November 2008 29 11 Issue of McKnight's Long Term Care News

November 2008 29 11 Issue of McKnight's Long Term Care News

Features

Glad you asked

Resident satisfaction surveys are becoming widespread as consumer, regulatory pressures bear down on the industry.
 

Footing the bill

Nursing homes increasingly are seeing and treating diabetic foot ulcers. Managing and preventing them are paramount.
 

News

Critics rip findings in latest citation report

State officials and provider groups are up in arms over a recent federal report on nursing home survey violations. They argue that the aggregate deficiency ...
 

Providers take stock of nation's financial woes

An economic downturn that is causing convulsions in most states and many businesses has largely avoided the long-term care sector. But that doesn't mean that ...
 

Representatives introduce 'transparency' bill in House

Long-term care providers have offered mixed reactions to the "Nursing Home Transparency and Quality of Care Improvement Act of 2008," which was introduced in the ...
 

Leading by example

Games to engage the mind

A 2007 study in the journal Neuroepidemiology estimates that 3.8 million people in the United States have dementia. The progressive decline in cognitive and physical ...
 

Having my say

Hands say a lot about us

William L. "Larry" Minnix, Jr. President and CEO, American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
 

State News

Residents' lawsuit disputes institutional bias

Thousands of nursing home residents on Medicaid are suing the state for illegally forcing them into institutions.
 

60 Seconds with

60 Seconds with...

Dr. Charles Crecilius President, American Medical Directors Association
 

Ask the care expert

Ask the care expert

Sherrie Dornberger, RNC, CDONA, FACDONA, President, NADONA
 

Ask the treatment expert

Ask the treatment expert

Donna Sardina, RN, MHA, WCC President, Wound Care Education Institute
 

Ask the nursing expert

Ask the nursing expert

Anne Marie Barnett, RN Former President, Maryland NADONA/LTC
 

Ask the payment expert

Ask the payment expert

Patricia Boyer, MSM, NHA, RN President, Boyer & Associates, LLC
 

Ask the legal expert

Ask the legal expert

John Durso, Esq. Ungaretti & Harris LLP
 

Design

Willing to take the LEED

A Washington state facility has become the first in the country to become LEED® certified, a sign of its environmental commitment.
 

The big picture

The party's over: Let's clean up

As this goes to press, lawmakers are deciding how to set aside $700 billion or so for distressed financial institutions. Most sides seem to agree ...
 

Editor’s desk

Ready or not, here come the federal star ratings

The era of the venerated five-star nursing home could be just around the corner. Then again, it might not.
 

Profile

Hitting his stride

Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform
 
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