Every step you take: A personal PDPM family perspective
By
Renee Kinder
Feb 13, 2020
This week has been eye-opening. I shifted from policy enthusiast to affected family member.
Providers, are you asking, ‘Show me your therapy minutes’?
By
Renee Kinder
Apr 08, 2021
It is a simple ask. It is the right ask. Show me your therapy minutes. The COVID-19 pandemic appears to have provided a bit of a pause to the anticipated review and audits we all anticipated seeing associated...
Whose story does your therapy documentation tell?
By
Renee Kinder
Mar 02, 2018
Therapy documentation should tell a story.
Short-term rehab plans for the newly discharged
By
Renee Kinder
Sep 16, 2015
Short-term rehabilitation programs are designed to promote and ease individuals’ return to home environments and assist with re-entry into the community within a relatively short period of time.
Grandmother-level quality
By
Renee Kinder
Jun 21, 2018
My grandmother decided to have an elective knee replacement — at 89 years of age — followed by a stay for rehab in a skilled nursing facility. Quality matters to her and therefore I wanted to know...
Calling safe! Before you are … OUT!
By
Renee Kinder
Jul 05, 2018
In a culture that calls for more person-centered and person-directed care, we often have to caution our patients to not call themselves “safe,” before they are discharged out of our care.
Finding Joy in everyday teaching
By
Renee Kinder
Mar 25, 2021
Confession: I was a terrible student until Joy Tilley rocked my 14-year-old mind with her lessons and passion for the perfect, five-paragraph essay. Awful student I was. Never completed homework. Never...
Spring cleaning in the air
By
Renee Kinder
Feb 25, 2021
Spring is in the air. I feel it. I see it. It must be coming. My 11-year-old, Joseph, said it best over the weekend … “Mommy there is something different about the smell of the air outside,...
Therapy in the new year: In with the old and new
By
Renee Kinder
Jan 03, 2019
Where should we stay laser focused regarding current and future regulatory change and the impacts of therapy? Read on.
Naughty or Nice?
By
Renee Kinder
Dec 22, 2016
If left up to me this holiday season, I vote let them be NAUGHTY.