With more providers and patients than ever focusing on palliative and hospice care, shouldn’t the quality improve at least a little bit? Not necessarily.
Stop claiming ‘resident rights’ in discrimination cases
By
Elizabeth Newman
Oct 09, 2017
Administrators wiser than me have offered advice on what to do when there’s a racist resident.
Time for long-term care to go postal?
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 05, 2017
One of my favorite gone-off-the-rails fundraising stories involves one of my former college roommates.
Nurse staffing crisis averted? Thank the millennials
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Oct 04, 2017
It’s your friendly neighborhood millennial here, back with some exciting news about the age cohort that’s been mystifying employers and apparently annoying everyone else over the past decade...
Failing better
By
Elizabeth Newman
Oct 03, 2017
As the week begins with even worse-than-usual news — on many fronts — I decided to forego what I was going to write about (interpreting the OIG’s latest report) and make a recommendation.
Is it time for operators to focus on small ball?
By
John O'Connor
Oct 02, 2017
Rick Matros tweaked more than a few noses last week when he made some rather disparaging remarks about the benefits of investing in behemoths. As he sees it, there pretty much are none.
Gingrich: Providers able to fix workforce problems themselves
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 28, 2017
Newt Gingrich tells long-term care providers not to wait for the government to fix their staffing challenges. He also claims some relatively easy solutions are at operators’ fingertips.
Urban opportunities for providers
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Sep 27, 2017
When you think of the top places people want to retire to, the location that comes to mind probably isn’t a huge, bustling city.
The value of RN-to-BSN programs
By
Elizabeth Newman
Sep 26, 2017
The idea of a BSN programs should be a big draw to long-term care RNs.
Biting off your nose to spite Obama’s face
By
John O'Connor
Sep 25, 2017
It’s hard to describe how incredibly dangerous and stupid the latest GOP effort to replace Obamacare really is. But I’ll try.