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Minnix to retire as LeadingAge CEO

Larry Minnix will retire from his position as LeadingAge president and CEO by the end of the year, the organization announced Feb. 5. Read More »

What the proposed 2016 budget would mean for senior living

The 2016 federal budget announced by President Barack Obama on Monday is a mixed bag for senior housing and services providers, according to several organizations representing them. Read More »

2016 budget includes $215 million for Precision Medicine Initiative

The Precision Medicine Initiative proposed by President Barack Obama in his Jan. 20 State of the Union address would launch with $215 million in funding under the 2016 budget he announced Monday. Read More »

A milestone year for Medicare, Medicaid, Older Americans Act, Social Security

2015 is the 50th anniversary of Medicare, Medicaid and the Older Americans Act and the 80th anniversary of Social Security. Provider association leaders recently discussed with Long-Term Living what needs to happen to ensure these programs' future success. Read More »

6 challenges facing those serving seniors in 2015

In this multi-part series, Long-Term Living takes a look at six challenges facing those who serve older adults in the new year. Read More »

Part 2: CCRC shopping: One couple’s view

As this Kentucky couple continues a six-state tour of for-profit CCRCs, one mantra stands firm: First impressions matter.  Read More »

CCRC shopping: One couple’s view

This Kentucky couple embarked on a six-state journey seeking a continuing care retirement community that could suit their needs. What they learned from their multiple-day stays at CCRCs can serve as important lessons for all LTC communities on what future residents are looking for—and not looking for—in their next home. Read More »

Just one more question

Like the great TV detective Columbo, Long-Term Living columnist Gary Tetz (Funny You Should Ask) always has one more question. In this bimonthly Read More »

Flu season

As flu season approaches, Long-Term Living magazine asked board-certified geriatrician Jonathan Musher, MD, CMD, president of Metropolitan Read More »

Rewarding leadership: The ACHCA Annual Award

Achieving a universally recognized state of quality in a long-term care facility is certainly no simple feat. From the sheer challenge of Read More »

Three cheers for benign neglect

I've been researching and writing this column for nearly 15 years, but all good things eventually come to an end. Read More »

Flipping by woods on a snowy evening

Robert Frost1 was quite a guy. Besides being a poet of some renown, he was one of the nation's early traffic engineers, advising motorists in a Read More »

SUBJECT INDEX

A Active Aging baby boomers' changing demands, 22 (Dec) baby boomers reinventing LTC, 22 (Nov) supporting in facilities, 14 (Aug) university-based Read More »

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A Aasve, Joan.Take a New Look at Resident and Family Councils, 62 (Nov) Amo, Michael.See, Rowe, Niki L.B Baer, John E.The Cost of Inadequate Read More »

Blowing in the wind

When we children of the '60s heard Bob Dylan croaking that "the answer is blowin' in the wind" Read More »

Editorial

editorialBY RICHARD L. PECK, EDITOR-IN-CHIEFSobering thoughts from Sweden Longtime readers of this magazine with especially good memories might have Read More »

Editorial

editorialBY RICHARD L. PECK, EDITOR-IN-CHIEFThe basic staffing solution Staffing has always been a major issue for our readers-never more so than Read More »

Assisted Living 2005: What Now?

ASSISTED LIVING 2005WHAT NOW?BY RICHARD L. PECK, EDITOR-IN-CHIEFWe are well into what may prove to be a watershed year for assisted living. After Read More »

AMDA announces new leadership

The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (AMDA) revealed its 2017-18 board of directors. Read More »

GOP, Trump regime met with optimism

AHCA/NCAL anticipates—and looks forward to—expected regulatory relief and repeal under the new Republican-led White House and Congress. Read More »

AHCA ‘excited’ about Trump’s HHS, CMS appointments

The American Health Care Association (AHCA) is looking forward to working with President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees and possible changes to the long-term/post-acute care industry, a vice president said in a call with reporters. Read More »

CMS to overhaul 5-star nursing home rating system

The passage of the IMPACT Act gives CMS new funding to re-do the Nursing Home Compare ratings process. Read More »

Health insurance exchanges proceed despite shutdown, albeit with glitches

Federal and state government officials vow to fix website and call center issues as health insurance marketplaces receive overwhelming attention from consumers on the first days of operation. Read More »

Protecting your digital assets

If you've got data, you've got risks. A former White House CIO shares insights and advice on safeguarding LTC’s valuable data in an increasingly mobile and cloud-based world. Read More »

Washington budget fight has LTC industry fretting over more cuts

The fiscal cliff battle is behind us, but the nation is heading to another possible financial crisis caused largely by politics, and the nursing home sector—and their residents—could well be caught in the middle. Read More »

LeadingAge to LTC providers: Demand change in healthcare delivery system

The overriding message from LeadingAge thought leaders at the group's annual meeting is that providers must step up to the plate and demand a say in the future of the country’s bloated and broken healthcare delivery system. Read More »

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  IASC RESOURCES AARP www.aarp.org Advanced Medical Technology Association www.advamed.org Alliance for Aging Research www.agingrese... Read More »

Associations divided over Obama’s 2012 budget

President Obama repeated in a news conference yesterday what his $3.7 trillion budget proposal for FY 2012 said on Monday: Medicare and Medicaid are Read More »

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LTC RESOURCES AARP https://www.aarp.org Advanced Medical Technology Association https://www.advamed.org Alliance for Aging Research Read More »