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LTC industry launches campaign to fight budget cuts
Elderly Americans, many of them in fragile conditions of health, are among the many potential…
Nursing care occupancy continues slow decline
Nursing care occupancy continued its slow decline, which is a trend that has been in…
Days of inconvenience
Last week the toilet between my semi-private and the next was out of order. Since…
Implementing family-style dining
George Bernard Shaw said, “There is no love sincerer than the love of food.”1 You…
How LGBT-friendly is your LTC community?
Cultural sensitivity toward all individuals is probably part of your organization’s staff training procedure. But…
September 2012 Test
Continuing Education Test #177 Based on Long-Term Living September 2012How to Use the ACHCA Continuing…
5 measurable quality initiatives form core of CMS Action Plan
CMS recently issued its 2012 Action Plan for Further Improvement of Nursing Home Quality. The Action…
Incident reports, surveys and privilege: Protecting QA material from enforcement action
Imagine that a survey is occurring at your facility. The director of nursing just informed…
2012 OPTIMA Award winner: St. Leonard Franciscan Living Community, Centerville, Ohio
A few years ago, St. Leonard Franciscan Living Community, a continuing care retirement community in…
Dementia denial: The secretive obstacle to intervention
“Oh, silly me; I’d lose my own head if it weren’t attached!”“Of course I remember…
Opioids, Pain Management and LTC
It is estimated that as many as 80 percent of residents in long-term care facilities…