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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…
Floor cleaning day Part 2
I was concerned about my floor being stripped and waxed because it upsets my routine.…








