Susan Ryan named to new top position at Center for Innovation
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 28, 2022
The Center for Innovation, or CFI, the parent organization of the Green House Project and Pioneer Network, is reorganizing its leadership as it focuses on growth.
LTC alliance aims to bring ‘real systemic transformation’
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 28, 2022
The Green House Project and Pioneer Network are entering into a formal alliance in a push to bring system change towards long-term care reform.
Where did person-directed care go?
By
Penny Cook
Mar 15, 2021
As we mark the one-year anniversary of life-altering changes brought about by COVID-19, I think about those aspects of life that left me, and those that have arrived. What has left me? Air travel,...
Time for meaningful action on the CNA crisis
By
Jeff Jerebker
Dec 02, 2020
Staffing in nursing homes is a chronic problem that has been greatly exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and is expected to get worse. Staff shortages, high turnover and the necessity to often work two...
Focus on the resident and Requirements of Participation success will come naturally, experts say
By
Alyssa Salela
Aug 02, 2017
ROSEMONT, IL — As facilities prepare for the implementation of Phase 2 for the Requirements of Participation in November, experts had a simple message for providers on Tuesday: If you are putting the...
Do you live to eat or eat to live?
By
Ruta Kadonoff
Sep 07, 2016
Residents are people first and foremost, and they retain all the same rights as other people, including one so basic as choosing what to eat.
Webcast to ease mouth care for individuals with dementia or problem behaviors
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 21, 2013
Providers across a variety of senior care settings will learn the benefits of and best methods of providing oral care for individuals with dementia or related conditions. Poor oral hygiene has been linked...
CMS official honored for work with nursing homes
May 12, 2010
Karen Schoeneman, deputy director of the Division of Nursing Homes at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, has received the 2010 Picker Institute Award for Excellence.