“My career goal is to be that person who helps better the quality of a person’s life.” Alicia Leo’s interest in pursuing a career as an Occupational Therapist, stemmed from her experience of caring for her grandmother, who faced serious health issues after suffering a fall and developing early onset dementia. Over time she was able to help her beloved “Noni” develop, recover, and improve the skills needed for daily living to optimize the quality of her life. Over the

Mass Senior Care will be convening a member meeting for nursing facilities in Greater Springfield/Hampden County on October 24 th at 10:30 a.m. at Wingate at East Longmeadow. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss and develop a plan regarding the impact the MGM Springfield casino project will have on staff recruitment and retention. Mass Senior Care is extremely concerned that the casino could have a devastating impact on a nursing facility’s ability to compete for staff. Western Massachusetts

On October 2, 2017, the National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care announced that it met its national goal of reducing the national prevalence of antipsychotic use in long-stay nursing home residents by 30 percent by the end of 2016. It also announced a new goal of a 15 percent reduction by the end of 2019 for long-stay residents in those homes with currently limited reduction rates. Between the end of 2011 (baseline) and the end of quarter one of 2017

CMS's new emergency preparedness requirements become effective November 16th. To help prepare skilled nursing facilities participating in Medicare and Medicaid to meet these new requirements, AHCA is pleased to offer a new Emergency & Disaster Preparedness Kit prepared by IlluminAge Communication Partners. The new kit includes three main components: Online Emergency Document Storage and Portal. This service makes it easy and fast to organize, store, and have online/offline emergency access to "must have" documents, such as emergency contact lists, evacuation

Mass Senior Care will be convening a member meeting for nursing facilities in Greater Springfield/Hampden County on October 24 th at 10:30 a.m. at Wingate at East Longmeadow. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss and develop a plan regarding the impact the MGM Springfield casino project will have on staff recruitment and retention. Mass Senior Care is extremely concerned that the casino could have a devastating impact on a nursing facility’s ability to compete for staff. Western Massachusetts

Join colleagues from across the state at our 2017 Annual Meeting & Trade Show on Thursday, November 9th at the DCU Center in Worcester. This year's theme, "Embracing End of Life Care: New Opportunities to Honor Residents' Choices" will feature a keynote address by Maureen Bisognano, President Emerita and Senior Fellow Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Co-Chair, Massachusetts Coalition for Serious Illness Care. The afternoon session will include an expert panel presentation on the importance and value of having end of

Mass Senior Care calls on Governor Baker to immediately implement $7.5 million for critically needed funding for nursing home care. We urge members to continue their tremendous advocacy effort, and to call Governor Baker by participating in the Action Alert. Last week, Mass Senior Care’s Board of Directors sent a letter to Governor Baker requesting the Administration to implement immediately the $7.5 million budget funding authorized by the Legislature on September 28 th as part of a veto override.

On October 3, 2017, the Department of Public Health (DPH) released a memorandum to make long term care facilities (LTCFs) aware that DPH has investigated a significant number of healthcare-associated invasive group A streptococcal (GAS) infections, with a large number of these cases identified in LTCFs, since the beginning of 2017. In addition, an increasing number of these cases have been associated with a cluster or outbreak of invasive GAS in a LTCF. When a facility experiences a cluster or

In the final Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System (SNF PPS), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) made an array of calculation errors. The FY 2018 SNF PPS - Final Rule Correction Notice went on display on September 30th at the Office of the Federal Register's Public Inspection Desk. This document corrects technical errors related to the wage index and budget neutrality factor provided in the final Medicare SNF Payment Rule that appeared in

Mass Senior Care is pleased to welcome our new members to the Association. Our Associate members have demonstrated their commitment to the senior care provider community by joining Mass Senior Care and participating as exhibitors and sponsors for events and educational conferences. Mass Senior Care members are encouraged to contact Associate Members when they are in need of long term care products and services. You can also find all of our Associate Members on our website. Facility Member: Mount Pleasant