COVID-19 is now responsible for the deaths of more than 100,000 residents and staff in the 15,000 nursing homes in this country. I’ve been in this field 40 years —as a certified nursing assistant,...
Best practices for protecting leaders and facilities from COVID-19 lawsuits
By
Raj Shah
Jan 08, 2021
Nursing home staff, administrators and frontline caregivers have worked tirelessly to prevent and manage the pandemic. Despite their heroic efforts, over 101,000 seniors and 750 employees had died of COVID-19...
Managing a bah humbug holiday season
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Dec 15, 2020
By now many of us have viewed the viral video of residents gleefully shooting soft foam balls at laughing staff members dressed as reindeer dodging through a pine-tree “forest.” It’s the kind...
The COVID-19 journey: Two providers’ stories
By
Liza Berger
Dec 09, 2020
To better understand how the imminent COVID-19 vaccines will affect this sector, you merely need to talk to those in the field — people like Administrator Hayley Boutte, administrator of Maison Teche...
Nursing Home Quality Incentive Program? Hardly
By
Brendan Williams
Dec 08, 2020
Was any federal program ever more misnamed than the “Nursing Home Quality Incentive Program”? Rather than reward nursing home quality, it has effectively rewarded states that have out-of-control COVID-19...
Scary stuff is happening in long-term care
By
John O'Connor
Dec 07, 2020
I was recently talking to a sibling who moved out West. Thanks to the miracle of remote work, he was able to ditch cold winters while keeping his day job. As they say, nice work if you can get it.
Long-term care headed for a high-proof shot of reality?
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 20, 2020
I was taught long ago that liquor has a way of magnifying something that’s already there. A truly happy person will becomes extremely jocular and gregarious when drunk. On the other hand, an innately...
The election’s over. But for some, the pain continues.
By
John O'Connor
Nov 09, 2020
When Donald Trump upset Hillary Clinton to capture the presidency in 2016, I was a bit surprised.
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The power of a phone call
By
Mark Rennella
Laura Steuer
Oct 27, 2020
What do your residents already have and know how to use that can help them feel less lonely? The telephone. Beyond the push for you to invest in costly and time-consuming technology (Zoom? iPads?) is a...