Providers reveal why they didn’t collapse under federal staff vaccination mandate
Nobody can ever accuse long-term care providers of not being passionate.
Every breath you take
As pandemic testing becomes more sophisticated, a creepy song from the ’80s takes on new and ominous relevance. “Every breath you take I’ll be watching you,” warned The Police, and now that an...
Why we need to audit our way into cost savings
Long-term care facilities are getting whammed by inflation. Everything they purchase, from food to nursing supplies, has gone up in recent months. Meanwhile, staffing costs have also jumped tremendously...
Honoring our fallen
“What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose, for all that we love deeply becomes part of us.” — Helen Keller. These past two years of the pandemic have presented clinical challenges...
This group has a lock on aging in place
There’s one rapidly aging in place population that not many pundits are thinking of in their equations. And it’s growing explosively.
Mental health, everywhere
These days, mental health in long-term care is getting far more attention than it used to. After 25 years as a nursing home psychologist, it’s pretty exciting to see. I perused the April print edition...
That’s just common sense! Why staff often miss the mark
Most leaders I know had a pretty great parent or two who raised them. Those parents worked hard in at least one job if not more while their children were growing up. Those parents also set the stage...
Please say gay
Last month, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed the controversial “Parental Rights in Education” bill, colloquially known as “Don’t Say Gay.” It reads, “Classroom instruction by school...
Long-term care’s staffing woes move up the ranks
When staffing challenges are discussed, they tend to focus on frontline employees and middle managers. But as perhaps never before, long-term care is being forced to deal with losses at the very top.
Tough conversations on gender equity, from dinner tables to boardrooms
To solve our staffing shortage, we must address the issue of gender parity in leadership. And to do that, we must embrace our fear, speak up, and act; we must start the tough conversations.
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