In the movie “Field of Dreams,” Karin Kinsella assures her father, Ray, that “people will come” to his farm’s baseball field as he faces foreclosure. Those of us who are long-term care advocates...
The unintended impact of Obamacare on SNFs
By
Eduardo Gonzalez
Dec 11, 2013
The Affordable Care Act, commonly known as, “ObamaCare,” is well understood to be in place primarily to assist Americans in need of healthcare insurance. It might be safe to assume then, that...
Strategies to improve workforce participation
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Feb 22, 2022
These short-term strategies from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine could improve workforce participation.
What’s all this about PBJ?
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Aug 30, 2016
Why are they keeping track of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches? I appreciate their concern that residents might have our lunches served late, but what about the tuna fish sandwiches? And the chicken?...
Rethinking the pandemic: From crisis to transformation
By
David Wilkins
Nov 16, 2020
Let’s face it: 2020 has turned everything upside down, and that’s putting it mildly. Just as many organizations were developing and executing long-term talent strategies, COVID struck and all of healthcare...
Ahhh, it’s summer… (Run for your life!)
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Jun 10, 2014
The birds are singing, everything is green, people are planning vacations and you are shaking in your boots. Because you know, unlike the rest of the world, that with your job, you’re gonna have...
Increasing length-of-stay
By
Shelly Mesure, MS, OTR/L
Jan 30, 2012
Length-of-stay — LOS — is one of those management reports that often leaves administrators and upper management bewildered. If you increase LOS, you essentially increase your census.
How nursing homes are filling the gap in continuity of post-acute care
By
Mohammad Fattal, M.D.
Nov 11, 2016
Dispelling a myth, changing a perception and instigating a cultural transformation is a heavy lift and takes a lot of time. But all of those things are taking place in nursing homes across the country,...
When understaffing becomes rationing
By
Lance Youles
Apr 22, 2016
No factor has a greater impact on the quality of a nursing home resident’s care and life than staffing levels, whether their outcomes are measured by moments in time (i.e., incidents & condition...
Do the new QMs have you seeing stars?
By
Steven Littlehale
Mar 18, 2016
Actions providers take now will make or break their Five-Star Quality Rating experience in July. That’s because the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has changed quality measures in a way...