A new podcast from The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, APIC, looks to provide clinicians with easy-to-use information about infection prevention strategies. The...
AMDA lends new expertise to MyDirectives platform
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 16, 2019
The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, AMDA, is partnering with ADVault, creator of digital advance care planning tools, to add clinical content to the MyDirectives® digital platform....
Linked Senior, Pioneer Network hold October ‘EngageAThon’
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 08, 2019
Linked Senior and Pioneer Network have created a social media awareness campaign targeting Amazon.com for its continued sale of restraints for use in home and residential settings. Linked Senior is challenging...
New tech platform picks up first customers
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 08, 2019
National Lutheran Communities & Services has selected Petalo, a company focused on interoperability, to deploy an innovative technology platform at two of its Washington, D.C.-area facilities. Features...
Unitex wraps concert series for seniors
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 08, 2019
Healthcare laundry company Unitex will wrap its warm-weather concert series with a performance Friday at the Bronx Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing. The final show is an extension of a summer...
Jakubowicz named Netsmart VP
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 08, 2019
Netsmart has appointed Dennis Jakubowicz to the role of vice president and general manager of its senior living business unit. Netsmart is a leading health information technology partner for behavioral...
Mayo named administrator at Masonic Village
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 01, 2019
Pennsylvania’s Masonic Village at Elizabethtown has hired Matthew Mayo as assistant executive director and nursing home administrator. Mayo previously was nursing home administrator for the 198-bed ManorCare...
Fitch: Life plan communities still healthy
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 24, 2019
Volatile equity markets and increased capital spending pressured liquidity metrics for U.S. life plan communities in fiscal 2018, but core operations remained solid, according to a new report from Fitch...
Touchtown teams with real estate pro on senior care sales tool
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 24, 2019
Resident engagement provider Touchtown has partnered with a real estate mapping company to create an advanced sales tool for senior living marketing professionals. SightMap, developed by Engrain, integrates...
Lincoln Financial LTC insurance brings covered services to 12
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 24, 2019
Lincoln Financial Group’s new MoneyGuard® III adds new coverage and benefit options for long-term care insurance customers. Among the 12 covered services now under the umbrella are: A transitional care...