The hospitality suite: Nursing homes adopt luxurious looks for short-stay patients
By
John Andrews
Jan 01, 2010
Luxury has become a defining characteristic of short-term stay units. Patients are looking for everything from flat screen TVs to recliners and sleepers
Profile: Stephen L. Esdale – Perfect pitchman for LTC
By
Liza Berger
Sep 01, 2009
Stephen L. Esdale, Chairman ACHCA
Forward thinking: Bathing and lift equipment improvements are worth the price, even in a recession
By
Julie Williamson
Sep 01, 2009
It might not seem like the best time to invest in capital expenditures, but new bathing and lifting equipment could be well worth the cost in the long run
New Web site focuses on long-term care data
By
Denise Tyler
Dec 02, 2009
Information about the health and status of nursing home residents, facility characteristics and states’ long-term care policies is available on a new Web site from Brown University.
Ask the nursing expert: initiating change and making tough decisions in the field of nursing
By
Anne Marie Barnett
Dec 01, 2009
Anne Marie Barnett, RN Former President, Maryland NADONA/LTC
When flu fears strike: managing swine flu and seasonal flu in long-term care
By
Julie Williamson
Dec 01, 2009
The key to surviving this ‘double-whammy’ of H1N1 and the seasonal flu is to focus on infection control, education and keeping hype to a minimum
Everyone needs a long-term care plan
By
Ken Dychtwald
Nov 18, 2009
My parents wisely purchased long-term care insurance. They have showed me that now more than ever, it’s important to think ahead.
Ask the payment expert: will state Medicaid payments change with the switch to Medicare RUGs IV?
Nursing home quality improvement efforts have largely succeeded in recent years, according to a report that was jointly released by the American Health Care Association and the Alliance for Quality Nursing...
Thinking about you: using resident surveys to better evaluate quality-of-life in long-term care communities
By
Julie Williamson
Nov 01, 2009
Resident surveys are being used more often to determine what customers like—and dislike—about the quality of life they enjoy in long-term care communities