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Okeechobee Healthcare Facility in Okeechobee, FL, recently earned a five-star quality rating, placing it in the elite top 10% of U.S. Medicare facilities. This month we continue our discussion with [...]

Okeechobee Healthcare Facility, a 190-bed nursing home in Okeechobee, FL, recently received a five-star quality rating from the government. "The most important asset a facility has is its employees," states [...]

This month we continue our discussion with Jill Allin, director of sales and marketing for Village Shalom in Overland Park, KS. Its nursing home component has won several awards for [...]

One of the primary concepts behind the Promoting Excellent Alternatives in Kansas (PEAK) award is promoting culture change in nursing homes. Jill Allin, director of sales and marketing for Village [...]

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently released a new rating system to grade the 16,000 nursing homes in the United States that participate in Medicare or Medicaid. With [...]

Palm Garden in Ocala, FL, is a 180-bed skilled 'living' facility where residents are known as 'community members,' and the focus is on wellness, not illness. In the year since [...]

In the six months since Brinton Manor of Glen Mills, PA, teamed up with Kiwanis International, the nation's first SNF-based Aktion Club has already proven a huge success. Acting Administrator [...]

A 2007 study in the journal Neuroepidemiology estimates that 3.8 million people in the United States have dementia. The progressive decline in cognitive and physical abilities among this population makes [...]

It's been a year since the inception of "Leading by Example," and looking back, we are amazed at the innovative practices taking place in nursing homes across the United States. [...]

As a general dentist, Kristin Outlan routinely saw dementia patients bussed in to her office from nursing homes and left for hours at a time. Not only would their behavior [...]

No matter one's age, oral health is extremely important. Problems that start in the mouth can negatively affect other conditions and hamper overall wellness. And in an elderly population, often [...]

Brinton Manor of Glen Mills, PA, knows how to maintain close ties to the community. This forward-thinking facility has teamed with global service organization Kiwanis International, which focuses on humanitarian [...]

This month we continue our discussion with Joyce Ebmeier of Tabitha Health Care Services. A 25-year veteran of the nursing home industry, Ebmeier talked about the social benefits of the [...]

The nursing home industry isn't known for setting trends, but that landscape may be changing. The Green House Project, which reinvents traditional nursing home environments, is setting the standard for [...]

One of the toughest challenges faced by every nursing facility is meeting residents' nutritional needs. It's not simply a matter of serving enticing and nutritious meals. Sometimes residents just lose [...]

Dinner dates, family picnics, summer barbecues, Sunday brunch--let's face it: Food brings so much pleasure that we plan entire events around it. That feeling shouldn't end once you move into [...]

St. Paul's Towers in Oakland, CA, is a striking facility with its sweeping views of Lake Merritt, lush rooftop garden and cozy atmosphere. But that's not what makes it such [...]

ManorCare on Rossmoor Parkway in Walnut Creek, CA, is the whole package--with good looks and a proven track record to back it up. The facility has a 'homey' feel that [...]

The Jewish Home of Los Angeles conducted extensive research prior to building its own very progressive dementia care facility. Molly Forrest, CEO & President, shares implementations that made the most [...]

Despite its limited budget, the Los Angeles Jewish Home for the Aging ranked at the top of our list when it came to finding a nursing home in L.A. that [...]

There is no magic formula for building your dream team. But after talking with Jim Lee, administrator of Nineteenth Avenue Healthcare in San Francisco, we learned some tried-and-true tactics that [...]

This book should, perhaps more appropriately, be called 'How to Do Everything with Your Scanner and Image Editing Software'. Fully one-third of the content is devoted to manipulating the image […]