Contract therapy vs. management agreement: Who gets the win?
By
Melissa Brown
Nov 15, 2021
SNF providers are reconsidering everything after PDPM and COVID-19. These two tremendous catalysts have turned skilled nursing upside down in many communities, and have left providers wondering which route...
The importance of designing thoughtful spaces for older adults with sensory disabilities
By
Tu-Anh Bui Johnson
Ron Franks
Jan 17, 2024
Designing inclusive and accessible healthcare spaces can be a challenging experience, especially when architects and planners must heed guidelines that don’t always comprehensively address the needs...
COVID-19 pandemic sharpens focus on long-term care
By
Erin Shvetzoff Hennessey
Brian Ellsworth
Jun 02, 2020
The United States was introduced to the COVID-19 pandemic through an outbreak in a nursing home in Kirkland, WA, where over 30 residents died in March after contracting the deadly disease. From there,...
An answer to wound care in the senior care community
By
Brian Wallace
Sep 01, 2020
Although telehealth may provide solutions to some pandemic-induced healthcare challenges, due to wound care’s complexities, the solution is not that easy.
At the crossroads: Legal considerations where government investigations overlap with tort risk in long-term...
By
Tom Barnard
Jill Steinberg
May 19, 2020
Note: See full list of authors below story. In roughly the seventh week after a majority of states and the federal government issued emergency declarations or “lock down” executive orders,...