When Reimagining Dementia: A Creative Coalition for Justice launched “Taking It to the Streets,” a global campaign that took place during the week of Sept. 18 to 24, 2023, one of the first people to...
Medication adherence strategies for lowering hospital readmission rates
By
Bill Shields
Nov 15, 2012
Nearly one in five Medicare patients return to the hospital within a month of discharge, costing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) an extra $17.5 billion in 2010. Multi-medication packaging...
Social prescribing – the new drug for feeling better
By
Angela Burton
Charles de Vilmorin
Jun 08, 2022
Social prescribing is intended to address an individual’s personal interests, hobbies or passions. Rather than your healthcare provider focusing on the physical or medical problem at hand, they’re...
Building intergenerational connections
By
Sky Bergman
Charles de Vilmorin
Apr 26, 2022
Building intergenerational connections in nursing homes and senior living communities is one way that our industry can help rebuild occupancy and social engagement.
Beware the Russian invasion and its effect on mental health
By
Sherri Perry
Mar 14, 2022
The devastating impact of COVID-19 over the past two years affected not only Americans, but the entire world and caused many of us to feel emotions we weren’t familiar with. The unfathomable death...
How does your leadership team lead?
By
Nancy Anderson, RN, MA
Apr 27, 2018
Consider this truism: Your facility outcomes will never outperform the effectiveness of how your leadership team leads.
Dementia and LEGO Serious Play for improved engagement
By
Loretta Veney
Sep 12, 2022
I’ve loved LEGO bricks since receiving my first box from my mom when I was just five years old. Many of you have likely played with the bricks with your own kids or grandkids at least once in your lives....
Short-term rehab vs. LTC: What looks different
By
Michael Hass
Jul 17, 2017
Each for different reasons, many skilled nursing and long-term care providers are looking at building short-term rehab or converting long-term care environments into short-term rehab wings. The logical...
The power of purpose
By
Nancy Anderson, RN, MA
Jun 01, 2016
Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf once remarked, “I have seen competent leaders who stood in front of a platoon and all they saw was a platoon.
Resident engagement in 2024: Opportunities abound
By
Charles de Vilmorin
Jan 31, 2024
Engagement in long-term care and senior living is a team sport: everyone collaborates with residents to honor their preferences so they live each day with purpose. There has been much progress in this...