Stumped what to get her? This could be the perfect thing
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 04, 2020
I don’t care if your big year-end thing is Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year’s or Festivus. You have a unique opportunity to give a special gift to someone special to the field.
Does your therapy department have resolve?
By
Shelly Mesure, MS, OTR/L
Jan 16, 2012
It’s that time of year again, time to settle down and get refocused on our goals and … New Year’s resolutions that might have already been broken! Have you kept your resolutions? Has...
Weird, wild and precious
By
Gary Tetz
Jan 24, 2019
So, let me get this straight: While others are sprinkling Xanax on their Lucky Charms every morning, I found a long-term care leader who’s excited about PDPM? Something clearly wasn’t right with...
What Blockbuster has to do with long-term care
By
Shannon McIntyre Hooper
Jul 15, 2013
Let’s start at the beginning and be very, very clear: innovation is not technology. Innovation is a mindset, a willingness to take a risk and change the way you run your business. In other words,...
Nursing home vaccine mandates: Damned if you do, damned if you don’t
By
Kevin Lawrence
Aug 09, 2021
Many people might not fully realize what long-term care operators are facing when it comes to whether to require COVID-19 vaccinations as a condition of employment. Here’s a breakdown in simple terms....
It’s time to notice the roses, thorns and buds
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 21, 2020
The most physically demanding thing I’ve ever done is backpack in the Rocky Mountains for about two weeks in raw conditions with energetic youngsters 30 years younger than me. There was extreme heat,...
It’s time for LTC consultants to change
By
Gary Tetz
Feb 07, 2019
After nights of sleepless worry on consultants’ behalf, I’ve developed a tweak to the old consulting model that will transform the way they do business and make their skills newly marketable.
September 11 death count, times 10
By
John O'Connor
Aug 27, 2012
Many people shudder when they think about the 9/11 tragedy, and rightfully so. The four suicide attacks carried out on September 11 of 2001 caused nearly 3,000 deaths. But imagine if there were 10 such...
The 20-mile march in LTC
By
Elizabeth Newman
Oct 17, 2017
It’s rare for smart leaders in any industry to not be familiar with Jim Collins, especially his signature work, “Good to Great.”
Ignoring the old impulses
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Apr 18, 2017
So, I have this song from Disney’s animated film “Frozen” stuck in my head. The part of the song that goes, “Let it go, let it go …” See, that’s how I feel about...