Now that the inbox is cleared, and the suitcase is (somewhat) unpacked, there’s time to reflect on the latest national nursing home conferences held by the American Association of Homes and Services...
Stop doing what doesn’t work for UTIs
By
Elizabeth Newman
Mar 22, 2019
Researchers emphasize that clinicians must think more critically before reacting to urinary tract infection symptoms. And they have the numbers to back it up.
Gingrich: Providers able to fix workforce problems themselves
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 28, 2017
Newt Gingrich tells long-term care providers not to wait for the government to fix their staffing challenges. He also claims some relatively easy solutions are at operators’ fingertips.
No rockets’ red (or blue) glare
By
Gary Tetz
Oct 29, 2012
Like sitting in a tub of hot cocoa on the shore of an enchanted mountain lake while listening to a choir of violin-wielding angels. That’s about how it felt to spend some quality time last week at...
Inclement weather is here, and so is increased elopement danger
By
Elizabeth Newman
Dec 09, 2014
I was fortunate to be able to spend the past week visiting London, which was a good reminder that perception of weather is partially dependent on where you are from, where you live, and whether you have...
CCJR makes us look at delivery of long-term care
By
Ravi Komatireddy, M.D., Howard Weiss, M.D.
Nov 18, 2015
Bundled payments are an effort to create a fixed target price for a DRG or group of DRGs that include a group medical services.
Butler County should take the addicts
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 24, 2014
It’s not a secret most county nursing homes are hemorrhaging money. That’s why I was intrigued by a Butler County (OH) proposal to allow heroin addicts to stay short-term in the county-owned...
Hooray! More red tape!
By
John O'Connor
Dec 05, 2018
Remember all the noise we heard about the government’s commitment to trimming regulatory excess?
Feeling a bit run down? Blame the third shift
By
John O'Connor
Jan 31, 2014
Long-term care professionals must be on hand to work the dreaded third shift, given the 24/7 nature of the job. For some caregivers, that means extra difficulties getting through an overnight shift. New...
The reaction to ACOs? Ouch!
By
James M. Berklan
May 16, 2011
I haven’t heard them pronounced this way yet, but long-term care providers might want to consider it when it comes to ACOs. Instead of spelling it out, as in A-C-O, say it phonetically, as in “Ache-O.”