Blogs, Guest Columns, Things I Think and Living Leadership
Selling fear: Are you buying?
By
Steven Littlehale
Oct 17, 2016
Fearmongering has certainly played a major role in the 2016 presidential race, but you might not realize it’s also become more and more common in our own industry as well.
Losing our landmarks
By
Martie Moore
Oct 14, 2016
To build a courageous pathway for their organizations, long-term care leaders need to have a clear vision of what they want the future to be — for themselves and those they want to lead. Then, they have...
Conversation with my younger self
By
Julie Thorson
Oct 13, 2016
As we grow personally and professionally, aren’t there things we all wish we would have known prior to making the choices or decisions we did? I’m not talking about information you can study...
It’s time to bundle up
By
Kristy Wikum
Oct 12, 2016
As we are moving towards new payment systems, it is imperative that we are involved and offer comments when we are able to as this will greatly impact us as providers. We also need to stay informed so...
3 surprising reasons to strengthen your resident council
Oct 11, 2016
Forget about worries of them eating up staff time or triggering something bad on surveys, resident councils can be awesome for your facility and here’s why.
Senior Olympics tap into the spirit of winning
By
Angie McAllister
Oct 07, 2016
Each year we bring hundreds of elders together in many states to compete for top medals and trophies in a heartwarming competition.
Surviving the night shift
By
Gary Tetz
Oct 06, 2016
In a new study highlighted by McKnight’s, more than 60% of night shift workers reported “poor sleep quality, insomnia and impaired sleep-related activities of daily living.” Reading those...
Getting to gold
By
Erin Fromwiller
Oct 05, 2016
APRC has always focused on quality improvement; it’s part of our culture.
Autonomy and risky business
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Oct 04, 2016
Let’s face it, nursing home culture change and honoring resident choice can still bring about an anxiety attack to the most laid back of nurses. Promoting resident autonomy without exposing providers...
Future care: The caregiver gap epidemic
By
Matthew Gallardo
Oct 03, 2016
The future of healthcare and health insurance gets top billing from mass media as the primary crisis we need to contend with and resolve, especially in the U.S. But there is another epidemic looming that...