Can two industries fighting for workers unite in the caregiving crisis?
Pitting the long-term care industry’s needs against those of the childcare industry would be short-sighted.
Pitting the long-term care industry’s needs against those of the childcare industry would be short-sighted.
Last year, as the pandemic raged in New York City and sirens filled the air, a group of young travel nurses arrived to assist weary long-term care teams. They took over nursing stations that had been depleted...
Spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare industry has experienced a marked shift to home-based care as more and more patients – including seniors – opt to recover at home rather than in a long-term...
The amount of money that gets wasted in healthcare facilities can be shocking, especially to healthcare personnel that are unaware. While it may be your primary duty to care for your residents, medicine...
Seems like a lot of people are finding religion these days. Or to be more accurate, their “sincerely held religious beliefs.”
I, like many, obtained my nursing license during a time of turmoil and fear. We did not wear gloves, nor masks, as we dealt with blood, body fluids or airborne infectious pathogens. We did not wear any...
There are lies, damn lies and statistics. That’s how Mark Twain is famously credited with characterizing research numbers.
Susan Ryan, senior director of The Green House Project, talks about her biggest accomplishment, when she knew that eldercare was right for her, where she sees the industry in the next decade,...
I had a milestone birthday recently. A birthday which I refused to celebrate, threatened my husband and friends not to dare surprise me with any activities and had planned to spend alone on the couch with...
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