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April 19, 2024

Safeguarding Vulnerable Individuals: A Comprehensive Approach to Elopement Prevention in Care Facilities

Elopement, the unsupervised departure of individuals with cognitive, physical, mental, emotional, or chemical impairments from caregiving facilities, poses a significant risk to resident safety and we...

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July 05, 2023

Focus on Providing Care, Not Paying for It with Life-Long Term Care Hybrid

States Move to Fill Care-Coverage Gap as New Policies Offer Solutions   Recognizing that caring for a spouse or family member with a debilitating illness or injury can be costly, nearly 20 stat...

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August 17, 2017

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules Impairment Rating Evaluations Unconstitutional

In a highly anticipated decision which will have a significant impact on employers and insurance carriers with workers compensation claims in Pennsylvania, on June 20, 2017, the Pennsylvania S...

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February 06, 2017

Trends in Home-Based Long Term Services and Support (LTSS)

When Medicaid was first launched in 1965, nursing homes were by the far the dominant setting for long-term care. However, over the last 20 years, particularly the last decade, we have witness...

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September 30, 2016

Active Shooter Preparedness in Nursing Homes

An active shooter is a worst case safety scenario for any business or organization. It happens suddenly and is typically over within as little as 10 to 15 seconds, leaving victims and witness...

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June 14, 2016

Preventing Elopement in Nursing Homes

Nearly a third of nursing home residents and up to 70 percent of community-dwelling older adults suffering from cognitive decline wander from their supervised homes at least once during their...

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October 14, 2014

Controlling Insurance Costs in Assisted Living Industry

Control. For most operators, owners and CFOs in long-term care facilities, it’s not a word that comes to mind when insurance is the topic. But with price increases hitting commercial insuranc...

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June 18, 2014

Legality Reality: Litigation on the Rise for LTC Industry

How to protect your organization in a plaintiff-friendly environment by Rafael Haciski, Esq., Producer We’ve all heard the late-night television commercials of the 1990s and 2000s: “Have you ...

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