Pressure ulcers have been on the decline, agency reports
By
Brett Bakshis
Apr 01, 2011
Providers caring for both long- and short-stay nursing home residents saw improvements in rates of pressure sores over most of the last decade, according to a recent report from the Agency for Healthcare...
CMS rule alters MDS assessment process
By
Brett Bakshis
Oct 01, 2009
A controversial new rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will recalibrate Medicare case mixes under the Resource Utilization Group (RUG) system.
Keeping up appearances: Designers give a suburban Dallas nursing home a face lift
By
Brett Bakshis
May 01, 2010
Blending a newly acquired nursing facility into an upscale senior living community was a major challenge. Here’s how they did it…
Unconventional wisdom: AAHSA’s Idea House unveiled at this year’s convention
By
Brett Bakshis
Nov 01, 2009
The AAHSA Idea House allows convention participants to experience firsthand how technology and design work together to improve care
Better, bigger and faster
By
Brett Bakshis
Jan 01, 2009
An Ohio assisted living and skilled nursing facility uses clever design and construction techniques to more rapidly build its community
Starting a new tradition: better quality of life through better quality of design
By
Brett Bakshis
Apr 01, 2010
A small not-for-profit facility in North Dakota undertakes a massive makeover in order to provide a better quality of life for its residents
21st century makeover: New York’s United Hebrew Geriatric Center celebrates the opening of the...
By
Brett Bakshis
Jun 01, 2009
On its 90th anniversary, a New York facility remodels an outdated building and builds a wing, carefully melding the old with the new
Out of the data silo
By
Brett Bakshis
Dec 01, 2014
Interoperability, data analytics and intervention models are giving providers a new way to use healthcare information technology to prevent rehospitalization
Taking it to the top
By
Brett Bakshis
Sep 01, 2008
Because of a scarcity of land, one Chicago nursing home turns to its roof for garden space. Residents tend to a variety of plants and flowers
Administrator, DON salaries rise in 2009
By
Brett Bakshis
Oct 01, 2009
Despite healthy increases, the future remains uncertain