Incorporating hospitality into long-term care demands blending style with substance
By
Sloan Bentley
Jan 19, 2010
The hospitality industry has a lot of good advice to offer long-term care communities. But it’s important for communities to remember not to sacrifice substance for style.
Leader of nation’s largest nursing home association ‘back in the game’ after suffering...
Jan 12, 2010
Although he’s not near operating at full-capacity yet, Bruce Yarwood says he’ll take that over the alternative. A ruptured brain aneurysm nearly claimed the life of the American Health Care...
Ask the treatment expert: Could a patient’s recurring wound be osteomyelitis?
By
Donna Sardina
Jan 01, 2010
Donna Sardina, RN, MHA, WCC, President, Wound Care Education Institute
A roadmap for EMRs: strategies and starting places for long-term care
By
Julie Williamson
Jan 01, 2010
It’s important to choose the right path when implementing electronic medical records. Starting small and identifying a strategy are good places to begin
A way to empower a nursing home administrator
By
Kevin R. McMahon
Dec 08, 2009
Creating an independent contractor position gives nursing home administrators a stronger sense of ownership over their facilities.
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
GE Healthcare acquires Living Independently Group
Dec 01, 2009
GE Healthcare announced that it has fully acquired Living Independently Group Inc. The latter firm makes the QuietCare monitoring system. The acquisition follows the September 2008 announcement that GE...
State budgets unlikely to recover until ‘late in the next decade,’ governors say
Nov 16, 2009
The recession has seriously bruised states over the last year and they will continue to face fiscal difficulties, according to reports released last week by the National Governors Association and the National...
Omnicare to pay $98 million settlement in kickback scheme; separate complaint filed against Mariner,...
Nov 05, 2009
Long-term care pharmacy giant Omnicare has agreed to pay a $98 million settlement in connection with allegations it engaged in an illegal kickback scheme with drug maker Ivax, the U.S. Department of Justice...
Schwarzenegger continues to pressure Congress to fund Medicaid expansion
Oct 29, 2009
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) has fired off another letter to Congress warning that current Medicaid expansion proposals would put undue stress on state budgets that are already stretched...