I’ve been thinking quite a bit about trust over the last week or so, especially after reading a real pick-me-up in the Washington Post about how the pandemic will lead to the splintering of societies....
The state of long-term care is …
By
John O'Connor
Apr 12, 2021
So, are things getting better or worse for long-term care? The answer is not so obvious.
‘Back to normal’ already here for nursing homes
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 09, 2021
Skilled nursing operators pondering when things would get back to normal need no longer wonder. In many ways, you’re already there.
Want to know where your employees go at shift’s end? This map may tell you.
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 07, 2021
Never has it been so important for skilled nursing providers to know what their employees are doing when they leave the building. Amid a pandemic, it appears, one of the most dangerous places an employee...
When we value bridges more than people
By
John O'Connor
Apr 05, 2021
It’s self-evident that both Democrats and Republicans like to wear the Santa suit. And who can blame them?
COVID-19 strategies: WWOT (What would Oprah think?)
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 02, 2021
I have a message for the Department of Health and Human Services: “Boy, do you have a problem.”
Out of ketchup and into skilled nursing
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 31, 2021
I’m a dream senior living customer.
‘We pretend to work and they pretend to pay’
By
John O'Connor
Mar 29, 2021
During the ‘70s, Soviet workers had a saying that revealed a fundamental flaw in their economic system: “We pretend to work and they pretend to pay.”
Even a fifth-grader knows a great thing when he sees it
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 26, 2021
J.C. Teeple was 25 years short of his goal to make it to 110, but he had hit the mark with just about everything else, I figure.
No way you’re multitasking your way out of this one
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 24, 2021
What company do you know in any industry that could operate for 10 to 14 days without a third of its staff? It’s not an unrealistic scenario, unfortunately.