PentaStar Collaborative published a survey of 356 nursing home administrators on the CMS Five Star Rating System and how they felt it would effect their facilities. Find the survey here. Two items stood out for me. When asked what effect their rating would have on the perception of their facility...
Archives: June 2009
Sue Jamison; UK Based Healthcare Consultant
Sue Jamison; UK Based Healthcare Consultant Sue Jamison is our UK based Healthcare Consultant. Sue has a track record of initiating and implementing strategic development, and exploiting profitable business opportunities between commercial organisations and their target healthcare market. Working with both the private and public healthcare sector, Sue is able...
Guest Blog in Long-Term Living Magazine
Read and view our guest blog in Long-Term Living Magazine.
More About Intergenerational Programming
The New Old Age column in the NYT ran a good article on intergenerational programming where adult day and child day care are combined. It speaks mostly to the benefits to elders. Yet there are great benefits to our youth. The Harvard School of Public Health-Met Life Foundation Initiative on...
Is Home Always the Best Place for our Elders
The NYT’s New Old Age column earlier this month contrasted the lives of two people aging in place and wondered whether in at least one case if the person was better served in an assisted living facility. This actually represents an opportunity for ltc providers to educate the public about...
Vivek Shukla; India Based Consultant
Vivek Shukla Vivek Shukla is a leading healthcare marketing professional in India. He completed his MBA from Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, New Delhi in 1998. For the past 10 years he has created strategic advantages for over 24 hospitals across India and abroad. He has also trained hundreds...
Elder Abuse Awareness Day June 15
June 15 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. The goal of the day is to recognize elder abuse as a public health and human rights issue and to raise awareness to ultimately put an end to the abuse and neglect of older adults. This annual observance of World Elder Abuse...
Congressional Call In Day
Tomorrow is another AAHSA congressional call in day. Call to make sure long term care is part of healthcare reform. Find out more here.
Better Training Needed for Activity Directors
Activity directors in nursing homes are a special group but just like nursing homes some are better than others. Perhaps it has to do with training. More than likely perhaps it has to do with whether they have a real affinity and love for seniors.