We've compiled our top 10 favorite tweets from accounts we follow on Twitter. Be sure to follow ADVANCE for Long-Term Care Management by going to @ADVANCEforLTC!   @LarryMinnix - My latest post for @LeadingAge: Home, Family and a Homemade Cannon: http://bit.ly/QFOx2a    @SunriseSrLiving - Could ...

In previous blogs I have spoken about the changing trends in nursing homes. One of the trends I have mentioned is the increasing number of residents in nursing homes who are in the young adult and middle adult ages. This is adding to the complexity of the nursing home environment. Moreover, understanding and implementing different ...

The American Health Care Association (AHCA) announced the theme for 2011 National Nursing Home Week (NNHW): ''Fulfilling the Promise.'' The special week will be celebrated from May 8-14 in long-term care communities across the country. AHCA encourages facilities to celebrate those residents and staff members who make a ...

The end of each year brings reflection on the highs and lows. What have you accomplished? What could you improve on? As 2010 comes to a close, here's a look back at some of the most interesting things we've brought you this year: January - Getting Ready for MDS 3.0 February - We launched our Specialty Resource Centers March - An in-depth ...

The following is a guest blog from Anthony Cirillo:   Fresh back from the American Health Care Association conference in Long Beach, California, I was struck by the increasing blur between skilled nursing facilities and assisted living facilities. Sessions were devoted to converting nursing home beds to assisted living beds; preparing ...

  From editorial board member Kathleen M Griffin, PhD, National Director, Post Acute and Senior Services, Health Dimensions Group, Scottsdale, Ariz. On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).  PPACA Sections 3401 and 3137 contain a number of provisions affecting ...

Health care reform contains countless details and a variety of effective dates through 2020. Here's a peek at some items that will affect LTC: The provision of the act modifies annual market basket updates and adjusts for productivity under Medicare for inpatient hospital, home health, skilled nursing, hospice, and other Medicare ...

The Advancing Excellence in America’s Nursing Homes Campaign has developed a Consumer Tip Sheet, together with a more comprehensive Consumer Guide, to provide nursing home residents and family members basic information and 10 questions they should be asking to better understand resident care planning, staffing, important care issues and the ...

Read my latest Gerotalk web column - ''The Culture, She is Changing'' - on www.advanceweb.com/ltc. How do you think the influz of baby boomers will affect your community and how are you preparing for it?

Are you a CCRC? You may not want to say so, according to a consulting firm that writes: ''We believe that marketing your retirement community as continuing care retirement community may be one of the worst decisions you could ever make. In fact, I would put as much distance between my retirement community and the term ''continuing care ...