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Featured Blog Posts – September 2011 Archive (7)

CARE NOT CUTS

Cuts to Medicare and Medicaid threaten access to quality care for America's growing population of seniors.

Nursing homes, skilled nursing facilities and assisted living are all part of the solution to both rising health care costs and local job creation.

Take action today — call your Member of Congress and tell them to preserve, protect and defend quality skilled nursing and rehabilitative care for seniors and people with disabilities.

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Added by LTCCareer.com on September 17, 2011 at 1:10pm — No Comments

Small nursing homes for people with dementia provide good quality care, domestic environment

Published on September 15, 2011 at 5:46 AM·                             

Small group homes for people with dementia provide good quality care and a domestic environment where people can live as individuals and families can get involved. But tension can arise when it comes to deciding who takes…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on September 16, 2011 at 10:16am — No Comments

AdCare Health Systems Closes Acquisition of Four Skilled Nursing Facilities in Arkansas

press release

AdCare Health Systems Closes Acquisition of Four Skilled Nursing Facilities in Arkansas



 

SPRINGFIELD, OH, Sep 08, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- AdCare Health Systems, Inc.…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on September 13, 2011 at 5:44pm — No Comments

ESS White Paper - Leadership Turnover in Long-Term Care

Enclosed please find our White Paper on Nursing Home Administrator and Director of Nursing turnover within LTC.

Executive Search Solutions is a national leader in healthcare recruiting with a focus within the senior care industry. Our primary customers include Skilled Nursing Facilities, Assisted Living and Independent Living centers, Continuing Care Retirement Communities, Rehab, and Home Health and Hospice…

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Added by Tony Perry on September 11, 2011 at 6:30pm — No Comments

The Best and Worst States for Long-Term Care

The Best and Worst States for Long-Term Care

Report: Even Among the Top Performing States There Is Room for Improvement
By Matt  McMillen

WebMD Health News
Nurse and senior citizen in care home
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Added by LTCCareer.com on September 11, 2011 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Medicare Cuts Could Up Nursing Home Costs

Nursing home residents may soon face higher costs and reduced services, as planned Medicare spending cuts take effect this fall.

It's an indirect -- and, some say, unanticipated -- consequence of more

routine cost-cutting for the nation's biggest health-care provider. On July 29,

the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that, starting in

October, it will begin cutting their reimbursement rates to nursing homes by…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on September 10, 2011 at 12:30pm — No Comments

18 Best Nursing Homes

Best Nursing Homes: The U.S. News Honor Roll

below make up the 2011 Honor Roll. They were the only homes, out of more than 15,500 in the latest U.S. News Best Nursing Homes…

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Added by LTCCareer.com on September 2, 2011 at 10:16pm — No Comments

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