If we want to create nursing homes where staff thrive—and residents receive the quality care they deserve—we must start by ...

Healthcare Workforce Management Report reveals disconnects between care staff and administrators and offers strategies to ...

CNA training serves as a crucial entry point into health care, combining flexible education options with practical skills to prepare and retain compassionate, competent caregivers. Ideally, training ...

In this episode, host Debbie Stadtler is joined by Jalene Carpenter, president and CEO of the Nebraska Health Care Association, and Zach Shamberg, president and CEO of the Pennsylvania Health Care ...

With the so-called silver tsunami of aging baby boomers well on its way, long term care operators have no choice but to adapt to this new generation of customers—if they haven’t already. One of the ...

The American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) honored the 2024 National Quality Award recipients in April during a special award ceremony at the Quality Summit ...

A wheelchair-bound resident was riding the shuttle to a doctor’s appointment when the van got in a fender-bender at an intersection. The wheelchair’s locking mechanism failed, the chair tipped over, ...

AHCA/NCAL helps shape and execute federally-funded research across the country that will deliver solutions to our members. We are action-oriented—we want to find out what works to achieve better ...

The word crisis can evoke scary thoughts of hurricanes, floods, and wildfires, all of which ravaged parts of the United States recently and forced many nursing homes into emergency mode. However, ...

Behavioral Health Solutions Appoints Sarah Dirks as Senior Vice President of Business Development ...

Enhanced barrier precautions (EBP) are part of life in long term and post-acute care, but recent updates to the State Operations Manual (SOM) suggest this is a good time for a fresh look at EBP and ...