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Reliable Nursing Home Information Lacking
September 29, 2009 11:52 AM by Heather Simons

Reliable information on the quality of nursing homes is hard to come by these days, according to an article in the Los Angeles Times . Currently, a Web site called Nursing Home Compare , which was created by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Read More...

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Report Outlines How Health Reform Will Help Seniors
September 4, 2009 2:54 PM by Heather Simons

A recent report at HealthReform.gov outlines exactly how health insurance reform, if passed, would strengthen health care for seniors and long-term care residents. "America's Seniors and Health Insurance Reform: Protecting Coverage and Strengthening Medicare" Read More...

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Employment Trends
July 15, 2009 9:37 AM by Adkins-Ali Carrie

Many health care employers are working to improve their employer status to attract workers when the economy improves, according to a press release from Career Builder. 33 percent are outlining potential career paths for current and future employees 33 Read More...

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Hospice in long-term care
June 5, 2009 1:31 PM by Maureen Salera

A little more than a year ago, I wrote an article about integrating palliative care into nursing homes. My research and my sources seemed to agree that end-of-life care wasn't anywhere near where it needed to be in long-term care. In fact, in some long-term Read More...

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Boost Morale Now
May 13, 2009 9:05 AM by Adkins-Ali Carrie

In the current job climate, many companies are using the climate of fear to cut back on morale-boosting costs and activities. Employees don't need morale to stay with your company, the thinking goes, because they have no choice. But in the article "Employee Read More...

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Presidential Candidates Health Care Plans
April 11, 2008 10:18 AM by Adkins-Ali Carrie

I recently heard a comment that when the Clintons tried to reform health care, it had an unforseen negative impact on nursing. Hospitals, my source noted, were laying off nurses because they did not think they were going to have enough money to pay them Read More...

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The Value of an Apology
February 1, 2008 10:49 AM by Maureen McAndrews

Over the summer I made a major purchase at a home improvement retailer. To make a long story short, the vendor: lost my order data due to a computer power failure, delayed product delivery, ordered the wrong size product, forgot to collect payment from Read More...

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More on "Water for Elephants" & Nursing Homes
November 19, 2007 5:25 PM by Maureen McAndrews

In my last post on Sara Gruen's book " Water for Elephants ," I discussed the book's main character, 93-year-old Jacob, who lives in a long-term care facility. In the chapter where Jacob recounts his family's decision to send him to the facility, he says Read More...

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The Good News and the Not-So-Good...
November 15, 2007 9:34 AM by Liz Rosto

The State of Seniors Housing 2007, an annual publication produced by The American Seniors Housing Association (ASHA), the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSA) and the National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing and Care Read More...

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