Among issues facing the next president is an incredible opportunity to improve how we live, receive care, and pay for the quality of life we desire when we experience disability as an older or younger...
Election 2008: Long-Term Care? Huh?
By
Liza Berger
Oct 01, 2008
Long-term care is an increasingly important issue—just not on the campaign trail
AAHSA show coming to Philadelphia
Oct 03, 2008
The American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging will kick off its annual Convention and Expo on Sunday (Oct. 12) in Philadelphia. More than 7,000 providers, researchers, educators and others...
A lobbying ‘animal’
By
John Andrews
Sep 01, 2008
Dave Hebert, Legislative director, American Health Care Association
A claims game
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 01, 2008
Providers might not realize how much times have changed. It’s a buyer’s market when it comes to facility insurance policies
Rough waters: rethinking bathing in long-term care
By
John Andrews
Sep 01, 2008
Bathing often remains a humiliating, even terrifying, experience for residents. Caregivers and vendors are responding
Long-term care financing reform presents area of opportunity for presidential candidates
By
Kathryn Roberts
Sep 24, 2008
Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama should not overlook the potential impact of long-term care financing reform.
Sometimes the real issue is avoiding embarrassment
Sep 01, 2008
Embarrassment can be like a riddle, confounding our senses and reason. While the choices might not be so painful as fighting off wild animals, the pain vs. shame decisions are made quite often in the long-term...
Report: HHS fails to address electronic health record privacy protections
Sep 22, 2008
While the Department of Health and Human Services has taken positive actions to implement electronic health records, it still does not have a system for addressing issues of privacy protection, according...
Taking the full measure
Sep 16, 2008
It’s no secret that the credit and housing markets have been in a funk lately. Just this week, massive investment bank Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy. That was right before Bank of America...