At a time of year when everyone is focusing on springing forward, it is also important to remember that some of the patients that we serve daily have a skilled need to maintain. Skilled services,...
Getting back to basics at Revera
By
Dee Rossetti
Jul 01, 2013
Revera Nursing and Rehab has taken a ‘back to basics’ stance to continue to expand its clinical capabilities portfolio and provide patients with the care, respect and positive outcomes they...
This too shall pass! PALTC is united
By
Arif Nazir, MD, CMD
Mar 30, 2020
When a crisis hits, besides shedding light on the system gaps, it also highlights the strengths of a community. The stresses of the novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) have clearly highlighted the many...
Hedonism in the neighborhood CCRC?
By
Herb Hildebrandt, Ph.D, Hl.D.
Nov 15, 2019
Hedonism isn’t necessarily the first term that comes to mind when thinking of senior care communities. Yet the word occasionally appears in research articles that relate to residential and community...
To tell a story is to change a life forever
May 11, 2018
Last summer, along with my older sister and our children, we made a 900-mile trek across four states for no other reason than to sit across a picnic table from our paternal grandfather and listen to his...
6 common problems a shrink on staff can solve (and your consultant can’t)
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Aug 22, 2013
As a psychologist consulting in long-term care facilities, I provided a lot more than I was paid for, because it was needed. But there was much more help that I didn’t offer, not only because I wasn’t...
Terminations without litigation in the long-term care industry
By
Howard Kurman and Julius Steiner
Jul 26, 2012
In today’s litigious work environment, nursing home employers face increasingly large monetary exposure when contemplating or effectuating terminations of employees. In this three part series, we...
CMS did more than ‘just’ cut Medicare pay by 11.1%
By
Shelly Mesure, MS, OTR/L
Aug 19, 2011
Have you started your COT trending analysis? On Aug. 8, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released the final ruling and commentary for the new implementation of the MDS changes set to take effect...
PDPM: Redefining Advantage
By
Renee Kinder
Sep 26, 2019
Can quality outcomes be delivered with fewer therapy minutes now that PDPM is pushing other payment buttons? The question deserves a full airing.
COVID vaccines for LTC employees: To mandate or not?
By
Andrew Roach
May 24, 2021
After a year that has required long term care facilities to manage various, often competing, considerations while making a series of difficult decisions, they now are grappling with the question of whether...