The shrinking workforce has created a “Bigfoot Phenomenon” in the recruitment process of top directors of nursing in the long-term care industry.
Surefire warning signs that you’re living a long-term care nightmare
By
Gary Tetz
May 03, 2018
Have you ever had a long-term care nightmare? Not the waking kind, where some horrifying facility crisis leaves you muttering, “This is a nightmare.” I’m talking about a real one, the...
Providers rewarded for sticking with it
By
James M. Berklan
May 02, 2018
One could excuse long-term care providers if they’re walking around looking over their shoulders right now. I can personally identify with that.
Way too mathematically challenged
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
May 01, 2018
Nursing shortages are nothing new, and they’re going to get worse. So why haven’t we adopted solutions that other countries have already? There ARE ways to get around this.
Why I chose to join the nursing home profession: A new administrator’s story
By
Christin Delahay, LNHA, CDP
Apr 30, 2018
When my grandmother died, I didn’t know anything about the medical field, nursing homes or taking care of people. What I did know, though, was that I could do better than the care she received.
We’re shocked — shocked! — that bribery is going on here
By
John O'Connor
Apr 30, 2018
Few sectors are as vulnerable to Washington’s fickle winds as long-term care.
How does your leadership team lead?
By
Nancy Anderson, RN, MA
Apr 27, 2018
Consider this truism: Your facility outcomes will never outperform the effectiveness of how your leadership team leads.
Are you the Superman, Wonder Woman or Dwight Schrute of long-term care?
By
Marty Stempniak
Apr 27, 2018
When the day starts to drag, and the fantasies begin rolling through your head at work, what fictional character do you start picturing yourself as? Are you the Wonder Woman of the nursing home field?...
Motherhood, the job that gets you somewhere
By
Renee Kinder
Apr 26, 2018
Motherhood and its life lessons take the cake when it comes to making connections with therapy patients.
The benefits of proactive maintenance versus reactive maintenance
By
Dan Roberge
Apr 25, 2018
Knowing the difference between proactive and reactive maintenance — and doing something about it — will save you resources and energy, increase the lifespan of your facility and its capital equipment....