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This addition's a natural fit

January 15, 2008

An Ohio CCRC uses rooftop gardens and open green spaces both to be environmentally conscious and to bring a sense of nature to residents.

A marriage of convenience

December 01, 2007

Florida community combines amenities with functionality, allowing residents to shelter-in-place, if necessary, in a comfortable setting

Hip protectors do not cut falls risk, new study finds

September 10, 2007

It appears that energy-absorbing hip protectors do not help prevent the nearly 340,000 hip fractures that occur each year, including those that occur in nursing homes, a study from Harvard Medical School suggests.

Nursing Home Design - Samaritan Manor, Detroit

September 01, 2007

Motown receives its first new nursing home since the 1980s. Private rooms lend a homelike touch to the renovated hospital space

'Superbug' outbreaks thrust SNF residents into spotlight

June 01, 2007

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Hospital recently set off warning sirens for long-term care providers when they announced that patients who were transferred from nursing homes and other long-term care facilities were many times more likely to carry "superbugs" than other hospital patients.

Profile - Investing in bonds

December 06, 2006

Angelo S. Rotella, AHCA Board of Governors Chairman It may seem ironic to some that the operator of two small facilities in the country's smallest state is the biggest officer in the nation's largest nursing home association. But not to those who know Angelo Rotella well.

Profile — Culturally minded: John A. Diffey, president and CEO, The Kendal Corporation

November 08, 2006

A blind advertisement led John Diffey to his first job in long-term care, but he contends that a professional life in nonprofit human service has been calling him since college and graduate school in the 1970s.

Bathing problems hike SNF risk

October 16, 2006

An older person who has trouble bathing faces a 77% greater chance of a long-term nursing home admission, a new study has determined.

Report: Medicaid shortfalls to reach $4.5 billion in '06

September 08, 2006

The gap between allowable Medicaid costs and actual state payments to nursing home operators will hit $4.5 billion this year, according to projections from an industry-backed study.

Kindred sues Ventas in rent flap

July 10, 2006

Nursing home chain Kindred Healthcare Inc. has sued its main landlord, Ventas Inc., in New York State Supreme Court in an increasingly messy scrap over proposed rent increases.
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