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Vision Challenges Following a Stroke
Your vision depends upon two factors: healthy eyes and healthy visual processing in the brain. Visual processing happens in your occipital lobe (‘vision’), The temporal and parietal lobes enable you to ID and categorize objects, recognize faces, and have...
Practitioner’s Perspective
Dr. Alan Carlton, Au.D., CCC-A Spending as much time as I do in skilled nursing facilities, I enjoy observing the positive ways staff communicate with residents who are hearing impaired. Here are four ways staff were able to effectively communicate with their...
Common Audiology Challenge
Aria Care Partners’ experience providing audiology, optometry, and dental care has shed light on problems common to facility residents in each one of our clinical disciplines. In this story, we will use the name ‘Bob’ to describe a common one related to hearing. We...
The Significant Impact of Oral Health on Overall Wellness
What do cardiovascular disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and diabetes have in common? They ALL may be negatively impacted in some way by poor oral health[1]. It may seem difficult to imagine, but oral heath can negatively affect your heart, immune system and glucose...
Caregiver, Care for Thyself
When you’re a family caregiver for a loved one, it’s easy to get consumed by their needs. You spend your days thinking about all the ways you can make sure he or she gets the best possible care – working with skilled nursing facility staff to coordinate medical...
Reducing the Stress of Caregiving
Reducing the Stress of Caregiving More than 65 million Americans currently act as unpaid caregivers for a member of their family.[1] Almost half of those family caregivers are also raising their own children at the same time as they care for an older adult.[2] And...
A New Era of Well-Being
Rebounding from the Pandemic and Other Life Challenges with Resilience Chances are, you’d do just about anything in your power to make sure he or she is safe and living a full life. Unfortunately, there are always going to be events or circumstances affecting your...
Healthy Aging in a Post-COVID World
How You Can Help Your Residents Become More Resilient Few events in recent history have proven to be as transformational as the COVID-19 pandemic. Our lives have changed in almost every way imaginable – our daily routines, how we spend our free time, interacting with...
Well-Being in a Post-COVID World
When you think about the residents you care for in your skilled nursing facility, what does it means for them to be “well?” During the pandemic, that answer was clear – freedom from the illness that seemed to stop the world from turning - at any cost. With its...
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Quality care leads to strong valuations in today’s long-term care transaction market
Have you ever been happier to start an uphill climb? I haven’t. After the year all of us in the long-term care industry just experienced, I couldn’t be more ready to climb out from the depths of the pandemic. While we certainly aren’t out of the woods yet, I’m...
Aria Care Partners Expands Skilled Nursing Facility Services with Three Strategic Acquisitions
Leading provider of integrated ancillary medical services acquires Mission Dental, PrevMed, and Perspective Vision Care OVERLAND PARK, KS October 6, 2022 – Aria Care Partners, the leading provider of integrated ancillary medical services for skilled nursing...
Aria Care Partners Announces New Chief Medical Officer
Leading provider of integrated ancillary medical services hires Chief Medical Officer to focus on audiology care Aria Care Partners, the leading provider of ancillary medical services for skilled nursing facilities, has announced Michelle T. Sporn, Au.D., ABAC, as...
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Media Hits
Quality care leads to strong valuations in today’s long-term care transaction market
Have you ever been happier to start an uphill climb? I haven’t. After the year all of us in the long-term care industry just experienced, I couldn’t be more ready to climb out from the depths of the pandemic. While we certainly aren’t out of the woods yet, I’m...
Dental Care Essential, Even During a Pandemic
Without dental care during the pandemic, residents are vulnerable to comorbidities related to undetected oral health deficiencies.
Press Releases
Aria Care Partners Announces New Chief Medical Officer
Leading provider of integrated ancillary medical services hires Chief Medical Officer to focus on audiology care Aria Care Partners, the leading provider of ancillary medical services for skilled nursing facilities, has announced Michelle T. Sporn, Au.D., ABAC, as...
Aria Care Partners Expands Skilled Nursing Facility Services with Two Strategic Acquisitions
Leading provider of integrated ancillary medical services acquires Outreach Eye Care and SeniorWell Aria Care Partners, the leading provider of integrated ancillary medical services for skilled nursing facilities, today announced that it has acquired Outreach Eye Care...
