Now we’re really going to find what these long-term care leaders are capable of
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 15, 2022
Whatever your experience with long-term care leaders and lobbyists, you better hope they’re good at their game now.
A ‘people’ pro’s advice for LTC employee retention
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 27, 2019
Kim Warnecke sweeps into a conversation like a breath of charged fresh air. She is at once a warm whoosh and a crisp arctic jab, a good-natured mix that helpfully keeps you in touch with reality. Such...
Feeling besieged? Good news is here
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 19, 2021
Some incredibly heart-warming good has occurred for everyone in the profession this week. There’s more ahead, too.
This lifesaving coincidence definitely makes you swallow deeply
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 01, 2016
It wasn’t enough that Patty Ris was saved from choking in the dining room at her continuing care retirement community. She and her rescuer made worldwide headlines.
We were all in on the scheme and didn’t even know it
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 06, 2015
The recent past came rushing up other day, and it wound up whisking all of us onto the set of some fast-paced, financial mayhem-filled movie. Yes, you were there, too — though like me, you might not...
Speaking the right language when taking care of old people (oops!)
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 26, 2014
As someone who considers words so central to his existence, both personally and professionally, I suppose it’s only natural I was sucked into this. Call me a willing victim.
Just where does the buck stop with nursing homes and COVID-19?
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 21, 2020
Should the federal government “own” the coronavirus pandemic national response?
Despite days of abuse and worry in Orlando, there is optimism
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 16, 2019
There could be some encouraging news on the nursing home “abuse” icon set to go live Oct. 23.
It’s 30 years and counting for the dean of LTC
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 20, 2020
A lot has happened over the last three decades in long-term care. Patient acuity has risen severely, pay and regulatory systems have changed dramatically, and provider giants have risen and vanished from...
Sorry, CMS, this time you’ve gone too far
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 08, 2019
Life as a regulator can be a thankless job, but sometimes it involves admitting that you’re just outright wrong.