May 01, 2013
Q: You've been using technology in novel ways at Jewish Home Lifecare. What's the key to getting seniors to use technology to help improve their care? A: If the technology is too overwhelming, the elder's not going to use it. We've got a 70% compliance rating in terms of people who say they're going to use it every day or every other day and actually do. The reason is, it's simple.
April 01, 2013
Q: What are the top issues the Long-Term Care Commission needs to address? A: We need to address the knowledge deficits that exist in the general public about long-term care needs. And we need a new set of tools that helps people better prepare as they age.
March 01, 2013
Q: What are your goals as a member of the new national long-term care commission? A: My hope is we look at the whole system and make sure there are rational incentives. We have to take scarce resources and spread them appropriately.
February 01, 2013
What does a not-for-profit council do for a mostly for-profit association like AHCA?
December 01, 2012
Q: CMS wants nursing homes to reduce antipsychotic use by 15% by the end of 2012. How's it looking?
November 01, 2012
Nursing homes lose a ton of money on Medicaid, which I spent a lot of time at CMS talking about.
October 01, 2012
It's no secret that in this economy many of our members have faced financial stress. Some have faced conditions beyond their control, like opening a community at exactly the wrong time in this recession.
September 01, 2012
Deborah Green, MBA, RHIA, VP of Health Info Mgmt Solutions, AHIMA
July 06, 2012
What's the biggest area that auditors are zeroing in on?
June 06, 2012
With all the work going on around integrated care and managed care for dual eligibles, we're trying to show the potential with models integrating supportive services and lower income housing.
May 01, 2012
Executive vice president for the National Association for the Support of Long term Care
April 02, 2012
What's behind the push, frankly, is CMS and Congress. But we're not just being reactive. Many providers have been working hard at the local level to do a better job of dementia care.
March 01, 2012
As many as 5.1 million Americans currently suffer from Alzheimer's disease. And that number is quickly growing. As the U.S. population ages, the number of people with this terrible disease could double or more by 2050.
January 03, 2012
Ruta Kadonoff, VP for Quality and Regulatory Affairs, AHCA
November 01, 2011
Associate Professor of Health, Studies, University of Chicago
Nataly Rubinstein, MSW, LCSW, C-ASWCM, author of new caregiver book
September 01, 2011
Alan Rosenbloom, President, Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care
July 01, 2011
Michael Pepperman, Partner, Obermayer Rebmann, Maxwell & Hippel LLP
March 01, 2011
Mark Parkinson, President, CEO, AHCA/NCAL
February 01, 2011
Exec. Dir., American Medical Directors Association
June 01, 2010
Rob Winningham, Assoc. Prof. of Psychology, Western Oregon University
March 01, 2010
Carol Benner, ScM, National Director, Advancing Excellence in America's Nursing Homes Campaign
December 01, 2009
Peter Clendenin Executive VP National Association for the Support of Long Term Care
August 01, 2009
Barbara Manard, Ph.D. VP of Long Term Care/Health Strategies, AAHSA
July 01, 2009
Lyn Bentley, Director of Regulatory Services, American Health Care Association
June 01, 2009
Marie Squillace, Senior Policy Analyst, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
May 01, 2009
Mary Pat Rapp, Ph. D., RN, GN-BC, Co-Investigator, TURN Study University of Texas-Houston
April 01, 2009
Paul Katz, M.D. Geriatrics Division Director, Univ. of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
February 01, 2009
Larry Minnix, President and CEO American Assn. of Homes & Services for the Aging
January 01, 2009
Dale E. Yeatts, Professor of Sociology, University of North Texas
November 01, 2008
Dr. Charles Crecilius President, American Medical Directors Association
