Lighting is an overlooked design element in many long-term care environments. Good quality illumination will make a big difference in your residents’ quality of life, and in many ways that you might...
How to do it… Therapy contracts
By
Haymarket Media
Oct 16, 2006
Choosing a therapy contractor isn’t as easy as it may sound. Many providers simply don’t expect enough of their therapists. Experts in the field advise that a therapy provider help plan for...
Information Technology: Record Savings
Mar 04, 2005
President Bush is willing to spend more on healthcare IT now so electronic records and other innovations will reduce future costs.
An old business aphorism holds that it’s necessary to spend money...
Glare hits wander monitors
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 09, 2004
Facilities risk harm to residents, costly lawsuits, lack of insurance coverage and bad publicity with insufficient wandering monitoring systems
Patricia Will to receive 2022 McKnight’s Women of Distinction Lifetime Achievement Award
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 13, 2022
Patricia G. Will, founder and CEO of Belmont Village Senior Living, has been chosen as this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award winner in the McKnight’s Women of Distinction program.
With their own deadlines set, providers ‘wait and see,’ hope for expansion of federal vaccine mandate
By
Kimberly Marselas
Danielle Brown
Aug 20, 2021
The COVID-19 vaccination policies and deadlines implemented by several of the country’s largest post-acute care operators will remain intact after President Joe Biden announced a vaccination requirement...
How to do it … wound care
Jul 01, 2013
Given the importance of treating sores and other open areas on the skin, there are countless possible approaches to managing wound care. No small part of the challenge for providers is making sure treatment...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will not be enforcing its rule requiring healthcare workers at Medicare- and Medicaid-certified facilities to be vaccinated against COVID-19 while preliminary...
Information Technology Feature: An IT Essential
By
Julie Williamson
Dec 06, 2007
When it comes to protecting information technology, asset
management is not an optional task, technology experts say
An IT essential
By
Julie Williamson
Dec 01, 2007
When it comes to protecting information technology, asset management is not an optional task, technology experts say