Lower the temperature and see a whittled waistline?
By
Elizabeth Newman
Apr 05, 2016
I found results of a recent study bittersweet. They showed that lower home temperatures in the winter were associated with lower waist measurements. Specifically, elderly adults grow bigger in the middle...
Who wants to be a billionaire?
By
John O'Connor
Apr 04, 2016
The March 21 issue of Forbes, which lists the richest people on the planet, is as much fun as the Sears Christmas Wish Book.
How should long-term care providers celebrate? Let us count the ways
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 31, 2016
Long-term care operators have plenty of reasons to recoil and lick their wounds over the course of a year. But there are also good times when they should find reason to smile. Like this past week.
March Gladness
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Mar 29, 2016
The college basketball gods were not smiling down on me this season, because going into the Sweet Sixteen I had only one hope of winning our friendly office competition for NCAA team champion: Wisconsin....
The Department of Pro-Labor is at it again
By
John O'Connor
Mar 28, 2016
Do you own or help manage a non-union facility? If so, your professional life might soon get more complicated. For that you can thank the Department of Labor, again.
Investments in lower back pain needed
By
Elizabeth Newman
Mar 25, 2016
This week the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute announce this week it was authorizing $22 million to study ways to improve treatment of chronic low back pain, along with another $12.5 million...
A person-centered road trip
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Mar 22, 2016
The road to person-centered care is a long one, paved with good intentions but filled with potential barriers and roadblocks.
Some poignant observations about life (and death) in nursing homes
By
John O'Connor
Mar 21, 2016
Despite Stephen Covey’s warning, most of us are ruled by the tyranny of the urgent.
Politics and leadership require ability to compromise
By
Elizabeth Newman
Mar 18, 2016
Collectively as a country and specifically as an industry, we have to recognize success is delivered not only from speaking up, but also understanding compromise.
When opportunity knocks, LTC pros answer
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 17, 2016
Say what you want about long-term care professionals because I’ve just about heard it all. They work too hard, they whine too much, they work for too little, they should be watched closer, and so...