Poll: Americans expect family members to enter senior living facilities
Apr 25, 2008
A total of 84% of Americans over the age of 50 expect an immediate family member to move into a senior living community within the next 10 years, a new poll found.
ACOs: Loss of quality bonus could disrupt value-based care model, physician recruitment
Sep 13, 2022
Accountable care organizations must urge Congress to extend a dependable bonus payment to physicians that is ready to expire, advocates say.
Take advantage of the changing long-term care marketplace, top execs urge
By
Elizabeth Newman
May 08, 2012
Long-term care providers should hone in on the changing needs of their market by embracing what customers want and will pay for, and by working to change the profession’s image problem, LTC executives...
En route to recovery
By
Brett Bakshis
May 01, 2008
Rehab Road is the jewel of an Ohio facility’s progressive therapy environment that helps prepare residents for their trip back home.
Care not same as caring
By
Mary Eleanor Wickersham
May 01, 2008
When “Dianne Butler’s” mother was rushed to the emergency room with signs of a heart attack, the ER nurses quickly cut away her snug, pullover silk shift. Hurrying to do CPR and start...
Tech toys
Jan 30, 2008
The nation’s top lawmakers are learning more about new monitoring, personal health record and brain fitness technologies for seniors during a special briefing and demonstration today.Senators from...
Manganos’ verdict hardly a bright shining moment
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 01, 2007
Exactly six months ago in this space I wrote that the trial of Sal and Mabel Mangano could turn out to be an excellent opportunity for them, and nursing homes in general, to shine. Dire circumstances often...