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Find more e-guides, articles, recordings of past webinars, and more in our Skilled Nursing, Senior Living, and Behavioral Health sections.
Cost-Conscious Care: Golden View Health Care
Learn how Golden View Health Care Center’s partnership with PharMerica has helped them navigate uncertainty, improve operational efficiency, and continue their mission of providing high-quality care to residents.
2025/2026 Adult Immunization Guide
This comprehensive guide, updated for 2025-2026, contains up-to-date clinical information and recommendations, vaccination information sheets, consent forms, CMS requirements, and other tools for influenza, RSV, COVID-19, shingles, and other adult immunizations.
Pharmacy Benefits: Key to Health, Safety, and Adherence
Helping residents understand their pharmacy benefits and choose the best plan may help avoid hospitalizations, manage conditions more effectively, and improve quality of life. Learn the basics of pharmacy benefits, ways to save on prescriptions, and how your community’s consultant pharmacist can help.
Diabetes Management & I/DD: Maximize Management with a Person-Centered Approach
Individuals with I/DD are not only more likely to have diabetes but are also more likely to experience complications. Learn about the factors that make diabetes so prevalent in this population, and how new treatments can make management easier and more effective.
Improving Pharmacy Contracts: 5 Steps to Set Nurses Up for Success
When creating agreements between skilled nursing facilities and Consultant Pharmacists, clearly defining service expectations can help build a successful relationship that benefits residents and your staff. Learn five key steps that can help avoid surprises and misunderstandings from the start.
More than a Paycheck: Finding the Right Employment Opportunities for Individuals with I/DD
For individuals with I/DD, being employed can bring independence, financial security, and a sense of accomplishment. Learn how getting to know an individual’s interests, talents, and abilities can help them find the right role with an employer that respects and values their contributions.
The Role of the Long-Term Care (LTC) Pharmacist in Senior Living
Many seniors rely on prescription medications, and for those juggling several prescriptions, risks like side effects and dangerous interactions can stand in the way of optimal health. Senior care pharmacists have the specialized knowledge and training to safeguard against these challenges and help older adults experience the best possible health outcomes.
Powerful Partnership: Ciel Senior Living
Running a senior living community is no small task, especially with 14 communities spanning nine states. Learn how Ciel Senior Living and PharMerica created a powerful partnership that saves time for staff, improves satisfaction and retention, and helps them provide the highest quality care to their residents.
Six Strategies to Retain DSPs
Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) have a huge impact on individuals’ quality of life. However, recruiting and retaining DSPs has been a challenge for many agencies. Learn six steps you can take to increase satisfaction and engagement to retain your most valuable DSPs.
E-Guide: The Importance of Medication Adherence in Senior Living
Complex medication regimens, cognitive impairment, financial constraints, and physical/mobility limitations can all contribute to medication non-adherence in older adults. And the consequences can be dire. Learn some of the common reasons for non-adherence and tips on how to prevent it.
Powerful Partnerships: Sarah Day
Providing high-quality care to more than 700 residents in 10 facilities requires great attention to detail, something Sarah Day and her team pride themselves on. Learn how Sarah’s commitment to quality helps keep residents safe, engaged, comfortable, and living with joy and purpose.
5 Tips to be OK with GG Documentation
Recent changes, updates, and revisions to regulations that affect skilled nursing facilities all have one thing in common — they all have an impact on documentation. Use these tips to help ensure your documentation paints an accurate, complete, and up-to-date picture of the care your team is providing.
Preventing Falls in Senior Living Communities
Each year, more than 14 million older adults experience a fall. While some falls result in nothing more than a bruise or scrape, some cause serious injuries like hip fractures and head injuries. Learn how to recognize and manage risk factors and get strategies for prevention.
Understanding and Reducing Polypharmacy in Senior Living
Multiple chronic conditions, doctors, and pharmacies all contribute to polypharmacy, a common issue for older adults. This article takes a deep dive into the causes of polypharmacy, steps your community can take to prevent it, and how your pharmacist can help.
Resources to Manage 2025 SOM Updates
2025 changes to the State Operations Manual (SOM) affect key areas such as psychotropic use, infection prevention, and admissions. Use our resources — articles, Compliance Cues, webinar recordings, and more — to help your staff understand the changes and prepare for surveys.