Three ways to lean on technology for better care transitions
By
Travis Palmquist
Feb 12, 2021
As the senior healthcare market continually evolves to meet increasing demand, care providers are looking for solutions to help them succeed in the future. What’s more, the COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated...
How to keep LTC facilities financially healthy
By
Jim Davis
Jun 15, 2022
Long-term care facilities have always operated on razor-thin margins — then came the pandemic. The virus ripped through nursing and assisted living facilities. Families tragically lost loved ones and...
The importance of professional references in the job market
By
Melissa Green
Oct 24, 2018
Your job search process has begun. You’ve got your resume stacked with accounts of your accomplishments, your online profile is superb, and you’ve practiced your ‘elevator speech’ one hundred times....
Tips to emerge as a long-term care leader
By
Kendra Nicastro
Jan 07, 2020
Advancing your career and taking on new challenges can be challenging and rewarding. If you want to be considered for that new promotion in long-term care, plan your development in the following areas...
From responding to recovering to revitalizing
By
Nancy Anderson, RN, MA
Mar 15, 2021
“Chance created the situation; genius made use of it.” – Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace I admit, I haven’t read Tolstoy’s lengthy tome, War and Peace. But I recently saw the above quote from...
Three ways to make a new hire’s day two count
By
Cara Silletto
Mar 03, 2022
Today, there are more open positions than applicants, which means we have to make those first several days better for new hires. Chances are they still have a few more options waiting if the first week...
With COVID, what’s on the surface matters deeply
By
Shula Jaron
Dec 07, 2020
More than 45% of all domestic COVID-19 fatalities have taken place in long-term care settings, and the response to outbreaks has been complicated by a lack of personal protective equipment and sufficient...
Eliminate pathogens and pests to protect your facility’s reputation
By
Glen Ramsey
Dec 18, 2020
It’s always been critical for long-term care facilities to follow stringent infection control guidelines. Residents of these facilities often have compromised immune systems that lead to health conditions...
What I learned from a group of engaged senior care leaders
By
Nancy Anderson, RN, MA
Sep 20, 2018
Impacting employee engagement and retention starts with senior leaders.
Practical steps to prepare our ‘careforce’ for the now normal
By
Fred Bonaccorso
Jul 12, 2022
Services and support for our frailest, oldest adults need to evolve and improve. We need your leadership – now and into the future – to anticipate and embrace change, to help with the continued healing...