TOP STORIES Experts Offer Dementia-Specific Care Approaches For Long-Term Care Providers During Pandemic In a piece for Provider Magazine (4/27, Schmitz, Sass, Wallace, Thurman, 151K), Courtney Schmitz, MS, CTRS, CDP, Corie Sass, LMHP, LCSW, CDP,, Michelle Wallace, RN-BC, CRRN, CDP, and Mary Ann Thurman, MAM, RDN, LMNT write that COVID-19 regulations for residents and workers in long-term … [Read more]

Identifyng signs of Deptession and Anxiety in People Living with Dementia Special Edition: Stories of Care This special edition series of Provider Daily is designed to keep Provider subscribers abreast of positive news in the long term care profession. To share your stories of care, please email storiesofcare@ahca.org. 101-YEAR-OLD NURSING CENTER RESIDENT SURVIVES CORONAVIRUS AFTER ESCAPING … [Read more]

AHCA/NCAL CEO Mark Parkinson Pushes for More Funding, Equipment and testing for long term care settings. AHCA/NCAL Pushes for More Funding, Equipment, and Testing Patrick Connole Mark Parkinson calls long term care the health setting most impacted by the devastation of a pandemic that has claimed more than 60,000 lives in the United States to … [Read more]

TOP STORIES AHCA/NCAL Offers COVID-19 Grant, Loan Management Primer, Along With Loss, Cost Calculator Provider Magazine (4/29, Connole, 151K) reports, “The American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) has developed a basic primer (login required) for organizing oversight and day-to-day management of the array of federal grants and loans available to long term care providers during … [Read more]

TOP STORIES AHCA/NCAL Offers Suggestions To Help Facilities Prepare For More Widespread COVID-19 Testing Provider Magazine (4/24, 151K) reported that, “recently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has emphasized the importance of testing for COVID-19 in nursing facilities, and at the same time a growing number of states are requiring testing of all residents … [Read more]