An emotional Larry Minnix accepted LeadingAge’s Award of Honor Tuesday at the general session of the organization’s annual meeting. The LeadingAge Leadership Academy, begun during his 15-year...
From challenges to advantages: Technology’s role in solving three critical issues
Jan 31, 2022
[Partner content] As we start 2022, ongoing concerns remain around occupancy, staffing and price-to-value. The industry looks to three new concepts for answers: Providing the right care at the right...
Safety comes first
By
Julie E. Williamson
Jun 01, 2014
An expanding menu of bathing equipment and options is enabling senior care operators to offer residents more choice and safety than has ever been possible
Beyond surface cleaning
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 01, 2014
Operators use room turnover as an opportunity to eliminate sometimes deadly bugs by layering basic cleaning with next-generation solvents and technology.
Locking the box
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 01, 2015
The HIPAA landscape is evolving for providers as cloud storage, mobile devices and large-scale cyber attacks present new challenges to security and privacy efforts.
Restoring dignity
By
Julie E. Williamson
Aug 01, 2015
Keeping incontinent residents healthy, dignified and satisfied is a full-time chore — if providers are educated and steadily keep a proper eye on those in their care
That personal touch
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 01, 2015
In a set-up that would satisfy even Goldilocks, a group of Sunrise Senior Living residents in Massachusetts heads to a cozy common room each day knowing they’ll be able to pick the chair most comfortable...
Troubled waters?
By
John Andrews
Jul 01, 2015
In the perpetual quest to mitigate risk in assisted living facilities, one area that appears at the top of the concern list more frequently than others is bathing.
Champagne taste
By
Julie E. Williamson
Jun 01, 2014
While tight funds can prove challenging when revamping outdated or dilapidated spaces, beautiful assisted living communities can be had on even shoestring budgets.
Out of the data silo
Dec 01, 2014
Interoperability, data analytics and intervention models are giving providers a new way to use healthcare information technology to decrease rehospitalization rates.