Stories of the Year unveiled while Daily Update takes holiday break
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Dec 22, 2016
McKnight’s Daily Update is taking a year-end pause and will return Tuesday, January 3, 2016.
How songs of the season help residents
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Elizabeth Newman
Dec 22, 2016
My love of specific types of Christmas music is one of the reasons I was thrilled to see a new case study once again showing the positive impact of personalized music playlists for residents in long-term...
Making moments count
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Martie Moore
Dec 21, 2016
As a professional caregiver, you see, hear and experience the story of the lives before you, and not just the shell of an aging body. Your actions do not make the evening news, but they should.
When technology fails us: ‘We talk’
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Steven Littlehale
Dec 19, 2016
Driving my Grandma to one of her favorite restaurants to celebrate a significant birthday (she prefers that I don’t specify which) offered me an important lesson in communication.
Journey of Heroes deserves showing, not telling
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Gary Tetz
Dec 15, 2016
Every year about this time, I tell you eagerly and often weepily about “The Trip.” The one where 12 veterans, many of them from World War II and living in long-term care, get to hop on a plane...
Verma to face ‘difficult decisions’ at helm of CMS, former agency officials say
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Dec 15, 2016
Seema Verma, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, will have her work cut out for her if and when she assumes leadership next year, former agency...
New state law would require anti-abortion messaging in nursing home bathrooms
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Dec 14, 2016
Oklahoma nursing homes will be required to post anti-abortion signs in their public bathrooms by 2018 under a new law.
Nurse Strom and the comment section conundrum
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Dec 13, 2016
It’s very fitting, and not at all surprising to me, that a story on social media comments has stirred up some of most intense reader response I’ve seen on this site in a while.
Book these choices: How to pick out a great gift
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Elizabeth Newman
Dec 09, 2016
With an eye on offering some excellent possible gift recommendations this holiday season, I’d like to make some book recommendations for everyone in your life. The catch is, of course, that all discuss...
Winners in doubt
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John Hall
Dec 06, 2016
No rest for weary providers in the battle to beat germs in long-term care settings