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Best Nursing Homes

 
Best Nursing Homes by State…
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Added by LTCCareer.com on February 26, 2013 at 3:41pm — No Comments

Legislation to restore SNF payment structure introduced

Legislation to restore SNF payment structure introduced

Endorsed by both WHCA and LeadingAge,…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on February 18, 2013 at 11:46am — No Comments

TAKE ACTION NOW TO STOP CUTS TO PROVIDERS

Hours from now, the House of Representatives will be asked to cut the Medicaid Provider Assessments as part of the “Spending Reduction Act of 2012.”  This is not a manageable cut for many providers and for your state.  Congress is being ask...ed to defer the defense sequester cuts on the backs of the poorest, oldest Americans.  In addition to the…
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Added by LTCCareer.com on December 20, 2012 at 4:43pm — No Comments

Top 10 nursing home deficiencies, top 10 trouble states

November 19, 2012 by Pamela Tabar, Associate Editor

ProPublica has released an updated version of its Nursing Home Inspect tool, offering a much wider view of nursing home violations, including more deficiency details and a longer look-back period. The software simplifies searches through the database information collected from the regulatory surveys of the nation’s nursing homes.   The latest version includes 262,500 deficiencies, ranked on a scale of A to L, with L being the most…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on November 21, 2012 at 12:07pm — No Comments

Share Your Story

Share Your Story

All across the country there are stories of staff, residents and families working together to improve quality in America’s long term and post-acute care facilities. We want to hear from you. If you have a quality story to share, let us know…
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Added by LTCCareer.com on October 20, 2012 at 1:55pm — No Comments

Hospitals and Nursing Homes Brace for Medicare Cuts

By  Christopher Flavelle on October 04, 2012

 

Hospital and nursing home managers are reaching for the aspirin again. No matter who wins on Nov. 6, most Democrats and Republicans agree in…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on October 4, 2012 at 6:32pm — No Comments

Accreditation Improves Care in Nursing Homes

Accreditation Improves Care in Nursing Homes

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Added by LTCCareer.com on August 16, 2012 at 8:15pm — No Comments

Raising Expectations - Rankings by State

A State Scorecard on Long-Term Services and Supports for Older Adults, People with Physical Disabilities,and Family Caregivers

http://www.longtermscorecard.org/

Added by LTCCareer.com on July 19, 2012 at 9:47pm — No Comments

Association Sends Letter to Congress to Oppose Use of Provider Taxes

Association Sends Letter to Congress to Oppose Use of Provider Taxes Tackle Budget Challenges Without Undermining a Key Medicaid Resource, Parkinson Says

Claire Navaro (202) 898-6317 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC – The American Health Care Association and the National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) today sent a letter to House and Senate leaders urging both chambers to reject a proposal to pay for Stafford student loan subsidies with reductions in the Medicaid provider…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on June 7, 2012 at 5:34pm — No Comments

Geriatric Care Managers: A Significant Member of a Senior's Team

Geriatric Care Managers (GCMs) are an important part of the team for seniors. As we help clients manage their personal, financial, legal, and health insurance matters, we often are the first to notice the need for this specialized expertise. When that happens, we encourage the hiring of a GCM.
The following are some client issues with which we have been involved, the work that GCMs have done, and their happy results:
  • Macular…
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Added by Senior Independent Lifestyles on May 29, 2012 at 8:32am — No Comments

Seniors Fear Nursing Home Cuts

Governor Quinn's attempts to trim the budget could put a strain on senior citizens and nursing homes here in Illinois.


"I love it here, I'm happy here," said Josephine Conrad. She's been living at Heritage Health for about five years. She enjoys it there and considers the staff and residents her family.

 

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Added by LTCCareer.com on May 7, 2012 at 9:46pm — No Comments

Nursing home gets 5 stars again

 



With another perfect score, Pioneer Lodge put on magazine's honor roll.





A nursing home in Coldwater has made an elite list of care homes from around the nation.

The 34-bed Pioneer Lodge is included in U.S. News and World Report's…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on February 22, 2012 at 2:17pm — No Comments

AHCA Statement on MedPAC Recommendations for FY 2013

Claire Navaro (202) 898-6317
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
1/12/2012

Washington, DC – The following is a statement from the American Health Care Association (AHCA) President & CEO Mark Parkinson after today’s vote by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) recommending that…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on January 15, 2012 at 4:01pm — No Comments

Representing top Long-term care organizations nationwide - LTC Jobs

Executive Search Solutions is a national leader in healthcare recruiting with a focus within the senior care industry. Our primary customers include Skilled Nursing Facilities, Assisted Living and Independent Living centers, Continuing Care…

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Added by Tony Perry on January 10, 2012 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Involved family is a key to receiving good care in nursing homes

 

By Robin Erb

Detroit Free Press Medical Writer

Virginia Everett, 85, had something that many other nursing home residents don’t: a daughter and grandchildren who lived nearby and dropped in frequently. “I love ‘em,” she said of her visitors.

And that, experts say, is immeasurably more important than polished lobbies, state-of-the-art whirlpool tubs and, in some cases, even a…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on December 22, 2011 at 11:31am — No Comments

Rhythms Flow as Aging Pianist Finds New Audience

For years, the donated piano sat upright and unused in a corner of the nursing home’s cafeteria. Now and then someone would wheel or wobble over to pound out broken notes on the broken keys, but those out-of-tune interludes were rare. Day after surrendering day, the flawed piano remained mercifully silent.       

Then came a new resident, a musician in his 80s with a touch of forgetfulness named Boyd…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on December 10, 2011 at 12:07pm — No Comments

New Study Finds Nursing Homes on the Brink

Congressional cuts could push skilled nursing centers into the red
Claire Navaro (202) 898-6317
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
12/7/2011…
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Added by LTCCareer.com on December 8, 2011 at 1:16pm — No Comments

Website Offers Calif. Seniors Long-Term Care Information

The state Department of Health Care Services' California Partnership for  Long-Term Care has launched a new website -- RUReadyCA.org



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Added by LTCCareer.com on November 30, 2011 at 7:06pm — No Comments

Healthcare workers should iron uniforms after laundering

Study: Healthcare workers should iron

uniforms after laundering them at home

Hot water and an iron may be the ticket to

keeping dangerous bacteria off of nursing uniforms, a new study suggests.



Many of Britain's National Health…
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Added by LTCCareer.com on October 5, 2011 at 10:34am — No Comments

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