To properly address COVID-19 in nursing homes, we need to fix underlying issues
By
Joseph DeMattos Jr.
May 20, 2020
My heart breaks for people impacted by the historic threat of the COVID-19 pandemic. And while it may seem like it has already been an eternity, we still have a long battle with this virus ahead of us....
Combating nurse burnout with predictive analytics
By
Russ DePriest
May 20, 2020
Florence Nightingale is an inspiration to all generations of nurses. She introduced new standards for training and creating hygiene guidelines that helped institute modern infection control. She was a...
At the crossroads: Legal considerations where government investigations overlap with tort risk in long-term...
By
Tom Barnard
Jill Steinberg
May 19, 2020
Note: See full list of authors below story. In roughly the seventh week after a majority of states and the federal government issued emergency declarations or “lock down” executive orders,...
Celebrate Psychology Day on May 27
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
May 19, 2020
While it would be wonderful to have a systemwide honoring of psychology, psychologists and mental health, even small gestures of acknowledgement can go a long way toward emotional repair, in these pandemic-stressed...
Protecting privacy in the midst of COVID-19
By
Stephanie Anthony
Randi Seigel
May 19, 2020
The nation’s nursing facilities, assisted-living facilities, inpatient rehabilitation facilities and home care providers — and their long-term care (LTC) workforces — are at the forefront of the...
Three communications truths during COVID-19 (or in any crisis)
By
Katie Adkisson
May 17, 2020
The nursing home industry has a target on its back right now. The industry as a whole is being harshly criticized in the media, leaving questions not only about its state of preparedness but the quality...
Want to be like Fauci? Here’s your chance
By
James M. Berklan
May 15, 2020
I’d be willing to bet Dr. Anthony Fauci’s poll numbers rank ahead of almost any other serious figure in the public eye. And why not? He is a man of science and says his principles guide him. It...
We must solve the senior isolation epidemic. Their lives may depend on it
By
Joel Landau
May 14, 2020
As the coronavirus pandemic unfolded and concerns arose about the increased risk of infection facing older Americans, another worry came to the forefront: social isolation. This concern is of a long-term...
Masks change everything
By
Gary Tetz
May 14, 2020
Now that small respiratory droplets created by human speech have been found to hang out in the air for more than eight minutes, requiring masks in long-term care and any other setting where people congregate...
The case for COVID-19 nursing homes
By
Raj Mahajan, M.D.
May 13, 2020
As the month of May opened, the Navy’s hospital ship “Comfort” departed Manhattan, having housed fewer than 200 patients over 3 ½ weeks, and the state of New York announced plans to...