Charles de Vilmorin and Jennifer Stelter, Psy.D. Job descriptions for activity directors in senior living usually read as follows: “Provide activities that meet the residents’ preferences and needs.” ...

Planning and implementing in a nursing home setting is part of a broader process. The two other parts to the process are assessment and evaluation. If you own or manage a nursing home, using this ...

The Social Security Act mandates that all nursing homes participating in the Medicare program—currently more than 14,000—undergo an annual recertification inspection, known as a standard survey, to ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has for the first time revealed key facts about its shorter survey option for select, “higher quality” nursing homes, including how many state survey ...