If you want to know what skilled care will look like in five years, consider what hospitals look like today. The first time I heard that adage was in 1990. These days, it rings truer than ever. To be sure,...
Making the case: It’s been a wild year
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 17, 2014
As the sands of the year race to their finish, there is one certainty about the long-term care news in 2014: It’s been wild and trying.
Unsettled business
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 20, 2011
The opening of the American Health Care Association’s annual meeting took on a familiar air Monday afternoon in Las Vegas: A lot of proud retrospectives of a year gone by, prerequisite hand-wringing...
How to keep working in LTC (when you’re not sure how much more you can take)
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Aug 31, 2021
When I speak to long-term care groups, whether to those in leadership positions or to direct care staff, it’s clear that virtually all the audience members have been drawn to the industry because of...
Camaraderie counts! How to build trusting relationships with staff
By
Nancy Anderson, RN, MA
Sep 03, 2016
Your opportunity as a manager is to find ways to connect your staff to the organization’s purpose and to each other.
Nursing homes are struggling? Guess he didn’t get the memo.
By
John O'Connor
Jan 31, 2022
The American Health Care Association released a bombshell report suggesting up to half the nation’s facilities may be on the brink of ruin.
Some operators not clear on the ‘greatest asset’ concept
By
John O'Connor
May 24, 2021
“Our employees are our greatest asset.” How often have I heard that or a similar claim over the years?
Congress as … good guys?
By
James M. Berklan
May 10, 2024
Face it: It’s easy to complain. About the boss, about the weather, about “the system.” And if you toil in long-term care, it’s really easy to fire up a narrowed down complaint list targeting two...
Aggressive union tactics against nursing homes hardly civil
By
John O'Connor
Dec 07, 2012
If unions have their way, nursing homes and other low-wage employers will soon be portrayed as being on the wrong side of the civil rights movement.
CMS emergency preparedness rule: What to know
By
Don Basler
Oct 20, 2017
A solution should have strong reporting and records retention within its platform to ensure compliant contact management over time.