By Patricia Cullen on
10/12/2009 2:10 PM
After spending a few days with my peers from around the country at the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) convention, and after getting updated on challenges with both the Medicare and Medicaid program in a variety of depressing ways, the focus on financing reform has never seemed as important as it is today.
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By Patricia Cullen on
9/28/2009 2:11 PM
As we await the October release of an investigative story on falls in nursing facilities, which we believe will have a sensational-and not too positive-tone, I think about the last few stories I read in “major” newspapers about older adult services.
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By Patricia Cullen on
9/8/2009 1:13 PM
There have been a few polls hitting the press during the past week - some more scientific than others, of course. At the State Fair, both the state House of Representatives and Senate encouraged passersby in the Education Building to put down their food on a stick and take a written poll with official looking ballots and even a ballot machine.
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By Patricia Cullen on
9/2/2009 8:32 AM
With the dust just settling from the 2009 Assisted Living & Senior Housing Summit, I wanted to share a few reflections about the content, attendee responses, and “carry-forwards.”
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By Patricia Cullen on
8/10/2009 10:11 AM
Usually the information contained in a blog is less objective than a news story (allows me some room for editorial opinions!). However, I am diverting a bit from my own blog etiquette with this particular message - which is to encourage the meeker, shyer member to step out of the “someone else will do this” mode and take an easy step forward into the advocacy world.
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By Patricia Cullen on
7/21/2009 3:13 PM
Staff at the Association have been spending many hours in recent weeks trying to herd the cats that have suddenly appeared under the banner of managing increasing expenditures for home and community-based services.
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By Patricia Cullen on
7/6/2009 3:14 PM
Once we reach the July 4th holiday, it seems like we move from summer vacation planning to back-to-school and legislative session planning in a nanosecond.
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By Patricia Cullen on
6/23/2009 1:03 PM
It is so very difficult these days to find lemonade in the pile of state budget lemons that have been dropped on your/our doorstep but here goes anyway!!
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By Patricia Cullen on
6/9/2009 8:59 AM
As we anxiously await the announcement from Governor Tim Pawlenty on how he has decided to “trim” an additional $2.7 billion from the state’s budget, we have gathered a great deal of information on what can/cannot be done in response.
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By Patricia Cullen on
5/20/2009 1:36 PM
What a difference a day (or two) makes when the Legislature is in session. Nobody predicted the ending of the “ultimate show-down" -- not even the long-time fellow political “hacks” (including me) who had all predicted a protracted session to reach agreement on revenue sources necessary to fill the budget hole.
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