Laundry and housekeeping personnel are on the front lines when it comes to safeguarding long-term care residents’ health, cleanliness and quality of life.
Design Decisions: Celebrating car culture
By
John Andrews
Sep 06, 2017
A few years ago, the United Auto Workers eyed the Packard Proving Grounds in Shelby Township, MI, north of Detroit, as the potential site for a community center. Given the property’s history and...
Design Decisions: Showing unique style
By
John Andrews
May 01, 2019
Ordinarily, adding a hair salon to an eldercare community isn’t a big deal, a side deal at best. But at Vienna Nursing & Rehabilitation Center of Lodi, CA, it’s a centerpiece.
Design: A true community effort at Rockingham County
By
John Andrews
Apr 08, 2018
When the agents of government come together for a cause, the results can impress, as Rockingham County demonstrates
The swine flu factor: this latest pandemic highlights the importance of infection control in nursing...
By
John Andrews
Jun 01, 2009
H1N1, better known as swine flu, has brought renewed attention to the need for sound infection control practices and proper screening of new admissions
Rehab: The new math of LTC
By
John Andrews
Apr 01, 2011
Rehab patients are arriving in sicker condition than before, and post-acute providers are carefully calculating whether to pursue them as residents
Rehab settings in flux
By
John Andrews
Aug 01, 2014
Providers are establishing therapy rooted in person-centered care, including activities that help cognitive functioning, balance, memory and awareness
FutureCare Capital Region constructs a community with a ‘country’ setting in a major metro market
By
John Andrews
Nov 02, 2018
With the recent opening of a new $30 million rehabilitation and wellness center in Landover, MD, FutureCare Capital Region not only fills a huge need now, but is also designed to have staying power for...
One sweet ‘Onion’
By
John Andrews
Dec 02, 2012
With open but secure spaces designed to heighten the senses, a new senior care community promotes dignity in memory care.
Upping the ante
By
John Andrews
Jun 08, 2018
Harbour’s Edge reinvests in property built in the 1980s to upgrade skilled nursing and rehabilitation segments.