Maintaining resident satisfaction and census stability
By
Jeff Beavis
Mar 25, 2015
While independent and assisted living facilities offer a range of services, personalized, non-medical caregivers can ensure that the residents are taking care of personal responsibilities needed to stay...
Ten tips to lower your LTC litigation costs
By
Christy Tosh Crider
Dec 13, 2013
If you are a provider of long term care services, the odds are that, in today’s litigation climate, your long term care facility will get sued. Full-page newspapers ads, expensive television spots...
The truth can set you free — or put your long-term care facility out of business
By
John O'Connor
Jan 11, 2013
Journalists generally get all warm and tingly when previously guarded information becomes available. It must be in our DNA. So I should probably be cheering ProPublica’s announcement that the government...
F-Tag in focus: F-425
By
Sonja Quale
Dec 02, 2016
F-Tag 425 requires that centers’ pharmacy services provide residents the routine and emergency drugs they need, with the overall goal of ensuring the safe and effective use of medications.
A new way to think about long-term care funding
By
John O'Connor
Nov 06, 2017
During a talk last Monday at the LeadingAge conference, Harvard Professor Jennifer McCrea served up an interesting take on the warping nature of money.
A kindergarten everyone should attend
By
Liza Berger
Sep 11, 2009
Sometimes—if we’re lucky—school teaches us more than the standard lesson plans. That’s certainly the case at Windsor Place in Coffeyville, KS, which houses a kindergarten. Every school...
Promising signs on the regulatory front
By
John O'Connor
Oct 16, 2017
President Trump is no fan of regulations, and long-term care operators have more than their fair share to contend with. So it’s a welcome breeze when Trump says he wants to start eliminating some...
Top 5 facts about CMS regs and your dietary department
By
Janet Feinstein, RD LD, CNSC
Aug 21, 2017
Facilities are mandated to have either a full time RD (Registered Dietitian) certified by the commission (or licensed by the state), or employ a certified dietary manager with a consulting dietitian.
Benefits of apps support senior tech-trend
By
Jeff Pepper
Jul 08, 2013
New research and tablet-based apps products are shedding greater light on seniors’ growing use of technology and its benefits.The key to seniors embracing new technology and realizing the benefits...
Lessons from the Hill: Can one person make a difference? You bet.
By
Joe Franco
Apr 19, 2018
With almost 15 years’ experience in grassroots advocacy, working for causes from cancer to Alzheimer’s prior to my current focus on aging services, has me convinced: Each and any one of us...