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Articles in Oct, 2004 issue of Nursing Homes

• Soft casegoods
• Durable and stylish chairs
• Technology for restorative programs
• Bed assist handle
• Cities in West and South have least expensive private-pay SNF rooms
  by Douglas J. Edwards
• What staff are saying: a firsthand report; A long-term care scholar visits two facilities and passes along what she heard and saw
  by Marian Deutschman
• Wellness for the subacute patient: even though they're more acutely ill than most nursing home residents, subacute patients can use wellness programs, too
  by Tobi Schwartz-Cassell
• Wallcovering
• Textile sheet flooring
• Time and Attendance reporting
• Germicidal Disposable Wipes
• Laying out the RED CARPET Program: a program created by the staff of Ideal Senior Living Center, Endicott, New York
  by Maria Motsavage
• Controlling budget variance: administrators should identify the budget items they can control versus those they can't, and have the wisdom to know the difference
  by Susan J. Penner
• Wheelchair-accessible tables
• Wireless wandering alerts
• Fast, effective equipment washer
• Solar-powered faucet
• JCAHO releases 2005 National Patient Safety Goals
  by Douglas J. Edwards
• Risk prevention means teamwork: preventing risk in a facility involves all staff and all "customers"
  by Robin A. Bleier
• Understanding the pros and cons of using feeding tubes
  by Linda Williams
• In praise of profit makers
  by Richard L. Peck
• Suspended Tables
• Odor-eliminating light
• Bariatric support surfaces
• Bedside/task lighting
• Providers receive misinformation from Medicare call centers
  by Douglas J. Edwards
• The undercover resident
  by Sandra Hoban
• Gazing into a crystal ball: a fortune-teller explains the home- and community-based future
  by Alan E. Schabes
• Design services
• Accordion doors
• Coding and documentation resources
• Privacy fabrics
• Families' anxiety increases when a relative with dementia enters a facility
  by Douglas J. Edwards
• Lawyers have gone fishing: plaintiff's attorneys are casting their lines in the long-term care pond to hook some "fishy" business
  by Ric Henry
• Avoiding drug-induced depression in nursing home residents: depression is not inevitable—but it can be caused by our treatments
  by Brian Garavaglia
• Recliner
• Mobility chair
• Resident monitoring/locating system
• Bariatric lift
• Healthcare equipment catalog
• Born to be wild … again
  by Ann Ewart Hughes
• Integrated security-response systems: one facility's answer to the challenge of providing safe, secure dementia care
  by Steven Elder
• Reclining chairs
• Ceiling-suspended tables
• Roofing tiles
• Better geriatric care isn't an 'impossible dream'
  by Paul R. Willging
• Avoiding the hidden risk that could sink your CCRC: residents are living longer—and their healthcare costs are growing
  by David Dillon
• States nationwide eye assisted living policy
  by Ann McDermott
• Late-night thoughts on culture change
  by Julie Boggess
• Carpet fiber
• Modular bathing system
• Vital Signs recording software
• NH scorecard: providers grade Washington's long-term care performance; Nursing Homes/Long Term Care Management asked readers to give Washington's policymakers letter grades on several key issues
  by Richard L. Peck
• Creating a healing environment: a Planetree pioneer explains that there's more to this than bricks and mortar
  by Allan G. Komarek
• A fresh look at interiors: experienced designers review the latest interior design trends
• Folding doors
• Outdoor furniture
• Cost-effective security and wander management
• Wandering monitor
• New Medicare law includes study of LTC background checks
  by Douglas J. Edwards
• Modernizing the mission
  by Richard L. Peck
• Enhancing Medicare PPS service quality and reimbursement: today's highly challenging post-acute care environment can be mastered with a systematic approach
  by James J. Riemenschneider
• Vinyl flooring
• Innovative heel support
• Floorcovering
• Time to AIM at career development: long-term care managers have a new opportunity to spread their professional wings
  by Richard L. Peck
• Innovative illness-prevention strategies for long-term care: humorous and hands-on approaches can help heal
  by Elizabeth P. Fuss
• Continuing education test #90 based on nursing homes October 2004