There’s a legendary photo of General Douglas MacArthur wading ashore upon a heroic return to the Philippines in World War II, and that’s what popped into my mind recently when I saw an elderly...
Remember residents and farm life
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jan 16, 2014
Journalism, like long-term care, is a smaller world than one may think.
Barbershops are for girls too
By
Renee Kinder
Mar 17, 2022
The Lansdowne Barber Shop in Lexington, KY, is a special place for many reasons. To begin, it is a hidden gem tucked literally behind restaurants, a candy store and an ice cream shop, requiring its customers...
‘Okie El’ rocks out, and then veges out
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Apr 28, 2015
My first-ever trip to Oklahoma for a speaking engagement recently included no fringed surries. But there was a bustling, well-run long-term conference, animated conversations with attendees, life-altering...
The vaccine was most protective — at 90% efficacy — when participants received an initial half dose and then a full dose a month apart, the U.K. drugmaker says.
New guidance prescribes exercise ‘like medicine’ for cancer patients, survivors
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 17, 2019
Clinical evidence supports prescribing physical activity like medicine for people diagnosed with cancer, says an international team of experts.
Nurse aide admits to stealing, pawning resident’s wedding ring
By
Jan 11, 2016
A former aide at a Minnesota nursing home has admitted to stealing the wedding ring off of a resident’s finger and pawning it over her lunch break.
Long-term care leaders criticize Washington Post article on reimbursements
Mar 31, 2010
A recent Washington Post analysis of the use of “ultra-high” reimbursement categories for nursing homes “paints a negative, incomplete picture of the growing role and tangible benefits...
Tryko picks up two Philadelphia-area nursing homes
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 26, 2020
Private equity investment firm Tryko Partners has acquired Glendale Uptown Home and Lutheran Crossings, two nursing homes about 30 minutes from each other in the Philadelphia area. The 240-bed Glendale...
Male applicants get $165K in discrimination lawsuit settlement
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 08, 2019
A provider accused of refusing to hire men and retaliating against an applicant will pay $165,000 to settle a federal gender-discrimination lawsuit.