To accommodate the demands of their disparate resident populations, eldercare operators are increasingly adopting a security approach to meet residents’ needs.
How to do it…Rehabilitation
Oct 01, 2011
The buoyancy, support and resistance of water offers one of the simplest healing environments. Water therapy can provide a fun yet beneficial way of helping residents maintain flexibility and mobility....
Ventas wins another one
By
Elizabeth Newman
Oct 01, 2011
After years of legal wrangling, HCP Inc. has agreed to pay the $102 million the courts have said it owes Ventas Inc.
Senior housing poised for growth, NIC president says
Sep 30, 2011
Even though the economy is struggling, the senior housing sector has plenty of good days ahead, according to National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industry President Robert G. Kramer.
CMI Now to help providers capture Medicaid payments
Sep 28, 2011
PointRight Inc. has developed CMI Now, in conjunction with Zimmet Healthcare Services Group. The new product is a Medicaid Case Mix Index management tool that helps post-acute providers in New Jersey and...
VCPI’s newest dashboard to offer enhanced clinical information
Sep 28, 2011
VCPI, in conjunction with PointRight Inc., is preparing to release additional functionality for its Decision Point Outcomes Dashboard for Skilled Nursing Facilities. The updated dashboard will offer enhanced...
NIC attendees optimistic about long-term prospects, president says
Sep 23, 2011
Underlying reasons for Thursday’s record crowd at the annual meeting of the National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industry are hard to discern, the group’s president told...
Specialty Medical Equipment upgrades its website
Sep 21, 2011
Specialty Medical Equipment Inc. announced that it has upgraded its website. New features include an expanded medical education section about pressure ulcers. The family-owned firm is a wound care mattress...
Document scanner features easy network hookup
Sep 21, 2011
Plustek Technology Inc. recently unveiled its SmartOffice PN2040 scanner. The scanner simply needs to be plugged into a facility’s network. Users can then scan to any connected PC that is network-connected.
Thousands of providers gather as largest nursing home association opens its 62th annual convention
Sep 20, 2011
Much like historical battles fought and won by American ancestors, providers have to be ready to fight for “our lives and for our survival,” the head of the American Health Care Association...