Contemporary Long Term Care articles from December 2002

Contemporary Long Term Care archives from December 2002

Holiday blues. (Perspectives).
December 1, 2002... Despite halls decked with bows of holly and silver bells announcing Christmas, some of your residents may not appear to be filled with holiday spirit. But this may not necessarily mean that they aren't feeling joy--or any other...

Your voice.
December 1, 2002... A Great Company Exits On July 11 Marriott announced its decision to exit the senior living business and to pursue strategic alternatives for the business, with the most likely outcome being a spin-off of the business. A decision as to the...

AAHSA study shows nursing homes losing money. (Front Page).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... If you've ever heard a nursing home operator complain that it's hard to make a living in this business, it's 2 safe to assume they're not exaggerating. Most nursing homes are running in the red, according to a new report from the American...

Vineland veterans makes history again. (Front Page).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... A century ago, the nation's first long term care facility for veterans opened in Vineland, N.J. Now, the country s first assisted living unit in a state-run veteran's home will appear on the same spot. When completed in spring 2005, the...

Clarification.(Brief Article)(Correction Notice)
December 1, 2002... The name of William Sterling and his firm, Sterling Associates Inc. in Cambridge, Mass., was inadvertently omitted from the 2002 Order of Excellence Awards story. Sterling contributed master planning and conceptual design work to the Traditions...

Gambling on the future. (Front Page).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Gambling hotlines across the nation are seeing a rise in the number of seniors who call them for help. The California Council on Problem Gambling documented an increase to 15 percent last year up from 12 percent from June 1998 through...

Further investment, funding needed for pending Nurse Reinvestment Act. (The Nation).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... The Nurse Reinvestment Act, signed into law by President Bush on Aug. 1, is considered a shot in the arm for the health care industry, an antidote experts hope will encourage careers in nursing, ending the critical shortage. But the new law...

Nursing home quality data goes live. (The Nation).
December 1, 2002... In an attempt to help consumers make good choices in selecting nursing homes, the federal government has begun posting comparative quality data about the nation's long term care facilities at its Medicare Web site. The Centers for Medicare...

View from the hill. (The Nation).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Editor's Note: The following bills pertaining to issues affecting the long-term care industry were making their way through Congress as of Nov. 12, 2002. Bills listed in previous issues that do not appear here have seen no new action being...

Quality measure turns sour. (State Side).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... What started as a way for California consumers to select a high-quality long term care home from among 1,400 nursing homes has turned into a bad report card for the industry. According to a study at the California Healthcare Foundation's...

Times stings N.Y. nursing homes, Pataki. (State Side).
December 1, 2002... Nearly a dozen New York City nursing homes were stung by a recent New York Times article which alleged that some facilities violated the civil rights of mentally ill residents by keeping them isolated and locked in. But some New York...

Report cites neglect, death. (State Side).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... A recent series of articles in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper stating that thousands of nursing home residents have died due to understaffing, poor government reimbursement and law enforcement's reluctance to prosecute those responsible...

Making a difference in many lives. (Community Spotlight).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... NEW YORK, N.Y. -- The New York Congregational Nursing Center is not afraid to tell you that Oct. 13 was a regular three-ring circus. That's because it was a complete circus--with llamas to pet, goats to feed, hot dogs to munch, music for...

Dollars from heaven. (Community Spotlight).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... NEW YORK, N.Y. -- Pop star Elton John and broadcaster Barbara Walters loaned their notoriety to a gala, black-tie affair which raised $1.27 million for the Jewish Home and Hospital in New York City. The event celebrated the Eisner family's...

Exercising her privilege. (Community Spotlight).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... SHELTON, Conn. -- Effie Hobby knows what a long way we've come. This 105-year-old woman was 23 years old when the 19th Amendment was adopted in August 19th and women were first given the right to vote. That year, she cast her vote for...

Achieve merges with Patient Technologies. (Market Watch).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Achieve Healthcare Information Systems changed its name to Achieve Healthcare Technologies following its merger with Patient Technologies Inc. According to company officials, the merger is part of Achieve's efforts to provide technology that...

