The first in an article series about the challenges and opportunities the silver tsunami will bring to long term care in the ...

Changes in the Acuity of Patients Admitted to SNF After 3-Day Hospital Stay During Pandemic ...

In this episode, host Debbie Stadtler sits down with Katie Colgan, executive director of Integrated Networks for the American Healthcare Association, to explore the growing shift toward value-based ...

All older patients are not the same. The characteristics and needs of community-dwelling versus long term care (LTC) facility-dwelling individuals are different. Unsure how to manage LTC residents, ...

According to AHCA/NCAL, a provider-owned network may have two tiers: 1) the Messenger Model and 2) Clinical and/or Financial Integration. A Messenger Model allows the network to serve, as the name ...

It is no surprise that our population is aging, and as we get older, the prevalence of chronic conditions increases. The average age of an individual living in an assisted living community is 84 years ...

A typical day for an activities director does not exist. Perhaps apt descriptions for these professionals would be whirling dervishes, as they flit from one resident to the next, anticipating and ...

For itself, Families for Better Care says that it’s “a nonprofit citizen advocacy group dedicated to creating public awareness of the conditions in our nation’s nursing homes and other long term care ...

Integrated networks help providers improve the quality of life for residents, decrease administrative burdens, and improve ...