The leader of long-term care workers’ largest union on Monday defended his group’s aggressive actions late last year over the sale of the nation’s largest nursing home chain, Manor Care,...
Ask the payment expert
By
Patricia Boyer
Mar 01, 2008
We want to prepare our staff for the MDS 3.0. What tools can we use?
Study shows dramatic rise in short-stay residents
Feb 27, 2008
A new analysis of trends in New York nursing home care reads like a summary of what is happening around the country. In short: more shorter stays for residents, as well as more sicker or cognitively impaired...
Alliance, SEIU react to reform bill
Feb 15, 2008
Healthcare-related groups expressed varying degrees of support for a new nursing home reform bill that would increase penalties for poor performing nursing homes.
Leading with heart
By
Liza Berger
Feb 06, 2008
Robyn I. Stone: Executive Director, Institute for the Future of Aging Services, AAHSA
The right move
By
Liza Berger
Feb 06, 2008
Hurricane Katrina forced nursing homes to rethink emergency transportation – and make the federal government take notice.
Losing steam
By
John Andrews
Feb 06, 2008
The eldercare real estate market may no longer be red-hot, but it is largely insulated from the residential sector collapse.
This addition’s a natural fit
By
McKnight's Staff
Jan 15, 2008
An Ohio CCRC uses rooftop gardens and open green spaces both to be environmentally conscious and to bring a sense of nature to residents.
Drug Update
Jan 28, 2008
The Food & Drug Administration has approved four new drugs for the long-term care market. They are Symbicort, for asthma; Exforge, to treat hypertension; AzaSite, eyedrops for conjunctivitis; and Neupro,...
What are the measures that have been selected for the Nursing Home Quality Initiative?
Jan 01, 2008
There are six “chronic” care quality measures to be used for public reporting in the national rollout.