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.

We encourage all members to participate in an important LeadingAge (national) survey on social accountability.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is hosting a free webinar on March 12th from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. on training direct care staff of long term care facilities to detect and report changes in residents' condition.

The Albany Guardian Society is offering a limited number of scholarships to long term care professionals for ethics training.

CMS has approved 123 new Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) - seven in New York State - to participate in its Medicare Shared Savings Program.  ACOs present opportunities for long term/post-acute care providers seeking to partner with physician practices and hospitals to reduce avoidable hospitalizations and improve the effectiveness and efficiency of post-acute care.