Lost somewhere amid all the cookie baking, holiday parties and merry-making near the end of the year was nursing home operators’ most optimistic story of 2013. The public has an all-time high opinion...
When a nurse seems too good to be true
By
Elizabeth Newman
Aug 17, 2018
One would think the most interesting part of a book where the main character kills hundreds of people would be the murders. But you’d be wrong: It’s the cover-up. This is one true story you’ll...
There’s no place like the county nursing home
By
Elizabeth Newman
May 16, 2013
Whether you are an employee, resident, citizen or member of another group, you can learn from the lessons I’ve learned while exhaustively investigating a story about running and saving county nursing...
The caregiver king
By
Liza Berger
Aug 21, 2008
Be nice to your employees. You never know when there might be royalty in your midst. That’s a lesson a nursing home in Harrisburg, PA, is not apt to forget. A certified nursing aide named Charles Wesley...
In case you missed it, there’s a new Medicare audit process coming
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Aug 22, 2017
it’s understandable if a story we ran last — about the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services revamping its Medicare audit process — slipped under your radar. Here’s what you need to...
When a provider gets caught in a web: The Cochran photo affair
By
James M. Berklan
May 21, 2014
The list of losers in this week’s sensational story about photos secretly being shot of a U.S. Senator’s Alzheimer’s-afflicted wife, is large. A long-term care operator is just hoping...
Insurance, the elderly and what to do next
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 11, 2013
No sane person can criticize someone who admits being confused about how medical insurance should be funded, especially for seniors. Last week, a pair of innocently juxtaposed stories highlighted the struggle...
A football feast
By
Liza Berger
Jan 14, 2009
Mmm … yum. A long-term care story has got my mouth watering. As the time ticks down to the National Football League conference finals this weekend, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) has made a pledge....
Some of the extras seem to be going off the script
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 01, 2011
For anyone who thinks most of the good scripts are in Hollywood, I say look east. The nation’s capital can more than hold its own when it comes to creating story lines that are interesting and unpredictable.
Top 5 news stories reveal varied interests among long-term care professionals
By
John O'Connor
Jan 03, 2014
What do neck abnormalities, dangerous bacteria, a murder-suicide, a defensive nursing home chain, and antipsychotic guidelines have in common? These five developments were voted the most popular news stories...