Preparing future long-term care leaders: Perspectives change after becoming residents
By
Jennifer Johs-Artisensi, Ph.D., MPH
Jun 30, 2011
The past 24 hours have been surreal for the new 21-year old nursing home resident. She has signed reams of forms. She has become overwhelmed with questions and left trying to understand and remember everything...
Five critical CEO skills for the future
By
Jacquelyn Kung, DrPH, MBA
Robert G. Kramer
Ed Frauenheim
Dec 06, 2021
A recent Ziegler study found that 70% of long-term care organizations likely would have CEOs retiring in the next five years. Recognizing the tectonic shifts in aging in the coming years, one such organization,...
Facility looks to culture change to enhance residents’ quality of life
By
William Thistleton and Jacqueline Warmuth
Aug 21, 2008
Charles T. Sitrin Health Care Center in New Hartford, NY, is transforming its community into a model of culture change, and will use the setting to study the effects of resident-centered care.
A call for more chocolate: Will it ease swallowing problems?
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By Faerella Boczko, MS, CCC-SLP, BRS-S and Siobhan McKeon, MS, CCC-SLP
Apr 03, 2012
What affect would the addition of chocolate have for seniors with difficulty swallowing? That’s what we set out to learn.
The silver tsunami factor: Creating a disaster recovery plan for the impending healthcare devastation
By
Cynthia Morton
Therasa Bell
Mar 09, 2022
The urgency and devastation around the COVID-19 pandemic have supplanted the very real concerns about the coming “Silver Tsunami’s” impact on our nation’s healthcare and long-term care industries. ...
The great outdoors: beautifying a long-term care landscape in a down economy
By
Craig Ruppert
Sep 30, 2009
Just because the economy is hurting doesn’t means the grounds of your long-term care facility should. Keeping the outdoors up to snuff is good for your residents–and business too.
Why ask why? Applying research to daily therapy practice
By
Renee Kinder
Jan 20, 2022
Understanding research methods and findings can influence daily therapy practice.
Let’s remove the long-term care ‘fraud tattoo’
By
Tara Roberts
Nov 25, 2013
Even though this legislation ostensibly is supposed to help providers, the “Medicare Established Provider Act” may encourage facilities to react or continue to act ultra-conservatively in the...
Lots to learn with new Five-Star
By
Steven Littlehale
Jul 22, 2022
On a recent flight, I sat next to an attorney whose principal focus was compliance. It turned out that we were both on our way to speak at events in the same popular Florida conference destination. She...
Understanding PDPM in value-based purchasing
By
Joel VanEaton
Jul 15, 2019
CMS has been clear that a major aspect to the design of the PDPM is payment that is quality informed. That cannot be overstated.