Contemporary Long Term Care articles from July 2001

Contemporary Long Term Care archives from July 2001

Can you relate?
July 1, 2001... WHEN RIFKA AND I WERE PLANning our wedding, among our tasks was to determine who would and would not make the guest list. Often, the final list looks nothing like the original list. In fact, the whole morphing process of watching your guest...

Outage or outrage?
July 1, 2001... SNFs await blackout exemption ruling THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH Facilities (CAHF) has filed a petition with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) requesting that the state's skilled nursing facilities be classified...

UNDER THE WIRE.
July 1, 2001... Late-breaking facts CONNECTICUT STRIKE ENDS. Following a month-long strike involving 39 Connecticut SNFs, some 4,500 workers represented by New England Heath Care Employees Union, District 1199, have reached agreements with their...

BILL AWAITS SIGNATURE.
July 1, 2001... An omnibus bill that would bolster Texas nursing homes has landed on Gov. Rick Perry's desk. The legislation allots more than $437 million in additional funding for the state's nursing home industry. It also requires all Texas SNFs to carry...

Study finds seniors' Rx coverage costly.
July 1, 2001... According to a recent study by Express Scripts, a pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) based in Maryland Heights, Mo., analysis of millions of prescription claims shows high levels of prescription-drug use among commercially insured seniors. ...

Researchers charged with DNA theft.
July 1, 2001... Material was slated for Alzheimer's study BASIC SCIENCE RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSE of Alzheimer's disease may have suffered a setback in a bizarre series of events that might have been taken from the pages of a spy novel. In May, a...

Activist sues ManorCare.
July 1, 2001... Allegations include poor care, false advertising A LAWSUIT FILED MAY 8 IN CALIFORNIA SUPErior Court alleges that ManorCare Inc. has failed to meet state and federal minimum standards in providing nursing home care to residents in...

HOT LINK.
July 1, 2001... Merck & Co., Inc. Latest edition of a geriatric-care reference book now available online. [less than]www.MerckGeriManual.com[greater than] The third edition of The Merck Manual of Geriatrics, published in 2000, incorporates an...

Florida SNF operators welcome tort reform.
July 1, 2001... A bill signed into law May 15 by Gov. Jeb Bush will make it more difficult to bring lawsuits against Florida's nursing homes, It also requires these facilities to meet more rigorous quality-of-care requirements. While generally applauded by...

Exclusive LTC 100 conference continues to serve industry executives.
July 1, 2001... Personal introductions, fairways, and fine dining are the hallmarks of the LTC 100 annual conference of top chain executives and suppliers in the long term care industry. This year, the setting for spirited panel discussions and unique...

A little Magic works wonders.
July 1, 2001... Actually, it's about 90 pounds worth... of golden retriever MAGIC IS AN 8-YEAR-OLD GOLDEN RETRIEVER. A FORMER showdog, he was specially trained to patrol the 88-bed Saul Alzheimer's Special Care Unit of the Jewish Home and Hospital in...

Easing into the night.
July 1, 2001... A program that meets the special needs of the evening tour THOSE OF US IN LONG TERM CARE RECOGNIZE THAT THE NEED for education and exposure to creative and innovative approaches to care is crucial to all tours, but there is a tendency for...

Effective design.
July 1, 2001... "Idealized design" focuses on the relationships within an organization WHEN DISCUSSING BUILDING PROJECTS, we've all heard the maxim "form follows function," or that design should follow program, not the opposite way around. Yet how does...

A virtual COMMUNITY of caregivers.
July 1, 2001... Online access to caregiving information They are strangers, adopting aliases, tapping on keyboards, silently exchanging messages, gleaning information. Is it a spy thriller? No, we're talking listservs. Topical e-mail conversations...

What we know is not enough.
July 1, 2001... There's still plenty to learn about the cost of Alzheimer's care ONE THING WE KNOW FOR SURE: THE cost of Alzheimer's disease to American society is large and growing as our society ages and prevalence of the disease rises. In fact,...

Focus on resident value.
July 1, 2001... Achieve success one senior at a time PUTTING A PENCIL TO QUANTIFYING THE DOLLAR VALUE OF A senior's residency in your community may, on one hand, seem crude and insensitive. But on the other, it provides some simple, but very valuable...

Sunrise steps up to the Big Board.
July 1, 2001... Sunrise Assisted Living Inc. began trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) May 23 under the ticker symbol SRZ. Since its initial public offering in May 1996, the company had traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol SNRZ....

Beth Abraham receives grant for staff education.
July 1, 2001... New York City-based Beth Abraham Family of Health Services has received a $264,918 grant to fund its New York Retraining Initiative. The grant, awarded by the New York State Department of Health and Labor, will allow Beth Abraham to provide...

Alterra losses deepen in first quarter.
July 1, 2001... Alterra Healthcare Corp., a Wisconsin-based assisted living operator, reported a first-quarter loss, although revenues rebounded by 20 percent. Losses deepened to $37.6 million, or $1.70 per share, from $5.32 million, or 24 cents a share, a...

Classic Residence by Hyatt signs with Stanford U.
July 1, 2001... Classic Residence by Hyatt, the Palo Alto, Calif.-based senior living affiliate of Hyatt Corp., has signed a long-term ground lease with Stanford University. Pending regulatory approval from the state of California and the city of Palo Alto,...

CORPORATE LADDER.
July 1, 2001... Jeff Kaighn has been appointed executive director of Granite Farms Estates, an ACTS Retirement-Life Community in Media, Penn. Bill White was named executive director of Gyneed Estates, an ACTS Retirement-Life Community in Ambler, Penn....

Calderon Textiles expands operations.
July 1, 2001... Calderon Textiles has purchased a second warehouse near its Indianapolis headquarters. The company, which supplies commercial linens to the hospitality and health care industries, says that the additional facility will allow it to better...

Easier scheduling.
July 1, 2001... Atlas Business Solutions' Visual Staff Scheduler PRO 5.0 creates professional looking schedules that save time and help avoid conflicts.

Touch of class.
July 1, 2001... Carlisle FoodService Products' Marko By Carlisle 5800 Designer Series of polyester-backed, vinyl tablecloths comes in 21 patterns and colors.

Mobility monitor.
July 1, 2001... Global DME's Instant-On Patient Alert engages with contact on the pressure pad.

Touch technology.
July 1, 2001... ADL Data Systems' Touch Screen Rehabilitation module enables treatment records to be entered at the point of service.

Charting program.
July 1, 2001... Direct Supply's Charting Systems catalog offers a line of more than 400 charting products, binders, racks, and accessories. Catalog available for free.

Industrial-strength scheduling software.
July 1, 2001... RH Positive Computer Systems' RH+ is a fully integrated clinical, financial, and staff scheduling software.

Next generation Add On available.
July 1, 2001... Accu-Med Services Inc.'s Add On for Windows, a financial suite of applications for LTC is available.

Glass rack extenders.
July 1, 2001... Carlisle FoodService Products' OptiClean color-coded glass rack extenders make it easy to organize glassware.

Support surface.
July 1, 2001... SenTech Medical Systems' Thera-Turn Mellennium mattress combines digital and sensor technology with low air loss.

House calls for the psyche.
July 1, 2001... How did your weekly visits to the nursing homes come about? Anderson: After moving to the Cambridge area, the medical community, recognizing my skills and knowledge, referred their elderly patients to me. Over time, I was able to schedule...