Specialized training is helping long term care organizations elevate care quality, strengthen staff confidence and retention, ...

The last in a four-part article series about the challenges and opportunities the silver tsunami will bring to long term care ...

Creating a culture rooted in authenticity, empathy, and transparency strengthens long term care communities by improving ...

When the first assisted living (AL) community appeared in the early 1980s, the idea of data collection and analysis to guide resident care would probably have been alien. AL care settings were based ...

In 2025, AHCA President and CEO Clif Porter challenged staff to visit member facilities to learn more and connect with staff ...

An assessment of the building design, staffing patterns, and fire protection features should be coupled with an ongoing risk ...

Emergency preparedness in senior care facilities often focuses on what’s inside the walls: evacuation procedures, emergency food and water, medical protocols, staff readiness, and more. However, there ...

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 ...

Accurate data collection and reporting are more important than ever in skilled nursing facilities. Among the challenges is coding section GG of the Minimum Data Set (MDS) that captures usual ...

Dementia care is at the heart of assisted living. That’s why this year’s National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL) Day attendees—a record of more than 300 assisted living professionals—lined up for ...

As noted previously, the association supports the bipartisan Freedom to Invest in Tomorrow’s Workforce Act. This bill, which provisions of it were included in the reconciliation package that President ...