Recent Articles
March 19, 2010
A recent legal settlement regarding mentally ill nursing home residents in Illinois has the potential to transform the state's long-term system. It also likely will have a ripple effect on the field nationwide.
March 16, 2010
This week and next will largely determine the fate of healthcare reform. Of course, we in the media have been offering variations on that theme a lot during the past year.
March 11, 2010
Hungry for information? We thought so. That's why we're offering our fourth annual online expo later this month.
March 10, 2010
There is more and more talk in state legislatures of finding new ways to dispose of unused medications at healthcare facilities. This is an idea whose time has come.
March 01, 2010
Mark McClellan, Director and Fellow, Brookings Institution
February 22, 2010
The release of President Obama's healthcare reform proposal couldn't have come at a better time. The American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging is holding its advocacy conference in the capital this week.
February 19, 2010
When long-term care providers hit Capitol Hill Tuesday their congressmen better be prepared.
February 17, 2010
The horror in Haiti has struck home for Port Chester Nursing and Rehabilitation Centre. Certified nursing assistant Marie Rosela Anacreon died during the earthquake. She had been visiting her mother in Port-au-Prince.
February 12, 2010
Imagine finding two bags with thousands of dollars in it. Then consider returning them to a nursing home, the rightful owner. That's what Barry Stringer did, and news of his good deed has stretched far and wide.
February 09, 2010
Watching a resident jump out of an airplane. Seeing a resident die holding her loved ones. Improving the dining experience at a community. These are some of our readers' most memorable moments. Read on to see why.