A long-term care playbook: 7,455 ways not to run a healthcare system
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 29, 2024
It was a watershed moment when the muscle-bound hospital lobby recently started advocating for better payment for nursing homes. Watershed, if not entirely virtuous.
A different kind of segregation may be heading for memory care
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 27, 2024
Many Black Americans lack awareness about Alzheimer’s disease and strategies that might reduce risk, thanks in part to a long-standing taboo that can keep community members from talking freely about...
Long-term care is in trouble
By
John O'Connor
Aug 25, 2024
The American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living released some concerning supply and demand numbers last week.
Ryan Reynolds has a Parkinson’s disease message for you, long-term care workers
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 22, 2024
For years, TV and movie veteran Michael J. Fox has been the celebrity face of Parkinson’s disease — performing massive fundraising, education and awareness. Now enters movie star Ryan Reynolds boldly...
Empty ideas lead to more empty jobs
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 21, 2024
But the 47th Annual Nursing Home Salary & Benefits report covered this week by my colleague Jim Berklan also confirms there’s still plenty of bad news out there, if you know where to look. Most of you...
The unsound and the fury
By
John O'Connor
Aug 18, 2024
Will nursing homes soon challenge CMS guidance that might be considered unclear? And what about controversial interpretations made by other agencies?
A surprisingly quick end to the nursing home staffing mandate?
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 15, 2024
Readers might have been surprised to learn earlier this week that provider advocates and federal regulators actually agreed on something about the nursing home staffing mandate.
LTC: a market defined by contrasts
By
John O'Connor
Aug 11, 2024
When it comes to sizing up the long-term care market, is it too much of a cliché to trot out Charles Dickens’ famous “best of times, worst of times” line?
Nursing home workers, this time the research is on your side
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 08, 2024
As is probably no shock to anyone who worked in a nursing home from 2020 to 2023, caregivers in that setting were found to suffer more profound psychological and related stresses than their counterparts...
In this game of tag, delay tactics are another way to change the rules
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 07, 2024
For better or for worse, the survey game is one all nursing homes are forced to play.