Jury awards $50 million in wrongful death lawsuit. (Market Watch).
December 1, 2002... A wrongful death suit against Heartland of Clarksburg, W. Va., and its parent company, Toledo, Ohio-based Manor Care, Inc., has resulted in one of the largest civil monetary damage awards in the state's history. In November, a Harrison...

Golden Slipper Uptown Home. (Corporate Ladder).
December 1, 2002... Suzanne Waldo has bean appointed assistant executive director and Michele I. Kramer, LCSW, has been appointed director of social services at Golden Slipper Uptown Home in Northeast Philadelphia, Pa.

Harvard Alumni Association. (Corporate Ladder).
December 1, 2002... Dr. Arthur Levin, medical director for Health Plus in Brooklyn, N.Y., and board member of the Jewish Home and Hospital in New York, has been named an appointed director of the Harvard Alumni Association.

LaConner Technologies. (Corporate Ladder).
December 1, 2002... Mary Ann Dundon has joined LaConner Technologies in LaConner, Wash., as vice president, sales & marketing.

NewSeasons. (Corporate Ladder).
December 1, 2002... Susan Press has been named general manager of NewSeasons at Allentown (Pa.) Assisted Living Community.

Generations HealthCare Management. (Corporate Ladder).
December 1, 2002... The National Center for Assisted Living Board of Directors and State Leaders reelected Jan Thayer head of Excel Development Corporation, headquartered in Lincoln, Neb., as chair; Robert Van Dyk, president and CEO of Van Dyk Senior Living,...

Advantage Marketing Services. (Corporate Ladder).
December 1, 2002... Sue Allison, founder and president of Advantage Marketing Services in Forsyth, III., has reopened the company to provide marketing consulting and advertising services for providers of seniors' health care and retirement communities.

Alzheimer's Association. (Corporate Ladder).
December 1, 2002... Sheldon Goldberg has been named president and chief executive officer of the Alzheimer's Association.

Merrill Gardens. (Corporate Ladder).
December 1, 2002... Robin Buban has been named vice president of operations for Merrill Gardens, a Seattle-based owner and operator of assisted living retirement communities

SunLink and HealthMont merge. (Market Watch).
December 1, 2002... In a deal valued at about $15.3 million, Atlanta-based SunLink Health Systems Inc. reports that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire HealthMont Inc. SunLink owns and operates community hospitals in four states, including nursing...

Sunrise makes Forbes' '200 Best' list. (Market Watch).
December 1, 2002... Forbes magazine recently released its list of '200 Best Small Companies" and among the elite group was Sunrise Assisted Living. The McLean, Va. based company came in at No. 141. Each company on the list had to be a public company with...

Market leaders.
December 1, 2002... Market Leaders The top-performing stocks among the long term care industry's publicly traded companies during the past month: New York Stock Exchange Closing Closing Net Price ...

Safe and sound: tackling the wandering problem with products and strategies. (Operations).
December 1, 2002... The risks of wandering--typical of residents with Dementia, Alzheimer's and Huntington's Disease--are so great that nursing homes once employed harsh measures to prevent such events. Wandering behavior that results in elopement--when a resident...

Xmark - keep residents safe through wander prevention. (Advertorial).
December 1, 2002... Ontario-based Xmark has a talent for seeing the potential for innovative products in new markets. After building a growing business in vibration monitoring equipment as Instantel Inc., the company identified the need for products and services...

RoamAlert system. (Advertorial).
December 1, 2002... Wandering residents can be a challenge in today's busy nursing homes, assisted living and rehabilitation facilities. Although tagging systems have been available for more than a decade, a renewed focus on these wandering systems has emerged in...

Simply strategy: it can be a real problem insuring long term care facilities--but not if you use some practical solutions. (Risk Management).
December 1, 2002... Remember the old days when all you did when you needed liability insurance was call your favorite broker or hand out a few business cards during a trade show? Not anymore. Nationwide, long term care facility operators face a liability insurance...

