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        <title>Articles tagged with ALFA from McKnight's Long Term Care News</title>
        <link>http://www.mcknights.com/alfa/topic/11234/</link>
        <description>Articles tagged with ALFA from McKnight's Long Term Care News</description>
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          <title>RF Technologies releases revamped call stations   </title>
          <description>RF Technologies® has released a newly designed line of nurse and emergency call stations.</description>
          <link>http://www.mcknights.com/rf-technologies-releases-revamped-call-stations/article/292358/</link>
          <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
          <itunes:summary>RF Technologies® has released a newly designed line of nurse and emergency call stations.</itunes:summary>
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          <title>Bush to speak at ALFA 2013 conference</title>
          <description>The Assisted Living Federation of America will hold its annual conference and expo Monday through Thursday in Charlotte, NC, with a special speaker on Wednesday. Laura Bush, wife of former President George W. Bush, will address attendees at the ALFA Hero Awards Luncheon. More than 2,000 senior living executives from around the world will be in attendance for idea development, problem solving, networking and intense educational opportunities at the conference.</description>
          <link>http://www.mcknights.com/bush-to-speak-at-alfa-2013-conference/article/291916/</link>
          <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 16:33:10 GMT</pubDate>
          <itunes:summary>The Assisted Living Federation of America will hold its annual conference and expo Monday through Thursday in Charlotte, NC, with a special speaker on Wednesday. Laura Bush, wife of former President George W. Bush, will address attendees at the ALFA Hero Awards Luncheon. More than 2,000 senior living executives from around the world will be in attendance for idea development, problem solving, networking and intense educational opportunities at the conference.</itunes:summary>
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          <title>The incredible shrinking industry</title>
          <description>As you have conversations about being the partner of choice to help hospitals reduce readmissions, others are having conversations about how telemedicine in the home will become the new primary care office. As you strive to drive more Medicare business, experts are saying that there is excess care for seniors.</description>
          <link>http://www.mcknights.com/the-incredible-shrinking-industry/article/290375/</link>
          <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:17:25 GMT</pubDate>
          <itunes:summary>As you have conversations about being the partner of choice to help hospitals reduce readmissions, others are having conversations about how telemedicine in the home will become the new primary care office. As you strive to drive more Medicare business, experts are saying that there is excess care for seniors.</itunes:summary>
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          <title>Brookdale remains largest senior living operator in the country, ALFA rankings show</title>
          <description>Stability was a theme of 2012, at least among the biggest players in the senior living sector. The Assisted Living Federation of America recently released its annual list of the largest providers by total resident capacity, and the top 12 positions remained the same as in 2011.</description>
          <link>http://www.mcknights.com/brookdale-remains-largest-senior-living-operator-in-the-country-alfa-rankings-show/article/286739/</link>
          <pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
          <itunes:summary>Stability was a theme of 2012, at least among the biggest players in the senior living sector. The Assisted Living Federation of America recently released its annual list of the largest providers by total resident capacity, and the top 12 positions remained the same as in 2011.</itunes:summary>
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          <title>Survey: Assisted living providers and workforce see income growth in 2012</title>
          <description>The senior living business sector saw income increases for providers and workers in 2012 according to an Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA) report released Wednesday.</description>
          <link>http://www.mcknights.com/survey-assisted-living-providers-and-workforce-see-income-growth-in-2012/article/273390/</link>
          <pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
          <itunes:summary>The senior living business sector saw income increases for providers and workers in 2012 according to an Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA) report released Wednesday.</itunes:summary>
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          <title>Letter: Assisted living group pushes for industry involvement to prevent &apos;pension poaching&apos;</title>
          <description>Collaboration between senior living operators and the Veterans Administration is necessary to prevent the financial exploitation of elderly veterans, a leading provider group said Wednesday.</description>
          <link>http://www.mcknights.com/letter-assisted-living-group-pushes-for-industry-involvement-to-prevent-pension-poaching/article/244627/</link>
          <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2012 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
          <itunes:summary>Collaboration between senior living operators and the Veterans Administration is necessary to prevent the financial exploitation of elderly veterans, a leading provider group said Wednesday.</itunes:summary>
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          <title>Panel sees line blurring between skilled care and assisted living services</title>
          <description>The line separating assisted living and skilled care services continues to blur, according to panelists who spoke Wednesday at the Assisted Living Federation of America&apos;s 2012 conference and expo near Dallas.</description>
          <link>http://www.mcknights.com/panel-sees-line-blurring-between-skilled-care-and-assisted-living-services/article/241513/</link>
          <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
          <itunes:summary>The line separating assisted living and skilled care services continues to blur, according to panelists who spoke Wednesday at the Assisted Living Federation of America&apos;s 2012 conference and expo near Dallas.</itunes:summary>
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          <title>Vendors flock to Dallas for ALFA show</title>
          <description>More than 250 industry vendors will exhibit their products and services this week at the Assisted Living Federation of America Conference and Expo in Dallas. The exhibit hall will be open today and Thursday. Participating vendors represent numerous categories. These include: business services, design/development, dining, entertainment, equipment, finance, furnishings, human resources, information technology, maintenance, marketing, transportation, ancillary services and more.</description>
          <link>http://www.mcknights.com/vendors-flock-to-dallas-for-alfa-show/article/241311/</link>
          <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
          <itunes:summary>More than 250 industry vendors will exhibit their products and services this week at the Assisted Living Federation of America Conference and Expo in Dallas. The exhibit hall will be open today and Thursday. Participating vendors represent numerous categories. These include: business services, design/development, dining, entertainment, equipment, finance, furnishings, human resources, information technology, maintenance, marketing, transportation, ancillary services and more.</itunes:summary>
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          <title>In some ways, assisted living is not so different</title>
          <description>Clearly, the assisted living field has made some amazing strides in the past few decades.</description>
          <link>http://www.mcknights.com/in-some-ways-assisted-living-is-not-so-different/article/240834/</link>
          <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
          <itunes:summary>Clearly, the assisted living field has made some amazing strides in the past few decades.</itunes:summary>
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          <title>Provider group hails delay of labor board&apos;s notice posting requirement</title>
          <description>A senior living group welcomed a decision by a U.S. appeals court to grant an injunction blocking implementation of the National Labor Relations Board&apos;s notice posting rule.</description>
          <link>http://www.mcknights.com/provider-group-hails-delay-of-labor-boards-notice-posting-requirement/article/236966/</link>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
          <itunes:summary>A senior living group welcomed a decision by a U.S. appeals court to grant an injunction blocking implementation of the National Labor Relations Board&apos;s notice posting rule.</itunes:summary>
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