Having a positive attitude in aging makes seniors more resilient under stress, according to new research. This means more than you probably think.
When online healthcare doesn’t live up to its billing
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James M. Berklan
Aug 04, 2016
From the “What if they threw a party and nobody came?” file, new study results show that relatively few seniors are buying into the idea that digital technology can help their healthcare.
A new breakthrough for the big C. diff
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Aug 02, 2016
A breakthrough in Clostridium difficile research could be the starting point for a treatment that may make the lives of your residents, and even your own lives, much better.
It’s time for ‘the talk’ about healthcare fraud
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John O'Connor
Aug 01, 2016
Some necessary conversations tend to be awkward and uncomfortable. They include talking to our children about baby making. Or convincing our parents to give up the car keys. Or talking to government investigators...
Implant provides hope for the limping
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Elizabeth Newman
Jul 29, 2016
In one of the sadder coincidences of my life, news of an FDA-approved cartilage implant made me more excited than it would have a year ago. That’s because this particular synthetic cartilage implant...
Feeling under fire? No wonder
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 28, 2016
How do you know you have a room with three people feeling sorry for themselves in it? Find a room with two nursing home workers. Their persecution complex levels will add up.
Pokémon Go is a catch for LTC
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Jul 27, 2016
If you’ve read or watched the news at all in the past few weeks, or even just gone outside and seen groups of people huddled around their phones, you probably know about this Pokémon Go thing.
A note from SNFs to hospitals: Stay away from Misfit Island
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John O'Connor
Jul 25, 2016
Hospitals need to toughen up. Their impending new five-star rating system isn’t going to be the end of the world (at least, not for most of them). But if the experience of skilled nursing homes is...
When the star goes down and payment’s involved, beware
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James M. Berklan
Jul 22, 2016
A leader in the quest to increase long-term care insurance activity delivered a blow to its followers this week. The fallout might not be pretty.
How to not plagiarize — and why it matters in your job
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Elizabeth Newman
Jul 20, 2016
If there’s a teachable moment in the brouhaha of Melania Trump’s speech Monday (for those who managed to miss it, chunks appear to have been cribbed from Michelle Obama’s 2008 speech),...