The for-profit long-term care community has been digesting a bitter tasting piece of proposed new legislation in recent weeks.
Cha-ching
By
Liza Berger
Apr 09, 2008
Long-term care residents soon may be in the money, and they can thank President Bush for it. In case you haven’t heard (or read the McKnight’s online story on April 8), those who receive Social Security,...
No kidding!
By
Liza Berger
Apr 01, 2008
Everyone likes a good April Fools’ joke, right? Well, here’s one that likely will give you a chuckle: Erickson Retirement Communities, which publishes a weekly corporate e-newsletter for its employees,...
Chicken Little strikes again
By
Liza Berger
Mar 27, 2008
If you’ve been in this field long enough, you are accustomed to the threat of doomsday. In the long-term care industry, the sky is falling. Constantly. It’s easy to feel that way today as nursing homes...
Divided they stand
By
Liza Berger
Mar 21, 2008
The innovative founder and chief executive officer of Sunrise Senior Living Inc. can’t be having too much fun right now. Earlier this week, Paul Klaassen stepped down from his post as chairman of the...
Disgraced
By
Liza Berger
Mar 13, 2008
If you are a news junkie you likely are feeding your habit this week with the scandal surrounding former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer. Spitzer, most of the Western world likely knows, resigned Wednesday...
Elephants and donkeys
By
Liza Berger
Mar 04, 2008
It’s a pretty exciting day, as far as national politics go. The pivotal primaries in Ohio and Texas could determine the Democratic nominee for president of the United States – or more likely, draw...
Gentleman farmer
By
Liza Berger
Mar 01, 2008
Charles Grassley, U.S. Senator
Computerized caregiving?
By
Liza Berger
Feb 29, 2008
One news item this week particularly piqued my interest – and apparently yours as well. A recent study found that a computerized canine from Sony known as AIBO (Artificial Intelligence RoBOt) was as...
A taxing situation
By
Liza Berger
Feb 27, 2008
There are a couple of hot-button government rules that are churning up a lot of discussion in skilled nursing circles these days. These rules involve two funding mechanisms – provider taxes and intergovernmental...