Attention to staff mental health essential for excellent healthcare, pandemic or not
The pandemic has taken a significant toll on staff mental health. Here’s how we helped our team cope.
The pandemic has taken a significant toll on staff mental health. Here’s how we helped our team cope.
It falls to individual skilled nursing facilities and caregiving teams to create clear and coordinated expectations of nursing homes.
There’s nothing like a couple of days of business travel to make you feel old.
As I reviewed the many recent long-term care happenings and articles to select a topic for this week’s blog, my mind kept returning to the fascinating column by researchers Lindsey Creapeau and Jennifer...
My seven-year-old son recently saw a pick-up truck sitting on the side of the road and asked what happened. From my view, it had clearly blown a tire, so I said, “His tire blew up while he was driving.” ...
This is an excerpt from a local news story that you never want to see for a skilled nursing facility: “A worker was hurt and several residents were relocated after a dryer at a Lehigh Valley nursing...
Garry Pezzano, MS/CCC-SLP, FNAP, has been appointed the new president and CEO of LeadingAge PA.
Given brutal nursing home operating conditions, one might think investors are staying far away. If anything, the moneyed class is lining up in search of a piece of the action.
Tying reimbursement to investments in quality is a good idea, but it won’t work with the current Five-Star system.
While caring for the elderly, you might think you’re in a unique situation, and believe the stress you regularly feel is a unique burden.