Data equals understanding and requires integration
By
LeRoy Boan
Feb 12, 2018
The long-term care space is rapidly changing and evolving. Big data analytics will play a key role in helping to shape the future of this space.
10 lessons we learned on our culture change journey
By
Angie McAllister
Feb 09, 2018
Almost exactly 6 years from the date of our first training, we recently added our 50th home to the Eden Alternative Registry.
Charlie’s choice
By
Gary Tetz
Feb 08, 2018
For all you passionate, committed long-term care professionals who chose this career path for only the right reasons, I think I’ve found your kindred spirit.
Leadership conversations
By
Julie Thorson
Jan 31, 2018
When you have team members committed to growing and learning more as leaders … leadership conversations have to happen. Here are some resources and ideas about them.
Help in your backyard
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Jan 30, 2018
Amy Gotwals, the Chief of Public Policy and External Affairs at the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging, kicked off the 28th Annual Aging Conference in New York City last week, held at the New...
The therapy cap reborn
By
Jean Wendland Porter
Jan 26, 2018
At the end of 2017, Congress recessed before a decision was made on the repeal of the Part B Therapy Cap that we’ve been living with, working around, and appealing since 1998.
Transform your recruiting with the Waddling Goose Technique™
By
Gary Tetz
Jan 25, 2018
At the risk of shameless self-promotion, I’m quite sure I’ve just solved one of the great challenges facing long-term care providers — hiring the right frontline caregivers.
The true cost of obesity to SNFs
By
Joy Stephenson-Laws
Jan 19, 2018
While federal regulations state that nursing homes must provide “each resident with a nourishing, palatable, and well-balanced diet that meets dietary requirements and any special dietary needs”...
Treat yourself to a person-directed 2018
By
Renee Kinder
Jan 18, 2018
In case it hasn’t registered yet, the cultural shift from provider-directed care to person-directed care has carried over effectively into the updated state survey processes being implemented secondary...
Arbitration agreements: Is a signature enough?
By
Mario C. Giannettino
Jan 17, 2018
What are long-term care providers to do post-Kindred? Should they expect that their agreements to arbitrate will be enforced or invalidated at the state level?