Contemporary Long Term Care articles from November 2000

Contemporary Long Term Care archives from November 2000

Let's communicate.
November 1, 2000... TORRENTIAL FLOODS WERE DEVASTAT-ing a small Midwestern town where the local priest was trying to keep order even as people were being forced to evacuate. "Aren't you coming, Father? There's room for you with us," one of his parishoners...

A provider becomes president.
November 1, 2000... AAHSA appoints Georgia LTC executive president, CEO WILLIAM L. (LARRY) MINNIX JR., D.MIN., has been appointed by the Board of Directors of AAHSA as its new president and CEO effective Jan. 1, 2001. Currently president and CEO of...

UNDER THE WIRE.
November 1, 2000... Late-breaking facts CALL FOR HALT TO FLA. SNF SALE... A consortium of patient-advocacy groups recently requested Florida officials to interrupt the sale of 12 nursing homes. The Coalition to Protect America's Elders in Tallahassee said...

Minimum staffing update.
November 1, 2000... Clinton proposes federal grants totaling $1 billion PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON PROPOSED ON Sept. 16 that the federal government spend $1 billion over five years in grants to help nursing homes recruit, train, and retain staff. Clinton said...

NIC survey finds CEOs 'cautiously optimistic'.
November 1, 2000... Industry relatively stable despite staffing shortages A SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE WASHINGTON DC-based National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industries (NIC) shows that many operating-company CEOs are "cautiously...

Clinton signs Long Term Care Security Act.
November 1, 2000... Federal employees to have more affordable LTG insurance options PRESIDENT CLINTON RECENTLY SIGNED into law the Long Term Care Security Act, which allows the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to negotiate with private insurers to offer...

Corrections & amplifications.
November 1, 2000... In the October 2000 issue of CLTC, the article, "We cannot get there from here" on page 25 was a reprint of an article that originally appeared in the May 1999 issue of CLTC. The article was originally written by Genevieve Gipson, RN, MEd....

JUST THE FACTS Assisted Living Federation of America.
November 1, 2000... Who: Assisted Living Federation of America What: ALFA Fall 2000 show Where: Seattle, Wash. When: Sept 10-13,2000 THE TEE-SHIRTS FOR SALE IN PIKE'S Market exemplify what one should expect: "Come visit the Seattle rain...

JUST THE FACTS National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industries.
November 1, 2000... Who: National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industries What:l0th Annual NIC Conference Where: Washington, D.C. When: Sept. 13-15, 2000 THIS YEAR'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE was a milestone for the NIC: it turned...

Examining the 'loopholes' of spend-down.
November 1, 2000... IN COMING DECADES, GRAYING OR SEVERELY DISABLED MEMBERS of the baby-boom generation, like their predecessors, will take advantage of the asset spend down" provisions of the Medicaid law to qualify for the law's publicly financed long term...

History on a budget.
November 1, 2000... New facility gets homey, antique atmosphere for less WHEN SONNY AND BRENDA COX, OWNERS AND ADMINIS-trators of Cypress Place, a 37-bed facility located in the small historical town of Jefferson, Texas, needed help with their new assisted...

DRAWING FROM WITHIN.
November 1, 2000... ART THERAPY CAN SPEAK FOR--AND HEAL--YOUR RESIDENTS What is art therapy? If you've ever had the urge to pick up a black marker and scribble across the page, or wished you could splash giant buckets of paint all over the floor a la Jackson...

When are fees deductible?
November 1, 2000... Residents may be eligible to deduct monthly service fees Caution: The information and observations contained in this article may be subject to varied interpretations by various professionals. Each sponsor and owner/operator should seek...

Medicare funds must translate to staff.
November 1, 2000... There is a way to link staffing levels and quality of care IN THE WAKE OF A CLINTON ADMINISTRATION REPORT ALLEGING widespread understaffing in the nation's nursing homes, the chairman of a Senate committee says he will oppose reinstating...

SNFs and laboratories.
November 1, 2000... A hazardous relationship THE GOVERNMENT HAS PROVIDED CERTAIN WRITTEN OPINIONS and documents concerning the relationships between SNFS and laboratories. This level of written opinion indicates that the government views these relationships...

Cybersocial seniors.
November 1, 2000... Here's how one facility got its residents surfing the Web HEN MARTHA LUEDKE, WAS A LITTLE GIRL LIVING ON A dairy farm in North Central Wisconsin in the early 1920s, she had no electricity and no running water. She was a grown, married...

Extendicare disposes of 15 Florida SNFs and ALFs.
November 1, 2000... Extendicare Inc., based in Markham, Ontario, Canada, disposed of 11 nursing homes and four assisted living centers m Florida to affiliates of Greystone Tribeca Acquisition of New York for initial cash of US$30.0 million and contingent...

Connecticut prepares for elderly population growth.
November 1, 2000... The Connecticut Legislature is preparing for an explosion in its elderly population. It currently ranks sixth in the nation in percentage of residents over 65 years old. The state is developing three state-operated assisted living facilities...

Presbyterian Homes acquires The Moorings.
November 1, 2000... Presbyterian Homes, Evanston, Ill., has an agreement with Advocate Health Care to purchase The Moorings, a 45-acre CCRC in Arlington Heights, Ill. Terms were not disclosed. According to Advocate, the sale is part of its strategy to focus more...

McKessonHBOC gains supply assets of Med 90.
November 1, 2000... The Extended Care Division of McKessonHBOC Medical Group has acquired medical-supply assets of Med 90, Inc., a provider of long term care supplies, based in St. Louis, Mo. In a related move, Tom Grommet has joined the Extended Care Division...

I-Flow's InfuSystem wins managed-care contracts.
November 1, 2000... I-Flow Corp.'s InfuSystem subsidiary has won national network-wide contracts to provide infusion-pump management services to the 19 million managed-care members of Beech Street Corp. and Capp Care. Terms of the agreements were not disclosed....

Paradigm Senior Living partners with Ochsner.
November 1, 2000... Paradigm Senior Living, Portland, Ore., has formed a partnership with Ochsner Development Co., a single-family residential developer based in Arvada, Colo. They will develop, own, and operate the Golden Pond Senior Living Community in Golden,...

Fits in small spaces.
November 1, 2000... Compact Scottfold Towe1 Dispensers from Kimberly-Clark Corporation are designed to fit in tight spaces and dispense 9.4 or 8.1-inch towels.

Combination package makes sense.
November 1, 2000... Non-Stop Marketing Inc.'s Makes No-Scents is now available in a 17-unit combination package and will be shipped in a package designed for easy handling and storage.

Portable washer.
November 1, 2000... Goodway Technologies' GPW-1200 Portable Electric Powered Hi-Pressure Washer is compact and heavy-duty to handle the hard-to-reach spots.

Scrubber improver.
November 1, 2000... Whittaker Automatic machine mounted sprayer makes your carpet scrubber work better.

Big cleaner works in small spaces.
November 1, 2000... Tennant Company's 7100 Micro-Scrubber offers industrial strength cleaning quality in a smaller machine. It is 66.5 inches long and 33 inches wide, and can pass through a 36-inch doorway and turn in a six-foot-wide aisle.

Dual-motor vacuum.
November 1, 2000... Direct Supply's dual-motor vacuum by Kent has Kent has 15-inch cleaning path and the powerhead disconnects to convert to a handheld canister vac.