Can anyone guess what the title to this blog is stating? In the current culture of text messaging and abbreviations for everything, it can be a danger zone for medical documentation. Unfortunately, I have...
When making a call has life and death consequences – for staff
Dec 16, 2015
As long-term care administrators, we have a responsibility to inform employees about available resources, and provide them with the tools needed to identify domestic violence among co-workers.
Abe’s Garden expands access to dementia care
By
Andrew B. Sandler, Ph.D.
Feb 03, 2017
At Abe’s Garden, we know the alarming statistics about Alzheimer’s and dementia. However, the focus of all who work and volunteer here are the unique adults we care for every day.
What every provider should know about arbitration
By
Mario C. Giannettino and Steven D. Weiner
Mar 23, 2016
When courts are confronted with a simply stated, yet precise arbitration provision that does not suggest any procedural or substantive unconscionability, the courts may ultimately be bound to enforce the...
How will PBJ impact Five-Star staffing? Would you like one lump or two?
By
Steven Littlehale
Mar 30, 2018
We don’t know when, and we don’t know how, but when Payroll-Based Journal staffing data replaces the data currently being captured from CMS Form 671 for calculating Five-Star staffing, we are...
Payment reform: Ready! Set! Don’t go! No, I mean go!
By
Steven Littlehale
Apr 23, 2018
Perhaps you think that the new therapy-payment bombshell (RCS-1) has turned out to be a dud. I hope to make the point that it was not.
Using the right filters when looking through the lens of healthcare reform
By
Martie Moore
Mar 30, 2016
I looked upward and suddenly spotted an eagle soaring with outstretched wings. With sun streaming through his feathers, I was sure I would capture one of the best pictures I had ever taken. I didn’t.
Implementing an employee recognition program: Tips for success
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
May 29, 2014
I recently focused on the benefits of recognition and key points in choosing a recognition program. Now I’d like to address how to implement your chosen employee recognition program so that it becomes...
Understanding the Braden Scale with pressure ulcer management
By
Ilene Warner-Maron, Ph.D, RN-BC, CWCN, NHA
Aug 28, 2017
Multiple studies have demonstrated the validity and reliability of the Braden Scale. However the accuracy of the risk assessment is dependent upon an understanding of the multiple risk factors contributing...
What OSHA’s new ruling means for you
By
Martie Moore
Aug 22, 2016
While we have worked hard to create safer workplaces, we still have work to do. A new federal rule on injury reporting and recording could help get us there.