May 16, 2013 Sandra Hoban, Managing Editor
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Signature HealthCARE has acquired six facilities from Kindred Healthcare, increasing Signature’s national presence to 78 facilities.
May 15, 2013 National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industry
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Overall nursing occupancy is near the the eight-year cyclical low, but private-pay nursing units are seeing some recovery.
May 13, 2013 Kathleen Mears
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While nursing homes are a 24-hour-a-day operation, maintenance/housekeeping staff need to schedule loud and/or noisy projects at times that won't limit accessibility to residents or disturb their routines.
May 7, 2013 Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
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The attendees at ALFA’s 2013 conference learn lessons about leadership (and Beethoven) from world-renowned orchestra conductor Benjamin Zander.
May 7, 2013 Sandra Hoban, Managing Editor
news
Don’t take infection control lying down. The most effective risk management program can be undone by not taking a few simple precautions.
May 3, 2013 Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
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As Americans continue to aging in growing numbers, long-term care faces challenges on several fronts in providing the relevant care, services and accommodations that this new senior demographic will demand.
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 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 24, 2013 Julie Thompson
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Long-Term Living profiles Debra Doyle, COO of Erickson Living, on how her company has maintained—and grown—its census in these challenging times, including strategies in healthcare sales, information technology, operational programming and wellness services.
April 19, 2013 Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
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The editors of Healthcare Design and Long-Term Living collected the best thoughts, stats and take-home messages we heard in the session rooms, keynotes and hallways during EFA 2013.
April 19, 2013 Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
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Rain, rain, go away—Several nursing homes in the storm-drenched Midwest are forced to evacute this week.
