Last week an insurance adjuster came over to scope out some storm damage. Anyone who enters my home must be vaccinated or wear a mask (I keep clean masks at the front door. I’m nice like that). If...
How to alleviate pest pressures during renovations
By
Glen Ramsey
Mar 16, 2019
If your facility already has a pest management provider, utilize this partnership and have them conduct a thorough inspection beforehand and incorporate their suggestions during the planning process.
How one provider handles trouble in paradise
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 26, 2018
For providers sitting in the lap of luxury, there are extra burdens others might not realize.
How end of life planning programs can help LTC providers
By
Steve Byrne
Dec 02, 2015
When patients have not created a well-crafted end-of-life plan and shared with family and providers, problems frequently ensue.
The long-term care leftovers that earned a warning
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 09, 2013
Today in the annals of Nursing Homes That Should Know Better, we turn our attention to a rural part of Tennessee.
Sr+ — Behavioral ABCs
By
Mark Pavlovich
Jul 08, 2020
I met BF Skinner when I was in grad school studying Applied Behavior Analysis.
Celebrating the CAN, er, CNA
By
Gary Tetz
May 02, 2019
Here’s how you’ll know I’m sincere in my desire to celebrate some of long-term care’s most uncelebrated people. I’m willing to spend the next two hours trying to get the Word program to stop...
Exercising and evaluating CMS emergency preparedness plans
By
Terry Zysk
Nov 02, 2018
You can’t painstakingly document and evaluate during an exercise or emergency, but detailed and comprehensive event logs can provide a great deal of information for evaluation.
5 ways to increase occupancy with LGBT and ally residents
By
Hilary Meyer
Nov 07, 2016
Plus, we know that LGBT older adults are less likely to access care, and when they do, they feel they have to go back into the closet in order to minimize the risk of being mistreated.
If everyone would just do things my way …
By
Julie Thorson
Jun 25, 2015
For a long time, “leadership” to me meant convincing people that seeing things my way was the only way. After all, it would be much easier if everyone bought what I was selling. Funny thing,...