COVID-19 provides opportunity to improve nursing home care
By
John Hale
Terri Hale
Jun 01, 2020
COVID-19 has placed a spotlight on the nursing home industry and the challenges that nursing home owners, operators, administrators and other top managers face in keeping residents safe and well. They’ve...
The incredible shrinking brain
By
Gary Tetz
May 28, 2020
For those of you seeking a different coping path through this pandemic, might I suggest walking, gardening, swimming or dancing. I say this because a new preliminary study suggests that people who do those...
Can artificial intelligence help fulfill our ethical obligation to long-term care residents?
By
Charles E. Binkley, M.D., FACS
May 28, 2020
Nursing homes and long-term care (LTC) facilities throughout the country have reported significant clusters of SARS-CoV-2 infection, often with high associated mortality among the residents infected. ...
Where reality meets hope in the face of COVID-19
By
Nancy Anderson, RN, MA
May 27, 2020
I recently listened to a senior care leader’s video address to his company’s employees. I marveled at the message he was sending and his ability to create a genuine connection with his listeners. Particularly...
Essential experts
By
Julie Thorson
May 27, 2020
My leadership advice is to go back to the basics: communicate, include, communicate, include, communicate, include — over and over again.
Plan like an 82-game season
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
May 26, 2020
Can we be honest? I think most people have discipline and instruction totally backward.
Simplifying telemedicine use in long-term care facilities
By
Jonathan Wiesen, M.D.
May 26, 2020
Telemedicine has become the go-to tool of choice during the COVID-19 pandemic to keep individuals, healthcare providers and staff safe. The good news for long-term care professionals is that providing...
Sympathy for the devil
By
John O'Connor
May 24, 2020
Nursing homes are bad, bad. Not like honorable hospitals. Let’s look at why so many people apparently think this way.
Let’s celebrate Mental Health Month and Nurses Month
By
Randy Beckett
May 22, 2020
Mental Health Month and National Nurses Month are coinciding this May, and at a very appropriate time. Nurses and other healthcare workers are making enormous sacrifices during the COVID-19 pandemic, including...
Thursday webinar takes on combating loneliness and boredom with technology
By
James M. Berklan
May 22, 2020
A special McKnight’s webinar on Thursday will address how to help residents through the heightened risk for social isolation, loneliness and boredom because of COVID-19 restrictions.