The Community Principles of Pain Management (CPPM) Specialty Advisory Group released updated professional guidelines and tools for managing pain, including resources on opioid use management and equianalgesic tables.

The report makes recommendations in the areas of care delivery, clinician-patient communication, professional education and development, payment reforms and public outreach.

Beginning Sept. 4, staff from LeadingAge NY will offer a series of introductory and intermediate webinars on the free Quality Metrics tool that is available to all LeadingAge primary members. 

The Genius of Marian, an acclaimed film documenting a family's experience with Alzheimer's disease, will air on Monday, Sept. 8 on PBS. 

RNtoBSN.org is a new website that offers financial aid, grant and scholarship information for current and prospective nurses.

LeadingAge is accepting applications through Mon., Aug. 4 for the 2014 Innovations Fund with matching funding from LeadingAge NY.

Gov. Cuomo signed legislation updating all new accessibility signs to include an active logo and remove the word "handicapped."

LeadingAge Insights offers skilled nursing facility members valuable information about their performance in comparison with other facilities.