Like a real-crime podcast about murder. That’s the way we need to tell the story of our long-term care staffing or funding woes if we want anyone to actually pay attention.
How to have each other’s backs
By
Jennifer Jasper
Jul 02, 2012
When you become a nursing home administrator, you have to earn your staff’s respect. Whether it’s by walking the floors, or handling a hurricane, administrators have to be prepared for whatever...
What would Jack Bauer do?
By
Anthony Cirillo
Mar 06, 2013
In the now-infamous case of an independent living facility’s policy on CPR, the simple perception is that a woman was dying and needed CPR. Sound and prudent judgment would have been to perform it,...
How to drum up long-term care business? Scare them
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 17, 2018
Whether you realize it or not, you’re likely going to need extra care in your older years, the soft-sell goes. And, my, look how expensive it is!
Should I be looking for a new position in senior care?
By
Julie Rupenski
Dec 04, 2017
You have been in your senior care executive director position in a well respected senior care company for a year or two.
How to listen to what your data’s telling you: March 15 Online Expo webinar
Feb 28, 2017
The final session of the 2017 McKnight’s Online Expo will start at 1 p.m. Eastern on March 15 and focus on practical uses for data that providers probably are already gathering.
Joe Bush
Aug 30, 2019
Joe Bush is the staff writer at McKnight’s Long-Term Care News.
Why I became a nurse educator
By
Lacey G. Bass, DNP, RN, CNE
Jul 15, 2016
For me, nursing was a second career, but it has turned out to be my true calling
5 tips for enhancing staff training to improve quality initiatives
By
Sister Kevin Patricia Lynch
Mar 24, 2017
As nursing home administrators navigate through new regulations, changing demography of the long-term care market and complex resident needs, well-rounded staff education is critical to improving quality...
Fire, rain and the elephant on the 40th floor
By
John O'Connor
Nov 27, 2017
You never know when freak storms or unexpected fires might strike. But you can be sure that if and when one does, angry people will line up to demand that you be held more accountable.