LETTER.Building blocks I love your magazine and it is a big help to me in this field. I recently recommended that our hospital system build an assisted living as·sist·ed living n. A living arrangement in which people with special needs, especially older people with disabilities, reside in a facility that provides help with everyday tasks such as bathing, dressing, and taking medication. building with adult day care and maybe an outpatient rehab. Some of my ideas came from Contemporary Long Term Care. Lauri Higgins is nurse manager of the skilled and rehab units at St. Luke's St. Luke's or St Luke's can refer to:
An A for Advertorial ad·ver·to·ri·al n. An advertisement promoting the interests or opinions of a corporate sponsor, often presented in such a way as to resemble an editorial. [adver(tisement) + (edi)torial. The March issue of Contemporary Long Term Care was exceptional! I look forward to reading this professional journal every month of the year. Under PPS (Packets Per Second) The measurement of activity in a local area network (LAN). In LANs such as Ethernet, Token Ring and FDDI, as well as the Internet, data is broken up and transmitted in packets (frames), each with a source and destination address. life has changed for those of us trying to provide quality care for America's elderly and disabled. Therapy is one of the areas that can make a very big difference in how the community sees our facilities and makes an impression that lasts for years. The "Rehab Forum" special advertising section, sponsored by NovaCare, was informative, useful, timely, and 100 percent believable. This is an example of the professional quality material that is presented by your magazine. Thank you for your first-class style. Rick Scollon is the administrator of Highland Transitional Care This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. in Madison, Wisconsin Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The 2006 population estimate of Madison was 223,389, making it the second largest city in Wisconsin, after Milwaukee, and Complementary care I was reading with interest the article in March's issue on clinical care in assisted living ("Spotlight On"), thinking that the addition of a medical officer to oversee and establish policy for assisted living was a tremendous idea that would help to ensure the best services possible for people in need. But when Dr. Gifford was asked if all she was describing sounded like a nursing home, her response surprised me. To say that nursing homes have almost nothing in the way of prevention angered me. She also insinuated that everything done in a nursing home is done only because of a rule or regulation. I am sure she has been in a lot of nursing homes, but where? I am proud of the nursing facilities in Nebraska. We have many programs to prevent problems and encourage wellness in our residents. Restorative nursing programs and physical therapy, along with walking programs and group exercise, have long been an integral part of nursing facility care, at least in Nebraska. I believe that nursing facilities and assisted living communities can and should work together, each caring for the resident that is in need of the services offered by either place. I am not against transferring a resident of my facility to assisted living when they no longer require all the services in my facility. Can Dr. Gifford say the same? I am in the business of caring for people and will do whatever I can to improve the industry, except malign and put down assisted living. There is a place for both nursing facility care and assisted living. We must work together doing what is best for the growing numbers of elderly in our communities. Krissa Rucker is the administrator of Gordon Countryside Care in Gordon, Nebraska Gordon is a city in Sheridan County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,756 at the 2000 census. Geography Gordon is located at (42.806956, -102.203812)GR1. Well said Congratulations on your excellent article in the April issue ("Going postal"). As a retired police officer who has had to deal with many instances as you describe, I have to agree with everything you said. Between road rage See Web rage. and employee rage, we have a growing national problem. Davis A. Fincham is a product manager for Food Safety First! in Moab, Utah
Moab is a city in Grand County, in eastern Utah, in the western United States. Congratulations to contributing writer Wendy Bonifazi on a wonderful article ("Going Postal," April 1999). She certainly has a knack for pulling together many different thoughts into a smooth piece. John Luken is president of Luken Associates in LaGrange, Kentucky An accurate appraisal I enjoyed the May issue of Contemporary. The article that Wendy Bonifazi wrote about us ("Surviving the Survey") was, in my opinion, accurate, interesting, and well written. I know how hard she works as she must have called me at least three times and reviewed several pages of materials that she asked me to fax to her. I am sometimes reluctant to talk to reporters because of my concern about being misquoted. I must say that Wendy did an accurate job. Keep up the good work at Contemporary. William R. Thayer is president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Madrid Home for the Aging in Madrid, Iowa |
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