Advocacy
Predatory legal advertising: How nursing homes can respond
Legal advertisements that aim to exploit nursing homes often hit way below the belt, and nursing homes have the right to challenge them. Legal expert Alan C. Horowitz, JD, RN, explains what nursing homes can do to fight back against misleading and deceptive legal advertisements.
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NJ governor vetoes staffing minimums
Gov. Chris Christie rejected legislation to set patient quotas for certified nursing assistants who work in nursing homes. The legislation was intended to improve residentsafety and quality of life.
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Hawaii legislature proposes LTC benefits for seniors
Proposed legislation could make Hawaii the first state in the nation to offer long-term care benefits to seniors.
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Eden Alternative’s Bill Thomas joins Mainstreet
The investment firm's healthcare arm taps one of the country’s most famous senior care culture change gurus.
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Brain Health Registry gets a boost
Thanks to a new partnership, the Brain Health Registry, a global online registry of volunteers who are taking part in data-gathering to uncover new clues about Alzheimer’s disease and how to treat it, could have thousands of new enrollees by fall.
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New bill aims to eliminate manual lifting
Many in the long-term care industry applaud the proposed legislation to require assistive devices in all lifting cases, but no one is sure how compliance will be enforced—or who's going to pay for all the equipment.
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AADNS names Grachek and Hurley to exec team of new DON association
The two leaders will bring experience from ACHCA and the National Gerontological Nurses Association to the new director of nursing services association launching in the spring as a sister-association of AANAC.
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AGS studies person-centered care definitions, quality scope
What does “person-centered care” entail? The American Geriatrics Society teamed up with The SCAN Foundation and the University of Southern California to research the definitions and quality scope of healthcare that is focused on the person and not on the condition.
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NCAL names new CEAL board chair
The organization elects its director of workforce and quality improvement to the Center for Excellence in Assisted Living board helm.
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In memoriam: Robert N. Mayer, healthcare visionary and philanthropist
Mayer, the founder and president of the Hulda B. & Maurice L. Rothschild Foundation, served as a healthcare and aging services advocate for more than 20 years.
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