If left up to me this holiday season, I vote let them be NAUGHTY.
Landlord’s plans to turn SNF into condos led to residents’ deaths, lawsuit claims
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Dec 22, 2016
An embattled New York nursing home operator is facing a lawsuit that claims its “fraudulent” pattern of purchasing nursing homes with the intent to flip them into condominiums led to some residents’...
Making moments count
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Martie Moore
Dec 21, 2016
As a professional caregiver, you see, hear and experience the story of the lives before you, and not just the shell of an aging body. Your actions do not make the evening news, but they should.
Tackling the not-so-clean touchscreen
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Melanie Waddell
Dec 21, 2016
Healthcare professionals recognize that long-term care facilities should be a safe haven for healing, not a breeding ground for germs. But there is an unexpected, omnipresent culprit lurking and often...
Historic effort underway to build future generation of aging services leaders
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James M. Berklan
Dec 21, 2016
Federal lawmakers often seem to look down on aging care professionals, but it might not be long before they’re looking up to them to learn how to get things done.
Television companion launched
Dec 20, 2016
Independa Inc. has announced the launch of the Independa AnyTV Companion™.
When technology fails us: ‘We talk’
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Steven Littlehale
Dec 19, 2016
Driving my Grandma to one of her favorite restaurants to celebrate a significant birthday (she prefers that I don’t specify which) offered me an important lesson in communication.
Skilled care occupancy may have peaked for 2016, third quarter NIC report shows
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Dec 19, 2016
Skilled nursing facility occupancy reached 82.5% in the third quarter of 2016, a rate that is unlikely to reach any higher in the remainder of the calendar year, a new report from the National Investment...
Drug maker to pay $38 million to settle kickback claims involving Alzheimer’s drug
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Dec 19, 2016
A New York-based pharmaceutical company will pay $38 million to settle allegations that it paid kickbacks to doctors to prescribe medications, including the Alzheimer’s drug Namenda, the Department...
Why the Oklahoma sign law is far from ‘OK’
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Elizabeth Newman
Dec 16, 2016
Perhaps it’s a sign of growing older when your response to a new government law is not, “That’s horrible!” but rather, “Who is going to pay for that?!” Such was the...