May 2, 2013 Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
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Several of long-term care’s biggest property owners are shedding their interest in the financially challenged skilled nursing sector.
April 30, 2013 Gina LaVecchia Ragone
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Congratulations to the third of our five 2013 Leaders of Tomorrow award winners: Jane M. Rohde, AIA, FIIDA, ACHA, LEED AP, a senior living consultant at JSR Associates, Inc., in Ellicott City, MD. Read about Rohde's commitment to giving residents and staff the spaces they want and need.
April 29, 2013 Kelley Hoffman
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Enlisting resident and staff input, ensures that renovation design hits the mark in meeting their needs and ensuring that the spaces created provide residents with a sense of control and validation of their individuality.
April 29, 2013 Kelley Hoffman
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Enlisting resident and staff input ensures that the design for a facility renovation hits its intended mark--an environment that supports choice, personal control and an acknowledgement of each individuals personhood.
April 26, 2013 Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
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The International Building Code has been revised to reclassify assisted living facilities, acknowledging their difference from nursing homes and hospitals.
April 26, 2013 National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industry
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For the first quarter of 2013, assisted living occupancy showed a decline from the numbers it had been achieving as it recovered from the economic challenges of the past two years. However, absorption and inventory showed gains.
April 16, 2013 Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
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The "culture city" of New Orleans served as the perfect venue for discussing culture change in elder-care building design at the 2013 Environments for Aging conference.
April 12, 2013 Kristin Zeit, Editor-in-Chief, Healthcare Design
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Proper lighting provides much more than adequate visibility and pleasant aesthetics. A detailed look at light’s effect on circadian rhythms suggests that designers can play a significant role in improving health for long-term and post-acute care residents.
April 11, 2013 Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
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Continuing care trends are increasingly involving hospice within the whole care campus, instead of tucking away the hospice in a stand-alone building in a proverbial corner of finality.
April 10, 2013 Sandra Hoban, Managing Editor
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Two top industry executives share their insights on assisted living’s climate and trends. Assisted living survived the economic downturn and the collapse of the housing market intact and it is geared up and ready to continue moving forward.
April 9, 2013 Kristin D. Zeit, Editor-in-Chief, Healthcare Design
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You can’t design one facility that’s perfect for meeting the needs of all dementia residents, says Retreat Healthcare’s Lena Smith. But understanding the disease, its forms and the various stages can help inform spaces that are adaptable and sensitive to residents and caregivers alike.
April 8, 2013 Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
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As LTC design spaces become more “open,” access control becomes a much more important part of LTC facility strategy. 
