As long-term care facilities continue to grapple with controlling the escalating costs of medications for residents, some are finding that drug formularies provide mixed results.
‘Reboot’ health information program to achieve better acute, post-acute care coordination,...
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McKnight's Staff
Apr 18, 2013
The federal program to encourage adoption of health information technology is seriously troubled and should be reexamined, according to a report released Wednesday by six Republican senators.
Putting first things first
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McKnight's Staff
May 01, 2013
A recipe for a complicated nursing home renovation: Take one facility that hasn’t been updated in 45 years, add a strict budget and keep residents on site throughout the project. Columbia Health...
Nursing Home Design – Samaritan Manor, Detroit
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McKnight's Staff
Sep 01, 2007
Motown receives its first new nursing home since the 1980s. Private rooms lend a homelike touch to the renovated hospital space
A marriage of convenience
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McKnight's Staff
Dec 01, 2007
Florida community combines amenities with functionality, allowing residents to shelter-in-place, if necessary, in a comfortable setting
This addition’s a natural fit
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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.
Profile — Culturally minded: John A. Diffey, president and CEO, The Kendal Corporation
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McKnight's Staff
Nov 08, 2006
A blind advertisement led John Diffey to his first job in long-term care, but he contends that a professional life in nonprofit human service has been calling him since college and graduate school in the...