Clarity on how providers fit into the rehospitalization picture
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 24, 2013
If you might have had the notion that anxious long-term care providers have been taking the hubbub over rehospitalization rates a bit too seriously, a newly posted study shouts otherwise.
When opportunity knocks, LTC pros answer
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 17, 2016
Say what you want about long-term care professionals because I’ve just about heard it all. They work too hard, they whine too much, they work for too little, they should be watched closer, and so...
Successful new ancillary service for long-term care operators? No, a bad trick
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 01, 2013
It is no secret that long-term care operators and other senior care providers love a good, money-making ancillary service to take care of their residents and firm up the bottom line. That’s one reason...
PETA definitely barking up the wrong tree
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 25, 2008
Some people, and their groups, are better at furthering the art of tactless solicitation than others. For the latest case of hoof-in-mouth disease, we only have to look to our friends at People for the...
Alzheimer’s and joy, an unlikely couple
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 09, 2015
In the news business, we say to look for the different. “Dog bites man” is not an especially enticing story, but “Man bites dog” is. So is “Finding Joy in Alzheimer’s.”
Hospitals’ plea will soon be nursing homes’
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 23, 2015
I was truly surprised when I didn’t hear long-term care leaders excitedly jumping around, yelling, “See! See! Us too! Us too!” last week. It was a simple report, sure, but one that should...
A tip of the cap to long-term care providers trying to get it right
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 22, 2012
Quit your whining.
The easy way to get LTC experts into your office
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 06, 2013
Nobody should pass up the opportunity to have a nationally respected professional expert visit his or her office. The chance to get six in there in a short amount of time? Outrageous. Yet, it’s going...
Aging services to demand partnerships and clarity
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 24, 2012
When one is lucky enough to have a Joseph Coughlin, Ph.D., in the house, it would be wise to sit down and soak up every word you can. You could also offer him a place to sit, but sitting still doesn’t...
What we have here is a failure to capitulate
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 08, 2011
The saga of Donald Berwick as administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services took an interesting, if not sadly predictable, turn last week. Opponents of his patron, President Obama, called...