Lawmakers should look to first-rate care for policy ideas
By
Tom Coble
Oct 01, 2018
I urge my colleagues in the long-term care profession to proactively reach out to elected officials to offer them tours.
We’re ugly, and our mothers dress us funny?
By
John O'Connor
Oct 01, 2018
the revelation won’t do much to convince the dark suits that skilled care is the best place to put their money.
Westminster-Canterbury wins Dignity Gold in McKnight’s Tech Awards
By
Elizabeth Newman
Oct 01, 2018
Seniors with cognitive impairment are at risk for isolation and depression. But Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay in Virginia Beach, VA, used innovative bedside technology to boost engagement, allowing...
Changing perceptions one laugh at a time
By
Jack York
Sep 28, 2018
The next time you find out someone you know has been diagnosed with dementia just be real with them (as Brian taught me). Ask questions, listen, don’t pity them.
Picking up the SOM manual
By
Trish Rodriguez
Sep 28, 2018
Admins with great surveys and high ratings use the State Operations Manual like a Bible.
Flu killed 80,000 people last year
By
Elizabeth Newman
Sep 28, 2018
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed the flu killed 80,000 people last season, and resulted in another 900,000 going to the hospital.
‘Great Places to Work’ list makes skilled nursing the big winner
By
Marty Stempniak
Sep 28, 2018
A pair of skilled nursing providers emerged as the top finishers in the first-ever Great Places to Work in Aging Services list, which was unveiled on Thursday. But in effect, it was the profession itself...
Court puts Golden Living back on hot seat over claims that provider used deceptive marketing practices
By
Marty Stempniak
Sep 27, 2018
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has given its blessing to a lawsuit against a major nursing home chain, alleging that it violated consumer protection laws by engaging in deceptive marketing practices.
How technology can put providers in the Medicaid driver’s seat
By
Steve Grant
Sep 26, 2018
The consequences of the Medicaid headwinds are far-reaching: maintaining and enhancing quality of care is more difficult, and a growing number of facilities are being forced to close down altogether.
Who better to teach a college course on aging than older adults?
By
Roscoe Nicholson
Marcia Spira
Sep 26, 2018
Group discussion and interviews also revealed that beyond the educational content, the course provided much more to all participants, through the creation of strong relationships between the resident-instructors...