With the right training, process, and resources, long term caregivers can confidently treat residents with opioid use ...

Training staff proactively is key to effective de-escalation. Advance preparation empowers staff to act confidently when a situation with an agitated resident emerges. At a minimum, training should ...

Cedar Ridge Health Campus, located in Cynthiana, Kentucky, and part of Trilogy Health Services, recently earned the 2024 Silver – Achievement in Quality Award from the American Health Care Association ...

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A typical day for an activities director does not exist. Perhaps apt descriptions for these professionals would be whirling dervishes, as they flit from one resident to the next, anticipating and ...

Addressing a shortage of workers in long term care is a process extending past recruiting and hiring. Retention requires employees be engaged, happy, and empowered with internal procedures. Mark ...

Stringent Standards: What Do They Mean? The OSHA Respiratory Protection Standard requires nursing facilities, assisted living communities, and ID/DD centers, among other health care organizations, to ...

In this episode, host Debbie Stadtler talks with Clif Porter, II, the newly appointed CEO of the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living. Porter shares his career ...

When LaShuan Bethea entered the senior living industry after graduating high school, she had no idea she’d spend the next 25 years in it—let alone that she’d become one of its most important advocates ...

In many cases, skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) care for more medically complex patients than home health agencies or other post-acute care facilities. For example, 47 percent of SNF residents have ...

The American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) has formally announced the appointment of Clifton J. Porter, II as the new president and chief executive officer ...