Some people, and their groups, are better at furthering the art of tactless solicitation than others. For the latest case of hoof-in-mouth disease, we only have to look to our friends at People for the...
Human-centered design on aging well … Happening now in Louisville
By
Martie Moore
Jul 25, 2018
He answered with confidence and insight. He had fought in one of the wars and knew his history on the others. I shamefully could only answer one or two questions.
Rooting out the cause of a cat problem
By
Elizabeth Newman
Mar 24, 2017
Hearing the phrase “root cause analysis” always strikes a bit of fear into my heart because it always seems to be a complex process. In long-term care, this is often framed as not only knowing...
It takes two: Integrating hospitals and post-acute care
By
Troy Hilsenroth
May 22, 2013
As mandates from the Affordable Care Act continue to roll out, the healthcare industry, and more specifically, the long-term care (LTC) market (also known as post-acute care), is in the center of a seismic...
Action-packed 2010 awaits nursing homes
By
Liza Berger
Dec 31, 2009
Ah, the New Year. As much as many of us try to downplay it, the holiday carries an undeniable host of expectations. While I can’t pretend I know how to read tea leaves, my prediction is that the...
What Election Day may spell for skilled care
By
Marty Stempniak
Oct 30, 2018
We’ve been talking about it for months and now the day of reckoning has almost arrived: Election Day is just one week away, and the stakes could be very high for the skilled nursing crowd. The makeup...
Nipping improper Medicare payments in the bud
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 15, 2016
Does the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services need its own Barney Fife to set its house in order? Some seem to think so.
Long-term care operators feeling alone again, naturally
By
John O'Connor
Jun 27, 2016
Say what you will about Republican lawmakers and their notions of healthcare reform: at least they’re consistent. Like their Democratic colleagues, they simply don’t seem to realize that long-term...
His advice: You’re probably doing it all wrong
By
John O'Connor
Feb 22, 2016
George Cloutier has been giving nursing homes and other small business clients this troubling message for three decades: You don’t know what you are doing.
Leave the cape at home to become a caregiving hero
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Apr 21, 2015
OK, let’s face it. We all have an inner superhero in us or we wouldn’t be in the business of serving. But sometimes we need to leave that cape at home.