Postmortem procedures: services for the deceased need the same respect as when the person was alive. (Human Resources).
December 1, 2002... A loved one's impending death is never easy for family members. It's also not a simple matter for caregivers. A lot of groundwork goes into handling a resident's death, including dealing with the caregiver's own feelings on death and...

Get 'em while they're young: the boomers can really impact senior living--but can we wait until 2021? (Marketing/Sales).
December 1, 2002... For more than 50 years the baby boomers have been big news. This generation, born from 1946 to 1963, has been constantly touted as our "economic saviors' because of their size. But let's forget all the hype for the moment and ask a...

Inside information: two new lender and investor surveys give insight into the financing environment. (Finance).
December 1, 2002... Providers can catch a glimpse into the likely activity of lenders and investors by looking at the results of an annual survey report produced by the National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industries (NIC). Conducted jointly...

A new world: handling diversity among staff and residents means going back to [everyone's] values. (Caregiving).
December 1, 2002... If you've been in the long term care industry for a while, you've probably seen the faces of your patients change in more ways than one. The percentage of foreign-born people in the United States is more than double that of 30 years ago.(1)...

Clinical/MDS & Financial Software, Pro-tracking. (Shopper: Computer Software).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... * HIPAA ready--CMS fiscal intermediary approved * Our QM/Ql tool works with any MDS software * Proven partner--Accu-Med is technically and financially stable Accu-Med Services Inc. 300 Techne Center Drive Milford, OH...

Visual Group Planner. (Shopper: Computer Software).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... * schedule appointments, meetings, tasks, jobs, clients and service calls in seconds * helps coordinate staff, increases schedule communication and boosts productivity Atlas Business Solutions Inc. Jeremy Horst, Marketing Manager...

Computers/Technology. (Shopper: Computer Software).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Advanced Answers On Demand is an information management system designed to meet the special needs and requirements of the Senior Health Care industry. Our software integrates a complete accounting package with clinical, operational and home...

Visual Staff Scheduler PRO 6.0. (Shopper: Computer Software).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... * powerful, easy-to-use, staff scheduling system * create professional-looking schedules, increase staff-scheduling accuracy, save time and help avoid scheduling conflicts Atlas Business Solutions Inc. Jeremy Horst, Marketing...

ECS-Electronic Chart System with Accounts Receivable & Billing. (Shopper: Computer Software).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Dedicated to long term care computer solutions since 1984, American Data has focused on daily "documentation" of care delivery staff as the true source of all other required documents. Thus, ECS-Electronic Chart System with Acounts Receivables...

SpeedeHelp for CMS Information. (Shopper: Computer Software).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... * quick access from your computer to CMS's RAI manual, SOM, Qls and RUGs * bookmarks, links and search options make navigation fast and easy * use concurrently with your MDS software Creative Solutions Unlimited Inc. Sara...

Touchtown. (Shopper: Computer Software).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... * easy e-mail software for residents * no keyboard required * free training and marketing materials included ElderVision 215 Allegheny Ave. Oakmont, PA 15139 Phone: 412-826-0460 Fax: 412-826-0155 E-mail:...

New Technology Option. (Shopper: Computer Software).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... * a solution for providers seeking the simplicity and convenience of one-stop shopping and single source support * combined solution from a single source puts an end to hardware and software conflicts * offered in three options:...

INTERACTANT by Health Care Software Inc. (HCS). (Shopper: Computer Software).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... * integrated clinical & financial management information system * designed for LTC, subacute, rehab health care providers * scalibility to support organizations with multiple facilities Health Care Software Inc. (HCS) Barbara...

IDEAL suite: including the REPS Leads and REPS Care software systems. (Shopper: Computer Software).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Integrated suite of software applications for the Senior Living Industry including REPS Leads for lead tracking and marketing analysis and REPS Care for tracking resident information, assessments and service plans. IDEAL Software Inc. ...

