Megan Combs |
August 31, 2015 After being scrutinized by senators in three states, the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) has agreed to conduct a review of the Nursing Home Compare tool.
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Sandra Hoban |
August 26, 2015 In a concentrated effort to halt the spread and severity of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections, an advisory council will be assembled to combat this serious health threat
Read More » Megan Combs |
August 26, 2015 Robyn Stone, DrPH , is the senior vice president at LeadingAge and the executive director of the LeadingAge Center for Applied Research
Read More » Megan Combs |
August 25, 2015 The law guarantees overtime and minimum wage protection to home healthcare workers.
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Pamela Tabar |
August 21, 2015 One of long-term care's busiest advocates and policy influencers shifts leadership to the Alzheimer's Association.
Read More » Megan Combs |
August 17, 2015 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has pushed the deadline for the "two-midnight" rule to the end of the year.
Read More » Sandra Hoban |
August 13, 2015 The biggest fact of life is that everyone dies. As the clock takes its final ticks—whether it’s counting down the life of a loved one or yourself—do family and friends know how to honor your wishes?
Read More » Sandra Hoban |
August 11, 2015 The costs of caring for sick and frail older convicts are skyrocketing and soon so will the numbers of elderly inmates in the nation’s prison systems. The Ohio Department of Corrections thinks it has found the answer to reducing the state's costs of providing care.
Read More » Megan Combs |
August 10, 2015 Sen. Bob Casey (D-Penn.) has called for an investigation of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid's five-star nursing home compare tool.
Read More » Sandra Hoban |
August 4, 2015 One of the fastest-growing retirement states in the country, Arizona senior advocates applaud the state legislature for taking this first step toward transparency.
Read More » Megan Combs |
July 14, 2015 The White House Conference on Aging was held Monday, and several new programs and initiatives were announced.
Read More » Medicare celebrates its 50th anniversary on July 30. Experts on aging discuss the program's history and future goals at an American Society for Aging event this past June.
Read More » Megan Combs |
July 6, 2015 Long-term care workers from three California locals have combined to create the nation's largest union.
Read More » Megan Combs |
July 6, 2015 The former law allowed nursing homes to make medical decisions on behalf of mentally incompetent residents.
Read More » Sandra Hoban |
June 24, 2015 After nine years of leadership in the long-term care industry, ACHCA President and CEO Marianna Grachek announces that she will be retiring next month.
Read More » Megan Combs |
June 22, 2015 What happens when one of your residents is the victim of bullying? Do you have a policy in place to address it?
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Robert Gatty |
June 22, 2015 UPDATED June 23, 2015: Congressional actions got a few steps closer to repealing two key Obamacare provisions--the medical device tax and the Independent Payment Advisory Board.
Read More » Sandra Hoban |
June 18, 2015 Elder abuse is an often underreported crime because seniors are reluctant to act or don’t know how to seek assistance.
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Lois Bowers |
June 3, 2015 About half of households that have members aged 55 or more years have no retirement savings, and many of those households have few other resources to fund their post-work years, according to a new analysis by the Government Accountability Office.
Read More » Lois Bowers |
May 28, 2015 July 13 will be the date for the White House Conference on Aging national event, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell announced today.
Read More » Lois Bowers |
May 26, 2015 Delegates at the 68th World Health Assembly endorsed a global action plan to tackle antimicrobial resistance, including antibiotic resistance, which they termed the most urgent drug resistance trend. The plan has five objectives.
Read More » Lois Bowers |
May 21, 2015 Repackaging and distribution guidance proposed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration inadvertently would undermine patient/resident safety in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities and also would threaten regulatory compliance, the Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition said in a letter to the agency.
Read More » Lois Bowers |
May 19, 2015 On the heels of an analysis finding the Lone Star State be the one with greatest share of low-rated nursing homes, the Texas Health Care Association has released survey results indicating that nursing home quality there has improved over the past year.
Read More » Lois Bowers |
May 15, 2015 Looming federal elections present the perfect time to step aside and let a successor fill his shoes, LeadingAge President and CEO Larry Minnix tells Long-Term Living in an exclusive interview.
Read More » Pamela Tabar |
May 15, 2015 The National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL) gets a new executive director as David Kyllo shifts to a new role within AHCA/NCAL.
Read More » Robert Gatty |
May 14, 2015 The “21st Century Cures” initiative would spur innovation and drug “repurposing” to attack Alzheimer's and other difficult-to-treat diseases.
Read More » Lois Bowers |
May 10, 2015 In an exclusive interview, the president and CEO of the Assisted Living Federation of America sits down with Long-Term Living to discuss the present and future of the organization and of assisted living in general.
Read More » Lois Bowers |
May 7, 2015 The effort to find a cure for Alzheimer’s disease faces challenges related to funding and clinical trial participation, among others, and yet reasons for hope exist, said members of a panel discussion at the Assisted Living Federation of America’s annual meeting.
Read More » Lois Bowers |
May 5, 2015 The Assisted Living Federation of America has launched a new initiative, Senior Living 2025: A Roadmap, to establish a united voice around four major issues facing the industry.
Read More » Sandra Hoban |
May 1, 2015 Nearly one in 10 New York nursing home residents have bedsores. An advocacy group has found investigators lax in issuing citations.
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