One of those promises made last year by presidential candidate Joe Biden (and many other Democrats on the ballots) was a commitment to paid family leave.
With COVID, what’s on the surface matters deeply
By
Shula Jaron
Dec 07, 2020
More than 45% of all domestic COVID-19 fatalities have taken place in long-term care settings, and the response to outbreaks has been complicated by a lack of personal protective equipment and sufficient...
Managing RCS-1
By
Jean Wendland Porter
Sep 18, 2017
The new Resident Classification System, which may be implemented Oct 1, 2018, is changing the game. I say “may be implemented” because there’s reason to believe that it may be delayed...
Just ask Petraeus
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Mar 12, 2013
Well, it wasn’t easy to get there, but we have a new CIA director sworn in. With John Brennan taking over the spy agency, now’s a good time to think back to what happened to his predecessor,...
Why I love TV’s Nurse Jackie
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Oct 02, 2012
So we all know that nurse have a love-hate relationship with “medical shows” on TV. The good news is there is at least one thing to love.
Vow to hire veterans for long-term care
By
Mary Gustafson
Jan 26, 2012
In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Obama proposed the creation of a Veterans Job Corp to curb high unemployment rates for returning veterans. That’s opportunity knocking for...
A taxing situation
By
Liza Berger
Feb 27, 2008
There are a couple of hot-button government rules that are churning up a lot of discussion in skilled nursing circles these days. These rules involve two funding mechanisms – provider taxes and intergovernmental...
Complaints of the pandemic
By
Jean Wendland Porter
May 29, 2020
We work in long-term care and we have COVID-19 patients. This is not news. Everyone who’s reading this can say the same. How are we handling it? We are all different. It’s also not news that we don’t...
Preventing Legionnaires’ disease in LTC
By
Amanda Thornton, RN, MSN
Jan 12, 2018
It is not often that we think of Legionnaires’ disease, the form of pneumonia brought on by inhaling aerosolized water containing L pneumophila bacteria. But when the illness rears its ugly head,...
Point-of-service: Friend or foe?
By
Shelly Mesure, MS, OTR/L
Feb 22, 2012
As a manager, I used to love to promote point-of-service, or POS. As a therapist, I used to despise POS. How could I have such a love-hate relationship with POS?