May 15, 2013 Sandra Hoban, Managing Editor
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While quality and satisfaction scores have improved, skilled nursing facilities need to continue to improve and adapt to government policy and reimbursement cuts to survive.
May 14, 2013 Gabriel Bach, PhD, MBA
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Every country in the world--from Argentina to Zimbabwe--is confronted with the problem of caring for its elderly and paying for that care. Here's a firsthand look at how senior care is provided at a facility in France.
May 8, 2013 Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
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Fmr. First Lady Laura Bush presents the Hero Awards at the ALFA 2013 conference.
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 Sandra Hoban, Managing Editor
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Congratulations to Long-Term Living's final 2013 Leaders of Tomorrow award winners: G. Allen Power, MD, Eden Mentor at St. John's Home in Rochester, New York and Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Rochester. Read about Dr. Power's mission to bring culture change to seniors, with a special focus on dementia.
April 25, 2013 Sandra Hoban, Managing Editor
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Grandpa is too old to drive. Grandma keeps forgetting where her eyeglasses are. Many younger people foster these ageist attitudes, often unwarranted. As older Americans quickly outnumber the young, these discriminations need to be addressed.
April 18, 2013 Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
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Updated: April 22, 2013, 10:00 a.m. A massive explosion at a fertilizer plant near Waco, Texas, seriously damages a local nursing home, trapping residents Wednesday night. All 133 residents had to be evacuated and/or transported to the hospital.
April 17, 2013 Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
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The costliest disease in the United States isn't cancer, and soon it may not be heart disease, either.
April 5, 2013 Patricia Sheehan, Editor-in-Chief
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A new study reports the cost of treating Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia at $109 billion, making it more expensive to society than either cancer or heart disease.
April 3, 2013 Patricia Sheehan, Editor-in-Chief
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Considerable opportunity exists to improve interventions and outcomes of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in older adults, according to three studies published in the recent online issue of NeuroRehabilitation.
March 29, 2013 Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
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The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released a new analytics tool to help providers understand multiple chronic conditions in seniors.
March 27, 2013 Pamela Tabar, Senior Editor
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This is definitely not your grandfather’s cane—yet.