WebCARE. (Shopper: Computer Software).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... * integrated clinical and financial solution utilizing web-based technology and "workflow" processing to enhance care management and business-to-business relationships for the extended care market * easy-to-use solution that utilizes...

Interactive Health Network. (Shopper: Computer Software).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Computer Software MDS, care plans, physician's orders, quality indicators, resident billing, resident trust, general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll Interactive Health Network Cody White, President 17...

SchedulePro staff scheduling software. (Shopper: Computer Software).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... * easy to use * designed for long term care * multi-user friendly * unlimited user-defined shifts * handles split shifts, double shifts and shift changes * and much more... MDI Technologies Inc. 940 West Port...

Healthcare software by Momentus Health Information Systems. (Shopper: Computer Software).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Momentus comprehensive, resident-focused Electronic Health Record improves quality of care, survey compliance and reimbursement levels. Streamlined documentation increases the ability to fully capture resident information, simultaneously...

Web site wizard. (Shopper: Computer Software).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... * a powerful Web site building tool for the health care industry that gives facilities and practitioners a visible and meaningful Internet presence * build a custom-made professional Web site on-line, in real time and in one hour; update...

Quickcare. (Shopper: Computer Software).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Software * Clinical * Billing * GL, AP, AR * Payroll Quickcare Thom Taylor P.O. Box 797337 Dallas, TX 75379 Phone: 800-259-7633 E-mail: ttaylor@quickcare.com www.quickcare.com Circle No....

Health care computer software and hardware. (Shopper: Computer Software).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... * range of software applications that accommodates small, medium or large facilities, as well as multi-facility companies * financial and clinical software for all aspects of facility operations and resident care * hardware available,...

TimeWare RMS. (Computer Software).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... * TimeWare Inc. offers a full suite of labor management software, including administration, attendance, scheduling, human resources and payroll * software includes BioScreen, a computer that combines the functionality of a time clock with...

This chart highlights the software applications available from some of our Shopper participants.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... This chart highlights the software applications available from some of our Shopper participants. Financial Bank Prospective ...

TruTime Workforce Management Suite. (Innovations).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... * provides a cost-efficient, reliable and complete business tool for companies with 10 to 2,000 employees * users can interface with over 120 payroll companies * captures workforce data from a number of sources, including PDAs, the...

Interactive CD-ROM training. (Innovations).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... * Evidence of Learning is designed to provide nursing personnel the necessary training tools needed to complete safe resident transfers * nursing staff can receive training and retraining when convenient, not just when trainer is at their...

Wheelchair Guide. (Innovations).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... * offers a complete selection of wheelchairs and cushions * details how to select and size wheelchairs for your residents Direct Supply Healthcare Equipment DSHE Sales 6767 N. Industrial Road Milwaukee, WI 53223 ...

Retrofit Kit VDT screen privacy. (Innovations).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... * unique design places the computer and monitor beneath the work surface * monitor is viewed at a natural angle through a tinted, tempered glass viewport that doubles as a writing surface * Retrofit Kit accommodates standard and flat...

Korogard H400 handrail. (Innovations).
December 1, 2002... * a 6-3/8" (162 mm) handrail with a high-performance vinyl cover and wood accent * top and bottom rail covers available in 35 linear profile colors and wood accent can be specified in five coatings, creating 6,125 mix-and-match...

Facility maintenance made easy! (Innovations).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... * keep cigarette butt litter and other waste out of sight with Smokers' Outpost and StoneTec litter solutions * save time and money by replacing high-maintenance sand urns and enjoy savings for years to come Smokers' Outpost 10...

Walk of fame: from M.A.S.H. to Pearl Harbor, caregiving stars in Hollywood. (Unsung Heroes).
December 1, 2002... Editor's Note: We wanted to wrap up the year by shining our spotlight on the unsung heroes and heroines of caregiving. What better way to do that than adding a little glamour to their lives? Here are a collection of movies that give nurses a...