Two VCPI services offer greater e-mail protections
Nov 30, 2010
VCPI has launched two services intended to protect sensitive e-mail correspondence. The first service helps operators protect e-mails that might be unnecessarily revealed in the discovery phase of a legal...
Initiative unearths new data about assisted living practices
Nov 23, 2010
The National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL) recently released results of its Performance Measurement Initiative. Approximately 91% of assisted living facilities measure resident and family satisfaction,...
New Crest Healthcare site makes buying easier
Nov 23, 2010
Crest Healthcare Supply recently updated its website to include advanced search options, product reviews, additional technical information, a blog and other new purchasing-related elements. The new site...
Report offers latest industry-performance information
Oct 29, 2010
NIC MAP announced that third-quarter reports detailing seniors housing and care industry performance indicators are now available. Data has been collected and analyzed on more than 12,300 seniors housing...
PointClickCare offers iPad app for MDS
Oct 29, 2010
PointClickCare Mobile MDS is the first long-term care tablet solution designed to address the complexity of MDS 3.0 using the iPad. The new product ensures that complete, accurate and timely information...
Future drugs may redefine what old age means
Oct 29, 2010
Nursing home residents endure a cornucopia of age-related ailments. These include Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, cancer and heart disease. But there is growing evidence that new drugs may help eliminate...
Product helps operators become more savvy capital buyers
Oct 08, 2010
NIC Investment Guide 2010: Investing in Seniors Housing & Care Properties serves as a primer for understanding the seniors housing and care property sector. The Investment Guide covers the investment characteristics...
McKnight’s Newsmaker videos examine capital market, economy and new products
Oct 05, 2010
Recent McKnight’s Newsmaker videos reveal insider takes on capital availability, how the coming elections may affect healthcare reform, and more. The videos were shot at the recent National Investment...
Fewer residents being restrained, but more are taking anxiety drugs, report finds
Sep 28, 2010
The use of physical restraints on nursing home residents dropped during the past decade. But anxiety-drug use rose during the same period, an industry-backed report finds. The percentage of residents who...
Arnold Palmer fronts prostate cancer website
Sep 14, 2010
Golf legend and prostate cancer survivor Arnold Palmer is the celebrity face of a new educational website and program developed by Centocor Ortho Biotech and Us TOO, a nonprofit prostate cancer support...