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Restorative nursing: It takes a facility

Joe Graham
An interdisciplinary approach to restorative care can improve quality measures as evidenced by a program instituted at Renaissance Gardens at Riderwood, an Erickson Living Community in Silver Spring, Md.

Risky business

Tamar Abell, MA, CCC-SLP
Effective, data-driven risk management is proactive, rather than just reactive, and begins with the development of facility-wide policies and procedures that include standards of practice and care protocols.

Senior living execs talk policy, markets and choice at ALFA conference

Patricia Sheehan, Editor-in-Chief
A rapidly evolving regulatory, demographic and clinical landscape are top of mind for many of the 1,000-plus senior living executives in attendance at this year’s ALFA (Assisted Living Federation of America) Conference & Expo, being held in Dallas Wednesday through Friday.

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Medicare Fraud Strike Force charges 107 individuals for $452 million in false billing

Disaster readiness is still an issue, OIG reports

5 secrets your line staff wishes you knew

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Assisted living occupancy resumes recovery

Researchers link chromosomal abnormalities with aging and increased cancer risk

May 16, 2012    
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Population-based evidence that the mutations increase with age and may be an early marker in detecting cancer.

Alzheimer’s drug trial seeks answers among genetically predisposed population

May 16, 2012    
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Clinical trial set to begin among a population guaranteed to get Alzheimer's.

PSS exits skilled nursing home sector in restructuring plan

May 15, 2012    
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PSS World Medical looks to acquisition, divestiture and a revised business strategy for future growth.

Omnicare to pay $50M for improper distribution of controlled substances to LTC residents

May 15, 2012    
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Omnicare, the nation’s second largest LTC pharmacy provider, has agreed to a $50 million civil settlement with the Department of Justice following a Drug Enforcement Agency investigation of complaints

New national plan focuses on Alzheimer’s prevention and treatment

May 15, 2012    
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HHS introduces ambitious national plan focused on prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's

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Study: People with dementia more likely to die at home than in nursing home

May 14, 2012    
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Many older adults with dementia live and die in community settings rather than nursing homes, contradicting the commonly held view that most people with dementia eventually move to nursing homes and die there.

Direct caregivers will comprise nation’s largest workforce by 2020, says PHI

May 11, 2012    
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By 2020, direct-care workers in home- or community-based settings are projected to outnumber direct-care staff based in facilities.

CMS final rule eases regulatory burden for SNFs

May 11, 2012    
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The Medicare Regulatory Reform Rule is projected to produce savings of $200 million in the first year.

Medicare cuts could cost SNFs close to $800 million

May 10, 2012    
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Skilled nursing facilities are gearing up to absorb nearly $800 million in Medicare cuts in 2014, according to a new analysis from Avalere Health and the Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care.

Overtime, inadequate training linked to CNA injury rates, study finds

May 10, 2012    
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A study by the Research Triangle Institute explores the reasons associated with CNA injuries
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Blogs

The stone removal's aftermath

May 14, 2012     Kathleen Mears
Following a procedure to have a kidney stone removed at a large university hospital, Kathy wonders why appropriate equipment could not be made available for a patient's most basic needs.

What Mom never told me

May 10, 2012    
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Sometimes life gets too busy or too distracting to learn the "little" things that make up a person. Biographies are wonderful opportunities to reminisce and share the smaller moments of life with loved ones.

Small design projects, big impact on culture change

May 10, 2012     Patricia Sheehan, Editor-in-Chief
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Earlier this month I sat in on a session at our Environments for Aging conference that challenged attendees to consider the kinds of small renovation projects that can ultimately support culture change in a skilled nursing community.

What is your mission?

May 8, 2012     Cindy Heilman
What motivates your employees? What would you imagine generates sustainable high performance in the workplace? If your first guess is money, your guess is wrong.
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