A small set of community-based organizations are seeking to deliver coordinated care to people coping with multiple chronic conditions and functional limitations who wish to live well and safely in the...
Nursing homes need infection prevention education
By
Jennifer Sanguinet and Cody Haag
Jul 31, 2015
Long-term care nurses and CNAs performed poorly in a study measuring their infection prefention knowledge. How can this be improved?
What boomers want
By
Ben Mandelbaum
Jul 17, 2015
More seniors are making a move into long-term care as a lifestyle choice, thereby taking advantage of the array of products and services available for seniors at virtually every physical state, from the...
Should SNF therapy vendors use QAPI?
By
Tara Roberts
Nov 06, 2014
While some long-term care providers have been slower to look at QAPI processes, others are ready to implement. Therapy vendors also should be considering adopting and operationalizing QAPI.
Don’t be a Humpty Dumpty leader: How to engage your inner creative self
By
Martie Moore
Oct 13, 2017
In my last article, I shared with you the latest research on employee and leader engagement. Let’s now look at what leaders can do to improve engagement and help themselves become an engaged leader.
Six tips for a great gardening program
By
Dave Singleton
Jun 28, 2013
A gardening program (or horticulture therapy) gives seniors an opportunity to beautify the environment around them and engage in a beloved hobby — or take up a hobby they’ve always wanted to try.
A Medicaid conundrum
By
Stuart H. Shapiro, M.D.
Oct 03, 2012
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling on health care reform brings to mind Apollo 13 astronaut John Swigert’s understated line: “Houston, we have a problem.”
Does cognitive impairment contribute to SNF-to-hospital transition?
By
Steven Littlehale
Feb 28, 2018
Exceptional SNF utilized appropriate structure, process and outcome measures. Despite this, however, it might have better been called “Mediocre SNF.”
The extraordinary view
By
Martie Moore
Jan 15, 2016
As healthcare providers today, we must be ready to view the changes at both a macro and micro level, and move and respond accordingly to the moment. The current movement requires both the utilization of...
How one SNF landed AHCA’s top distinction
By
Tom Boyes
Oct 08, 2014
This year, our Altercare of Louisville Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing became the first center in Ohio to earn the American Healthcare Association and National Center for Assisted Living’s...