survey have you sat down to write your facility's plan of correction and noticed yourself writing Read More »
The market for the seniors housing and care industry as a whole has been on an upswing for more than a year now. Data from the third quarter of 2006 Read More »
On October 19, 2006, the cheerful buzz of a hundred voices filled the Ralston Center auditorium in Philadelphia. The lively crowd was assembled to Read More »
Pest management can be challenging in long-term care environments. Not only is it crucial to keep your facility free of disease-carrying rodents and Read More »
Many healthcare facilities throughout the country are experiencing a certified nursing assistant (CNA) shortage, conservatively estimated at 200,000 Read More »
Resident Care Manual The Briggs Resident Care Procedures for Nursing Facilities manual offers a simple, practical approach to nursing procedures and Read More »
Step on a crack, break your mother's back.” That childhood superstition serves as a metaphorical warning for those who work in service-related fields Read More »
Large-Capacity Tumbler The Huebsch® Super Twinstar 45-lb. stack unit provides 90 lb. of drying capacity. Although the Super Twinstar has 40-lb. more Read More »
Laundry rooms in long-term care facilities have never been profit centers, yet they hold one of the keys to customer satisfaction and facility Read More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
The Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA), the largest national association exclusively dedicated to professionally operated assisted living Read More »
