Jean Landreville is now the executive director at Greenspring, an Erickson Living retirement community in Springfield, Va.
Arizona foundation showers residents with brightly wrapped gifts
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 16, 2021
A Phoenix organization is making sure all local nursing home residents have a gift to unwrap this holiday season.
Man honors nursing home with $2 million for care rendered 13 years ago
Sep 17, 2008
For long-term care workers wondering if their good work is ever noticed, this story’s for you.
Shock boosters might extend healing
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 06, 2019
Shockwave therapy “boosters” appear to extend the effectiveness of an initial treatment for diabetic foot ulcers, according to new research out of Taiwan. Doctors at Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital...
Study: Drug used to treat Alzheimer’s symptoms hastens cognitive decline
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Haymarket Media
Feb 22, 2005
A nursing home drug used to treat agitation and other symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease speeds up cognitive decline, according to a recent study completed by lead researchers from King’s College...
Doctor sounds alarm on quality, efficacy of Alzheimer’s supplement
By
Kristen Fischer
Feb 27, 2024
When it was sold as a prescription generic drug, galantamine was labeled accurately and it wasn’t contaminated. But that wasn’t the case when galantamine was sold as an over-the-counter dietary supplement,...
‘Right person at the right time’: Winthrop Marshall, chair of LeadingAge during rebranding initiative,...
By
Liza Berger
Dec 08, 2020
The provider community is mourning the death of Winthrop Marshall, the first African American chair of the organization formerly known as the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging. He...
Design Decisions: Not so common rehab
By
John Andrews
Aug 06, 2016
Tutera breaks mold on ‘cookie-cutter’ design with a new therapy center and an environment aimed at the entire LTC spectrum
Provider group supports review of nursing home survey system
Jun 03, 2010
The American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging has endorsed a new bill that would reevaluate the current state of nursing home oversight.
Nursing home dedicates new relaxation room to former resident
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Sep 06, 2017
A Connecticut nursing home is honoring one of its former residents with a remodeled room to give individuals with dementia a place to relax.