Retirement is not for everyone. Exhibit A is my father, who enjoyed retirement from being a school superintendent for about five minutes before he became a part-time consultant. Exhibit B is a long-term...
The disease that keeps on taking
By
John O'Connor
Aug 06, 2012
There is no way to tally the full cost of Alzheimer’s disease, a life robbing condition that now claims more than 5 million victims nationwide. But what can be put on a ledger sheet is sobering....
Medicare’s midlife crisis
By
John O'Connor
Aug 03, 2012
The Medicare program just marked its 47th anniversary. Whether that milestone is a cause for celebration or concern is open to debate.
Nursing: the happiest job in the world … or not
By
Mary Gustafson
Aug 02, 2012
Even if I hadn’t been raised by a nurse, and even if I didn’t write about the basic functions of their jobs on a daily basis for McKnight’s, I would probably still idolize them. That...
Half a pound of long-term care funding cure?
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 01, 2012
There’s a great Randy Travis song that includes the line, “Since my phone still ain’t ringing, I assume it still ain’t you.” How fitting for long-term care this week.
Half a pound of long-term care funding cure?
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 01, 2012
There’s a great Randy Travis song that includes the line, “Since my phone still ain’t ringing, I assume it still ain’t you.” How fitting for long-term care this week.
A tip of the cowboy hat to a fictional assisted living portrayal
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 31, 2012
I have found a positive portrayal of long-term care, and it’s in Dallas. Specifically, it’s in Dallas — in the pilot plot arc of J.R. Ewing.
Let’s hope they don’t give war a chance
By
John O'Connor
Jul 30, 2012
Many long-term care insiders are starting to wonder if sequestration might not be so bad after all. That’s because a provision in the sequestration law caps Medicare funding cuts at 2%. All things...
Turning a challenge into an opportunity
By
John O'Connor
Jul 27, 2012
Many nursing home administrators are not sleeping well these days. If it’s any consolation, hospital administrators are probably catching even fewer winks.
iPods coming to an eldercare facility near you
By
Mary Gustafson
Jul 26, 2012
When I first spoke with Music & Memory founder Dan Cohen last year, he had big plans for his new program that would put iPods with personalized playlists in Alzheimer’s and other dementia patients’...