Suicide prevention in older adults
In preparing for a webinar on suicide prevention, I came across startling statistics about suicide rates among older adults. Despite the concern we often hear about teen suicide, the rate for elders is...
Fuller joins PSL
Steven Fuller, D.O, has joined Presbyterian Senior Living in Pennsylvania as its new vice president and corporate medical director.
Beckwith joins firm
Randy Beckwith, AIA, LEED, AP, has joined Carrier Johnson + CULTURE as a project manager.
It’s time to talk about long-term care’s diversity problem
Long-term care leadership has a diversity problem. Don’t believe it? Travel to a national long-term care convention and look around — what do the majority of attendees look like?
5 ways to increase occupancy with LGBT and ally residents
Plus, we know that LGBT older adults are less likely to access care, and when they do, they feel they have to go back into the closet in order to minimize the risk of being mistreated.
Conversations with data: How LTC facilities can help hospitals
Through its mandatory bundled payment programs for cardiac care and joint replacement, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services aims to lower care costs, boost efficiency, and improve quality by making...
For one glorious moment, a warped perspective makes sense — sort of
If you look at America’s sports-addicted dynamic from a purely logical standpoint, it defies logic. Cities and states pull funds away from needed services in order to comfort the comfortable? In...
Online educational games: The new normal
The rapid advancements in technology continuously impact our lives on a daily basis and each new week brings a critical update to our attention.
CMS issues final rule on requirements of participation for nursing homes
At the end of September, CMS published the final rule revising the health and safety standards that long-term care facilities must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
Changing corporate culture
As the holidays approach, it was touching at LeadingAge to hear a story about a CEO who goes out of his way to make employees and associates feel appreciated.
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