Special project brings children, nursing home residents together
By
Janet Listokin
Apr 13, 2009
Isabella Geriatric Center in New York City helps bridge the gap between children and nursing home residents with a special intergenerational program.
How do we know if we know what we don’t know?
By
Steven Levenson
Sep 08, 2023
The amount of knowledge and skill involved in complying with the OBRA regulations is monumental. Every topic, from pressure injury prevention to behavior management, has many tec hnical details and clinical...
Superbugs in long-term care
By
Gary Milburn, Ph.D.
May 17, 2013
Superbugs threaten ill and compromised patients, particularly those in long-term care settings. They are resistant to most antibiotics and can spread widely within hospitals and long-term care facilities.
In the face of crisis, enforcement risk looms for long-term care providers
By
Matt Curley
Jul 08, 2020
As long-term care providers brave the most significant public health crisis in our lifetimes, they also may find themselves at the center of an unprecedented increase in enforcement efforts driven by both...
Unfortunately, turning away opioid addicts might be necessary
By
Joan Baird, PharmD, BCGP, FASCP and Blake Griese, JD, PharmD
May 07, 2018
While the practice of turning away opioid addicts may appear heartless, this may be necessary given some of the administrative and regulatory hurdles that exist.
Achoo! Springtime is PEPPER season
By
Renee Kinder
Apr 27, 2023
The sound of spring is in the air and irritants abound. The sniffling, sneezing and coughing is always a telltale sign of a change in seasons. April also brings to us the release of the Program for...
One interview away from infection control CMPs?
By
Norris Cunningham
Kathryn Cordell
May 19, 2021
With the roll out of vaccines and slowing rates of COVID-19 infections, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has not shifted its survey focus away from infection control. Instead, the agency released...
Potential residents will be plentiful for long-term operators in the very near future, but will service...
By
John Hall
Nov 02, 2018
Demographic analysis clearly shows long-term care will have a substantially larger number of potential residents within the next five to seven years. Some long-term care leaders have predicted as a matter...
The big difference of small homes
By
Rebecca Priest
Apr 08, 2016
Within three years, I envision each of the Small Homes shopping for groceries at an actual store that exists right where my current office sits, with other amenities common to a neighborhood being built...
A case for interoperability: Electronic lynchpin for long-term success
By
Greg Nicholas
Apr 24, 2017
As an owner-operator, you likely are on information overload when it comes to electronic health record (EHR) systems.