National Nursing Home Week: Mardi Gras for residents
By
Liza Berger
May 13, 2009
Today, residents at Saint Anne Nursing & Rehabilitation Center are “Dancing With the Stars.” Yesterday, they received facials and foot rubs for “Pajama Day.” Tomorrow (Thursday) they will be partaking...
How to prepare for LTC’s mobile future
By
Bob Drainville
Nov 27, 2017
Occupancy in skilled nursing facilities has been experiencing a downward trend as of late. According to a report by the National Investment Center for Senior Housing & Care, it might not just be a seasonal...
Stop claiming ‘resident rights’ in discrimination cases
By
Elizabeth Newman
Oct 09, 2017
Administrators wiser than me have offered advice on what to do when there’s a racist resident.
Nursing homes’ reactions to rising vacancy rates
By
Ben Mandelbaum
Feb 26, 2016
Many nursing homes are making an effort to stand out in their ability to offer more focused and individualized care for each resident, provide upgraded rooms, shift to private rooms and improve their dining...
A tiny Alzheimer’s study with huge results
By
Jun 21, 2016
If 2025 seems like it’s ambitiously close for finding an Alzheimer’s disease cure or game-changer, take heart — there’s a recently released Alzheimer’s study that may serve as...
Early experiences with Cal MediConnect
By
Bruce Chernof, M.D.
Nov 18, 2015
The traditional system of separate Medicare and Medicaid programs is the least person-centered, most fragmented, and least efficient option.
Debate over engaging seniors’ brains
By
Elizabeth Newman
May 25, 2015
New research indicates too much time playing video games may reduce our memory skills.
Six tips for a great gardening program
By
Dave Singleton
Jun 28, 2013
A gardening program (or horticulture therapy) gives seniors an opportunity to beautify the environment around them and engage in a beloved hobby — or take up a hobby they’ve always wanted to try.
Beware frog holes and ‘I don’t knows’
By
Renee Kinder
Feb 01, 2018
Is there anything more thrilling on a winter day than sledding down the neighborhood’s steepest hill, across freshly fallen snow, in an inner tube? I think not.
6 tips for strengthening emergency plans
By
Harsha Anapur
Jan 26, 2015
With another massive New York snowstorm on its way, and as we prepare for unstable weather across the country, long-term care facilities and senior living communities need to ask themselves: What can we...