As we close the books on 2025, the long term care landscape continues to evolve at a remarkable pace. This year brought both challenges and breakthroughs, from technological innovations transforming ...

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 ...

Trust is the hidden foundation of every long term care provider, as vital to the organization’s success as its leadership or finances. An environment built on trust is one with low staff turnover, ...

Like athletes who chase peak performance, long term care organizations pursue excellence in providing care. Specialized training that enhances skills, builds teamwork, and fills knowledge and ...

The coming silver tsunami will bring not just a wave of new customers to the senior living profession, but also a seismic shift in expectations. Unlike previous generations of customers, baby boomers ...

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 ...

In this episode, host Debbie Stadtler sits down with Nate Schema, president and CEO of Good Samaritan, to explore the challenges and opportunities shaping the financial sustainability of long term ...

As long term care providers navigate a complex web of economic and policy pressures, from historic labor shortages to ballooning operational costs, their survival increasingly depends on quality data.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) posted several key resources for the Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program (SNF QRP) for the FY 2027 and FY 2028 program years. FY ...