Polypharmacy, the concurrent use of multiple medications by a patient, is a growing concern in senior care. As the elderly population continues to grow, so too does the prevalence of chronic ...

Healthcare Workforce Management Report reveals disconnects between care staff and administrators and offers strategies to ...

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Long term care services are in greater demand than ever. Given that the oldest Baby Boomers will turn 80 next year, the industry has responded by improving operations, leveraging technology, ...

There is always a new technology hitting the market, and with it comes promises of innovative capabilities and a slew of bells and whistles. It’s easy to feel like a kid in a high-tech candy store as ...

Assisted living communities and nursing homes are seeing more residents with opioid use disorder (OUD), chronic mental health issues, and traumatic brain injuries. These special populations require ...

The Need for Innovation in Memory Care Memory care involves addressing the nuanced needs of residents facing cognitive impairments such as Alzheimer’s or vascular dementia. These conditions often ...

If we want to create nursing homes where staff thrive—and residents receive the quality care they deserve—we must start by ...

The point of value-based care or managed care principles is to offer heightened preventive care to patients/residents and get ahead of possibly more serious developments. This type of care is ...

The course, whose development was financed by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, prepares nurses for the ANCC Certification Exam in Gerontological Nursing, something it’s done quite successfully ...

Attracting and retaining good staff is about more than wages and traditional benefits. Increasingly, the key to engaged teams involves three Ps—partnerships, personalized perks, and personal or ...

Adams: Just having DEI discussions is a sign of success. A few years ago, you would not hear people talking in the workplace about DEI like we do now. Residents have expectations of communities ...