Nursing shortages are nothing new, and they’re going to get worse. So why haven’t we adopted solutions that other countries have already? There ARE ways to get around this.
Strategic goals: Do your goals align with the goals of CMS?
By
Martie Moore
Apr 27, 2018
Many times as leaders we feel that our actions are prescribed by entities beyond our immediate needs of those we serve.
Motherhood, the job that gets you somewhere
By
Renee Kinder
Apr 26, 2018
Motherhood and its life lessons take the cake when it comes to making connections with therapy patients.
Why it’s impossible to maintain prior levels of care quality, and what to do about it
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Apr 24, 2018
Residents and their family members are likely to expect that when they enter long-term care, staff members will provide compassionate medical treatment. Instead, what they frequently find are stressed...
Payment reform: Ready! Set! Don’t go! No, I mean go!
By
Steven Littlehale
Apr 23, 2018
Perhaps you think that the new therapy-payment bombshell (RCS-1) has turned out to be a dud. I hope to make the point that it was not.
Mistrial declared in landmark coffee case
By
Gary Tetz
Apr 20, 2018
“Coffee may heighten Alzheimer’s symptoms.” That’s the scary headline of a recent McKnight’s article, and I suspect the readership needle on the web traffic meter is jumping...
Lessons from the Hill: Can one person make a difference? You bet.
By
Joe Franco
Apr 19, 2018
With almost 15 years’ experience in grassroots advocacy, working for causes from cancer to Alzheimer’s prior to my current focus on aging services, has me convinced: Each and any one of us...
Reducing the overuse of antipsychotic medication: A person-centered care approach
By
Steven Fuller, M.S., Ph.D., DO
Apr 16, 2018
In recent weeks, a study by the Human Rights Watch has shed light on a serious problem across many facilities where seniors live in America: the over-prescription of antipsychotics to unnecessarily medicate...
Therapy plans shouldn’t be written in stone
By
Renee Kinder
Apr 12, 2018
What is your preferred writing tool? Pen? Pencil? Do you take notes in color? Use highlighters? I’m sure I’m not the only one judging you by this.
Hollywood needs to ‘wise up’
By
Stuart Greenbaum
Apr 09, 2018
Who better to tell Hollywood to “wise up” than the California Commission on Aging, the state’s leading advocate for healthy, purposeful longevity?