Long-Term Care Archive

Who are the caregivers seeking content to help them make crucial health decisions? How can your brand reach them most effectively? A January study from Edelman of 1500 adults online provides key insights into the reliance levels, content demands, trust, and sharing practices of digital ...Read More

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced yesterday an initiative to improve technological connectivity between Medicaid providers. Long-term care and other sectors that have been slower to adopt emerging technologies will receive funding to help “enhance the sustainability of health information exchanges” ...Read More

Research from NYU last June indicates writing activities may enhance a sense of meaning in life for older adults who live independently. Wharton professor Adam Grant touts the benefits of writing to increase health, happiness, and productivity. Now the Living Legends occupational therapy program ...Read More

A December 2015 article in the Journal of Aging Studies calls for a “social revolution in residential care.” The authors highlight that loneliness and depression continue to be critical concerns across the spectrum of senior living and care communities. Reports of loneliness and depression are ...Read More

A new resource in senior living promises an “enormous upside” for everyone in the industry, said ASHA President David Schless of the American Seniors Housing Association‘s recently-launched website, Where You Live Matters. The website’s goal is to offer “unbiased, fact-based, and time-tested answers” to ...Read More

With more Americans living past 100 than ever before, Terry Fulmer, president of the John A. Hartford Foundation, points to a growing need to “have all the supports in place to assure not just a long life but a high quality of that long ...Read More

A new study on telemedicine and e-health concludes that emergency department use declines with increased engagement in telemedicine programs. University of Rochester and University of Wisconsin researchers studied the rate of emergency department use among senior living communities using telemedicine to greater and lesser ...Read More