Featured Columns
Assisted Living: Options for Today’s Disabled War Veterans
July 2008
The current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are producing large numbers of severely disabled soldiers who upon separation from active duty will become young, disabled veterans. Currently, the Veterans Affairs Administration (VA) does not offer assisted living as a residential option and does not allow its long-term care nursing home benefit to be used to pay for assisted living....
Past Featured Columns
- Assisted Living: Options for Today’s Disabled War Veterans (July 2008)
- Pace of State Regulatory Change Increasing As Assisted Living Industry Grows – But Medicaid Coverage Wanes (April 2008)
- Medication Management in Assisted Living – Family Members’ Perspective (March 2008)
- End-of-Life Care Dementia Care Practice Recommendations for Assisted Living Residences (January 2008)
- How Do the Residents in Assisted Living and Nursing Homes Compare? (November 2007)
- Resident and Family Councils in Assisted Living (September 2007)
- Affordable Assisted Living: Myth or Reality? (August 2007)
- Meeting the Demand of Nursing Services in Assisted Living (July 2007)
- Medicaid Home and Community-Based Waiver Programs in Assisted Living (May 2007)
- Caring for Hospice Residents in Assisted Living (April 2007)
- Assisted Living: A Viable Alternative for People with Disabilities? (March 2007)
- Moving Into An Assisted Living Residence: Making A Successful Transition (February 2007)
- Assisted Living Consumers and the Power of Knowledge (January 2007)
- Assisted Living and Culture Change (November 2006)
- New Care Recommendations For Individuals With Dementia In Assisted Living Residences (October 2006)
- Assisted Living: The Next Generation (July 2006)