Blogs, Guest Columns, Things I Think and Living Leadership
Absenteeism and turnover in LTC? Death anxiety could be the cause
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
May 03, 2013
I started working in long-term care when I was in my early 30s and I was shocked at first when the residents died. I was used to falling in love with my patients. In order to make it in LTC, I’ve...
Are your residents walking independently?
By
Mary Harroun
May 01, 2013
Attention: All nursing home staff! Why are many of your residents still sitting in wheelchairs?
Sequestration equals starvation
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Apr 30, 2013
By now you’ve heard plenty about Medicare sequestration cuts. But you might not realize that some projects not only survived cuts, but they are getting money for projects while more important ones...
Incorporating holistic education into CNA training
By
Laura Daniel, Jordan Wilfong, and Marianne Pisano
Apr 29, 2013
The STAR Center’s program is not only focused on the success of the students’ current education but also on the success of their futures and so an Interviewing Skills session is held during...
Bad news about bad news
By
Gary Tetz
Apr 25, 2013
Imagine if CNN, the most trusted name in news, decided to report on the disappearance of a bottle of window cleaner from a nursing home supply closet. We would first be told it was really several gallons...
The incredible shrinking industry
By
Anthony Cirillo
Apr 24, 2013
As you have conversations about being the partner of choice to help hospitals reduce readmissions, others are having conversations about how telemedicine in the home will become the new primary care office....
Reviewing the top 10 errors in rehab documentation
By
Shelly Mesure, MS, OTR/L
Apr 23, 2013
As a long-term care therapy consultant, I work on a lot of claim reviews and denials management with my clients. I’ve also read a lot of peer-review research articles related to this subject, and...
Planning for the eldercare boom
By
Angil Tarach-Ritchey
Apr 22, 2013
Geriatric care providers and healthcare professionals see where our current system is failing seniors, and family caregivers, but what are we doing to improve it, change it, or create a new system?
Granny caught in the cross-fire again
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Apr 18, 2013
Once again the war on drugs catches frail elder patients in the crosshairs. Basically a “drive by” that shouldn’t happen.
Partnering to reduce readmissions
By
Zachary Palace, M.D.
Apr 17, 2013
As a long-term care geriatrician, it is my core belief that clinicians need to recognize the true value of what we can accomplish together by improving the quality of patient care through reducing avoidable...