Long-term care providers looking to set and achieve quantifiable improvement goals, unique to their organization, are invited to attend a webinar hosted by the American Health Care Association at 2:00...
National assisted living provider conference kicks off Tuesday
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 08, 2013
The National Center for Assisted Living opens its annual spring conference Tuesday at the Westin Beach Resort in Fort Lauderdale, FL. An “intense, in-depth learning experience” that will focus...
Medline launches quality improvement program
Mar 05, 2013
Medline Industries has launched a program intended to support four key quality goals of the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living. Called Advancing Quality Together,...
Survey assesses turnover and retention rates among assisted living workers
By
McKnight's Staff
Oct 16, 2012
The overall retention rate for all assisted living employees was 73% in 2011, a new survey from a provider group finds.
Nation’s largest nursing home association to hold annual meeting in Tampa
By
McKnight's Staff
Oct 05, 2012
Members of the American Health Care Association will gather Sunday through Wednesday in Tampa for the group’s 63rd annual convention and expo. Keynote speakers include best-selling business author...
Assisted living group launches quality improvement initiative
By
McKnight's Staff
Sep 26, 2012
A new quality initiative program unveiled Wednesday targets off-label use of antipsychotics, hospital readmissions and staff turnover in assisted living communities.
A tip of the cap to long-term care providers trying to get it right
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 22, 2012
Quit your whining.
States are actively working to regulate assisted living facilities, report says
By
McKnight's Staff
Mar 08, 2012
States were actively refining and developing new regulations to monitor assisted living facilities during 2011, an annual report finds.
Quality the focus of AHCA/NCAL symposium Feb. 23-24
By
McKnight's Staff
Feb 17, 2012
The nation’s largest nursing home association and its sister assisted living group will be putting quality practices for long-term care operators under the microscope next Thursday and Friday in...
New Jersey’s real giants?
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 08, 2012
What a week for New Jersey. It started with the pro football team that has its roots there winning the Super Bowl, and it’s going to end with a first-in-the-nation effort by the state’s assisted...