Doug Pace, executive director, National Commission for Quality LTC, has a very important deadline, and if he doesn't make it, he will lose his job.

For the past four years, Marianna Grachek has commuted between her home in southeastern Michigan to her job at the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations outside Chicago.

Those who have spent an appreciable amount of time in long-term care probably have had occasion to speak with Larry Lane. And that means encountering Lane's unique vocabulary.

Facilities are aging along with their residents, prompting operators to fund remodeling aimed at restoring their youth.

As Bruce Yarwood prepared to leave his native California 17 years ago for life as a lobbyist with the American Health Care Association in the nation's capital, a close friend told him to temper expectations toward his new job.

Directors of nursing are gaining more authority in long-term care facility management, but with that enhanced stature also has come a heavier workload.

Larry Harris overhauled his facility's food service program after having an epiphany. The president of the Willowbrook Christian communities in central Ohio said all it took was a night out with his wife.

Skilled nursing providers continue to hire feeding assistants despite a pending investigation requested by two congressional leaders and a consumer advocacy group's legal challenge.