The great outdoors: beautifying a long-term care landscape in a down economy
By
Craig Ruppert
Sep 30, 2009
Just because the economy is hurting doesn’t means the grounds of your long-term care facility should. Keeping the outdoors up to snuff is good for your residents–and business too.
Ways to protect yourself against possible enactment of Employee Free Choice Act
By
Matthew Goodfellow
Sep 01, 2009
Even though Congress has temporarily tabled the Employee Free Choice Act, it could still act on the bill at some point. Here’s what the legislation would mean for long-term care facilities and actions...
How to prepare for your next Medicare audit
By
Dr. Kenneth Kei Adams
Aug 10, 2009
The federal government is looking closely at how post-acute providers, such as skilled nursing facilities, spend Medicare dollars. SNFs should know their operations and understand real outcomes before...
The Employee Free Choice Act: What nursing homes can do to keep unions at the door
May 01, 2009
It could just be a matter of time before the Employee Free Choice Act, also known as the card-check bill, passes through Congress. Even if it is enacted, there are steps that nursing homes can take to...
The credit crisis, competition, increased costs: Tough times for long-term care
By
Michael Sandnes
Oct 03, 2008
Nursing homes are in a precarious situation as they face problems ranging from growing competition from investor-owned chains, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement cuts, and now an economic credit crisis....
Facility looks to culture change to enhance residents’ quality of life
By
William Thistleton and Jacqueline Warmuth
Aug 21, 2008
Charles T. Sitrin Health Care Center in New Hartford, NY, is transforming its community into a model of culture change, and will use the setting to study the effects of resident-centered care.