What are the three biggest challenges facing long-term care? To borrow a familiar punch line from the real estate sector, they are staffing, staffing and staffing.
Looking for LTC leaders in all the wrong places
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 16, 2023
I hold in high esteem many of the long-term care leaders I’ve come across during more than 22 years covering the sector. But they’ve all got it wrong.
HHS puts its ageism on display
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 13, 2023
Hey HHS, your ageism is showing. Sort of ironic, given that your department (especially your main nursing home regulatory agency) has been on a health equity tear of late.
Fixing long-term care’s staffing crisis
By
John O'Connor
Jun 11, 2023
So here we are, on the cusp of a first-ever staffing mandate for skilled care facilities and things are getting a bit testy.
A strong case for optimism if you work in long-term care
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 09, 2023
Something funny happened at the Vision Centre Symposium Thursday in Chicago. Extreme optimism.
Lessons on living and dying, courtesy of the Carters
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 06, 2023
In the twilight of their lives, we are reminded that the Carters are a normal couple facing the very basic challenges typical of advanced age. Both are grappling with how to live out their days and where...
In nursing homes we don’t trust
By
John O'Connor
Jun 05, 2023
The nursing home industry is anxiously waiting for the federal government to release a first-ever staffing mandate. Yet less than a month ago, the US State Department issued a visa freeze that will absolutely...
Here’s what’s really troubling about the latest damning report
By
John O'Connor
May 29, 2023
We can thank researchers at the University of Chicago for the latest whack at the piñata better known as the nursing home industry.
Feeling safe after toothless hearings? That will change.
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 19, 2023
A flurry of activity in Washington this week put nursing homes in the policy spotlight again, but this time it was largely payers and regulators who bore the brunt of the bashing.
A possible escape from the nursing home staffing mandate?
By
James M. Berklan
May 14, 2023
There may be a silver lining to the excruciating wait providers are enduring for the White House’s nursing home staffing mandate.