Aria Care Partners Expands Compliance and Financial Executive Leadership
Aria Care Restructures Executive Team and Adds Seasoned C-Level Experience Overland Park, Kansas, June 24, 2021 – Aria Care Partners, the leading provider of onsite ancillary medical services for skilled nursing facilities, today announced that its current chief...
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Protect Your Loved One’s Health with Regular Eye Exams
National Save Your Vision Month reminds us eye health is a vital component of good overall health If you have a loved one living in a skilled...
Why Dental Care Should Resume in Skilled Nursing Facilities
The postponement of all but emergency oral health care during the pandemic may have been necessary during the first weeks. However, the CDC and...
Three Things to Know about Postponing Your Residents’ Dental Care
COVID-19 has upended many of the usual routines we all took for granted. This is as true in skilled nursing facilities as anywhere. But as we all...
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Caring for the Caregiver
As we get older, we all hope there will be someone we can depend on to help us when we become less able to manage daily tasks, or our health begins to decline. Often, that responsibility falls to a family member who volunteers their time to ensure that their loved one gets the care they […]
Healthy Aging – a Team Effort
Help Your Residents Age Well with Positivity and Purpose As a member of the care team at a skilled nursing facility, you play an important and multi-faceted role in your residents’ daily lives. You are likely the person they see most often, share their stories with each day, and look to for help when something […]
Tips for Healthy Aging
Year After Year, There’s Nothing to Fear For too long, our culture has taught us to fear the aging process. From cosmetic products that promise to melt the years away to medications and supplements that claim to be the fountain of youth, we’re told time and time again that getting older is something to be […]
Small Steps, Big Results
Improve Resident Health Outcomes Through Routine Health Maintenance Clinicians and staff working in the skilled nursing facility setting spend most of their time helping residents manage their chronic health conditions – and rightfully so. Residents typically suffer from a number of medical and cognitive conditions that limit their ability to complete activities of daily living, […]
Three Easy Ways to Improve Overall Health Outcomes
The Impact of Hearing, Vision and Dental Care on Your Loved One’s Health Medical research has shown there are myriad variables that play an important role in our overall health. Importantly, we’re learning more and more each day about the impact of routine health maintenance on improved health outcomes.
Don’t Let Eye Injuries Keep Your Residents from Seeing a Bright Future
Common Causes of Eye Injuries and How to Avoid Them There’s no question that seniors who have good eyesight and healthy eyes enjoy a better quality of life, whether they’re living on their own or in a skilled nursing facility. Good vision is critical for completing daily tasks that give them a sense of independence […]
The Eyes Have It
Helping Your Loved One Avoid Eye Injuries for a Better Quality of Life As the old saying goes, the eyes are the window to the soul. But in reality, they’re much more than just that – the eyes truly have it when it comes to indicators of our overall health and well-being.
Safety and Sight – See the Connection
The Common Vision Impairment That Can Put Your Residents at Risk
How a Common Eye Condition Can Cause Uncommon Problems for Your Loved One
Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Cataracts Leads to Better Quality of Life
A Failure to Communicate?
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The Connection Between Health and Impaired Hearing and Speech
Protect Your Loved One’s Health by Preserving their Ability to Communicate
Are Your Residents at Risk for Oral Cancer?
Protecting Their Oral Hygiene Can Help Identify, Prevent Serious Illness
Prevent Illness and Improve Quality of Life Through Good Oral Hygiene
During Oral Cancer Awareness Month, learn how to protect your loved one’s oral health
Are Your Residents at Risk for Oral Cancer?
Protecting Their Oral Hygiene Can Help Identify, Prevent Serious Illness
A New Approach to Prevention, Management, and Treatment for Residents with Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Protecting the gift of sight while improving quality of life and resident satisfaction Our eyes are the window through which we see the world. But as we get older, the risk of developing Age related Macular Degeneration (AMD) threatens to cloudy that window. According to the CDC, AMD is the leading cause of vision loss […]