Training and Incentives that Boost Retention
Government, the media, academia and especially the public are increasingly turning their attention to the hard questions about America’s aging population. One of the major intersections where all these interests collide is that group who earn their living in long-term care, especially those frontline caregivers—RNs, LPNs, nursing assistants and others—who make the strongest impressions on residents and family members.

Recruiting for Skill and Commitment
What is that crucial factor, that deal-maker of a benefit, that intangible quality to the workplace, that will turn a job applicant into a job-taker when your offer of employment is made? Once in place, how can you tell which hires will grow into stable, long-term, caring employees?

Jumping HIPAA Hurdles
The health information portion of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) will govern most aspects of the management, use, disclosure, storage, security and electronic transmission of “individually identifiable” health information.

Building a Culture of Wellness
“Wellness” can encompass physical, intellectual, social, emotional, spiritual, vocational and environmental health.

Advocacy Department
The grass roots carry the weight.

Standards Department
CCAC’s new risk management standard can reduce exposure.

Research Department
How can we most effectively meet the needs of older citizens? AAHSA’s Institute for the Future of Aging Services is a policy research center uniquely designed to answer that question.

Ideas and Innovations Department
Providers share their best ideas.

Public Communications Department
Stop calling us an “industry.”