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PDPM facts and when not to read between the lines
By
Renee Kinder
Sep 24, 2020
Therapy providers and teams need to have a fundamental understanding of how their coding practice, clinical trending and reimbursement levels compare to others in their state and across the nation.
The new era we live in is not normal, at least not yet
By
Martie Moore
Sep 23, 2020
COVID has poked us in the eyes and said, “I will show you what is normal now …”
McDonald’s versus long-term care: How nursing homes can compete for staff
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Sep 22, 2020
Recent calls1, 2, 3 for an increase in nursing staff levels may have providers wondering how to accomplish this. Under normal circumstances it can be challenging to find qualified individuals; the pandemic...
Masks: More than just protecting others?
By
Jean Wendland Porter
Sep 21, 2020
A friend recently told me that her co-worker doesn’t believe in vaccines. They are microbiologists. I know of someone who is a flat-earth believer. He’s an amateur pilot. We see healthcare workers...
Sr+ : The rising need for dementia service
By
Mark Pavlovich
Sep 20, 2020
It is not your imagination: Providers at all levels of senior care are seeing an increase in referrals for patients with dementia. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, the projections for new...
What the fires can’t destroy
By
Gary Tetz
Sep 17, 2020
With a pandemic continuing unabated, and now hurricanes, floods and wildfires ravaging large swaths of the nation, I don’t know how many more apocalyptic horsemen the long-term care profession is...
Running on fumes
By
Julie Thorson
Sep 16, 2020
It’s important for people to know we are running on empty. We have been. I see it in my teammates, and I see it on the faces of my friends across the country.
The brevity of documentation
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Sep 15, 2020
Is it just me, or is nursing documentation lacking something? I mean, I don’t expect a nurse to write a book, but I don’t want to play Sherlock Holmes when I am trying to read a nurse’s notes, either. ...
Why nurses are feeling the strain of COVID-19 and four things they can do about it
By
John Lee
Sep 14, 2020
While solutions to the coronavirus pandemic are still up in the air, data and personal testimony abounds on just how hard hit the medical community — in particular nurses —have been by COVID-19. As...
For a working mom during COVID-19, it’s morphing time
By
Tova Altmann
Sep 11, 2020
Had you asked me in 2015 where I see myself in five years, I would have said, “a marketing executive in healthcare with five children and a loving husband that supports my career growth.” Never in...