long-term-care.advanceweb.comADVANCE for Providers of Post-Acute Care provides cutting-edge clinical and business information for health care professionals working in home care, long-term care, subacute care and assisted living. <P>AOD Software, a provider of integrated long-term care software, has obtained official approval of the AnswersElite Electronic Medication Administration Record (eMAR) system by the Ohio Board of Pharmacy (OBP). </P> <P>The OBP has stringent requirements about positive user&nbsp;identification when implementing an eMAR. Through its collaboration with The Kendal Corporation and two of its 13 continuing care retirement communities--Kendal at Granville and Kendal at Oberlin--AOD software has beenhttp://Long-Term-Care.advanceweb.com/Article/AOD-Software-Approved-in-Ohio-for-eMAR.aspxNovember 6, 2009http://Long-Term-Care.advanceweb.com/Article/Group-Offers-Support-Services-for-GLBT-Seniors-Nov-5-2009.aspxNovember 5, 2009<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">LarsonAllen, a nationally recognized top 20 CPA firm, announces the expansion of its health care practice into the Dallas region with the relocation of health care principal Troy Langsdale. He was previously at the firm's Minneapolis location.&nbsp; </P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">"We see great opportunities in the Texas market, and I am eager to begin serving our clients in this health care community," says Langsdale.<BR> <BR> Langsdale specializes in providinghttp://Long-Term-Care.advanceweb.com/Article/LarsonAllen-Enhances-National-Health-Care-Practice.aspxNovember 2, 2009<P>LINTECH, a provider of software solutions for long-term and specialty health care, announces the release of the new ARD Analyzer application, which will be part of its COMET EMR/Clinical Suite. This application will enable users to maximize their reimbursements through analysis of data elements within their EMR and suggest the highest RUGs scores prior to the creation of an MDS. The ARD Analyzer is part of LINTECH's approach to streamline workflow, increase revenues and improve quality of carhttp://Long-Term-Care.advanceweb.com/Article/LINTECH-Releases-ARD-Analyzer-Application.aspxNovember 4, 2009<P>Low levels of bioavailable testosterone are independently associated with a greater level of frailty in elderly men, according to researchers from California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco.</P> <P>The team assessed cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between frailty and sex hormones (estradiol, bioavailable estradiol, testosterone, bioavailable testosterone, and sex hormone binding globulin) in 1,469&nbsp;men who were at least 65 years old at baseline. </P> <P>They measuredhttp://Long-Term-Care.advanceweb.com/Article/Low-Testosterone-Linked-to-Frailty.aspxNovember 6, 2009<P><B>Assisted Living Directors Stressed Out and Underpaid</B></P> <P>According to CNN Money assisted living directors fall on the unfortunate list of&nbsp; "<A href="http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2009/pf/0910/gallery.stressful_jobs/9.html">Stressful Jobs that Pay Badly</A>." With a median pay of $46,000, 67 percent consider their jobs stressful. http://Long-Term-Care.advanceweb.com/Article/Assisted-Living-Directors-Stressed-Out-and-Underpaid-Nov-2-2009.aspxNovember 2, 2009<P>People 65 and over with dementia are diagnosed with flu less frequently and have shorter hospital stays, but have a 50 percent higher rate of death than those without dementia, according to a report in the <I>Journal of the American Geriatrics Society</I>.</P> <P>Difficulty communicating symptoms and medical complications due to poor oral hygiene or impaired swallowing may inhibit early detection of the flu. Further, limited access to health care services and inadequate testing practices mayhttp://Long-Term-Care.advanceweb.com/Article/Senior-Citizens-with-Dementia-at-Higher-Risk-of-Dying-from-Flu.aspxNovember 3, 2009http://Long-Term-Care.advanceweb.com/Article/By-Paying-More-for-a-Drug-Medicare-May-Spend-Less-Nov-4-2009.aspxNovember 4, 2009Educate your patients about maintaining quality of life following prostate surgery.http://Long-Term-Care.advanceweb.com/Article/Overcoming-Male-Urinary-Incontinence.aspxNovember 5, 2009By Rich MagdaWhile daily living can be stressful, nothing compares to the level of stress faced on a daily basis by caregivers.http://Long-Term-Care.advanceweb.com/Article/Respond-to-Caregiver-Stress.aspxNovember 5, 2009By David A. Travland, PhD Dan Shina, owner of Specialty Medical Equipment, talks in depth with <EM>ADVANCE for Long-Term Care Management Editor </EM>Carrie Adkins-Ali about the prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers via low air-loss technology in&nbsp;this <A href="http://long-term-care.advanceweb.com/Article/Support-Surface-Technology-to-Prevent-and-Treat-Pressure-Ulcers.aspx " target=_blank>podcast on the <EM>ADVANCE</EM> Web site</A>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR> <BR> A family-owned business with more than 25 years of healthttp://Long-Term-Care.advanceweb.com/Article/Specialty-Medical-Equipments-Dan-Shina-Talks-to-ADVANCE.aspxNovember 6, 2009With cardiac rehab, patients are keeping the beat.http://Long-Term-Care.advanceweb.com/Article/Standing-Strong.aspxNovember 5, 2009By Jonathan Bassetthttp://Long-Term-Care.advanceweb.com/Article/Support-Surface-Technology-to-Prevent-and-Treat-Pressure-Ulcers.aspxNovember 2, 2009http://Long-Term-Care.advanceweb.com/Article/The-Rosie-Smart-Wheelchair-Scale.aspxNovember 3, 2009<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal">Senior living providers and design professionals alike take great pride in their ability to solve problems by thinking "outside the box."&nbsp; However, today's shrinking financial margins, rising interest rates and escalating uncertainty in home sales require a new approach to counteract sluggish sales and deteriorating housing stock. These challenges can be answered by thinking "inside the box" to make existing inventory work harder while avoiding the costs and rhttp://Long-Term-Care.advanceweb.com/Article/Thinking-Inside-of-the-Box.aspxNovember 5, 2009By Gregg Scott, AIA