In her blog post, ''Respecting Elders'' at http://transformingcaregiving.blogspot.com/2010/10/alive-n-kickin-respecting-elders.html, Holly Whiteside writes: ''I recently gave a keynote address to a local caregivers' expo. During the Q&A, one woman raised her hand and said, ''What do you think about the way people talk down to old people?'' I ...

The following is a guest blog from Anthony Cirillo:  I returned from the National Council on Aging conference somewhat dismayed. While the conference is not necessarily about long-term care, you would have thought that it did not exist at all when listening to the speakers. Most of the topics were about aging in place and care options in the ...

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 ...

Older women aged 55+ are projected to become 30 percent of the nation's direct-care workforce by 2018--up from 22 percent in just 10 years, according to PHI's recent analysis of employment demographics for direct-care workers. By 2018, 1.2 million direct-care workers are expected to be women aged 55 and over. The significant increase in ...

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 ...

Cost-saving changes to a Connecticut program that helps seniors live independently could prematurely force many of those who are cash-strapped from their residences and into nursing homes – at a much higher cost to state and federal government. Other states across the nation are facing a similar dilemma as they try to balance their budgets with ...

The American Medical Directors Association (AMDA) Foundation, the non-profit research and education arm of AMDA, invites you to meet two dogs that have a key role in caring for long term care facility residents. Come meet Sophie and Tessa and hear from their owner, a facility medical director, and other physicians about the power of pets in their ...

How much can a small touch really mean to a person? A recent article in The New York Times suggests that little touches mean a lot, and that high fives and reassuring pats on the back can even lower stress and increase happiness. The article focuses mainly on the positive effect of supportive touches in sports like basketball ...

Here in Pennsylvania, the ADVANCE staff is experiencing--for the third time this winter--a snow day. Huge flakes are falling, the roads are slick, and most of us are working from home. We have the option of settling in with a laptop, a notebook and a cup of coffee to take care of a day's work, without having to risk traveling in this weather. But ...