Blogs, Guest Columns, Things I Think and Living Leadership
Giving residents their best shot at avoiding flu
By
Mary Pat Frick
Nov 04, 2019
The staff at Masonic Villages has upwards of 3,000 reasons to get vaccinated against the flu: one for each resident living in our five communities. In 2014, Masonic Villages, which includes locations in...
5 key factors for patient satisfaction success
By
Ryan Sparks
Nov 01, 2019
During a recent public meeting, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) proposed a new program that would expand the value-based impact on payments for post-acute care providers. According...
The rats are coming! The rats are coming!
By
Gary Tetz
Oct 31, 2019
Our long-term care facilities are apparently under ongoing attack, and we desperately need a hero.
Identify YOUR rising stars
By
Nancy Anderson, RN, MA
Oct 30, 2019
I was so inspired this summer as I read the biographies of all the McKnight’s Women of Distinction. Likewise, the incredibly talented Rising Star honorees sparked feelings of pride and optimism. Think...
Grateful pumpkins
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Oct 30, 2019
As we move to the month of November and plan for Thanksgiving at our personal homes and facilities, I have a challenge for you.
Monday morning quarterbacking and the art of the lookback
By
Rajeev Kumar, M.D.
Oct 28, 2019
Fall is here, and football season has returned with much fanfare — quite like the eagerly anticipated arrival of the Patient-Driven Payment Model. Unless skilled nursing Interdisciplinary teams practice...
Nutrition and dignity, served up on a yellow plate
By
Cynthia Skinner
Oct 25, 2019
The key to weight maintenance goes way beyond menu planning, assistive devices and encouragement. A holistic team approach is a must. There is no bigger problem in nursing homes than trying to maintain...
Are you finding PDPM dysphagia coding hard to swallow?
By
Renee Kinder
Oct 24, 2019
The new payment system has resulted in some creative MDS-related questions regarding the PDPM areas associated with swallow and diet.
‘The most powerful leader of the free world has Alzheimer’s disease’
By
Steven Littlehale
Oct 23, 2019
I fervently believe that we both under-document and poorly assess cognition in our population.
How to apply the best antidepressant — other residents
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Oct 22, 2019
Providers wondering how they can be more attentive to behavioral health issues and needs can turn to theirown ready source for help — their own residents.