Are risk management and corporate compliance necessary?
By
Rebecca Lowell
Feb 21, 2014
Risk Management and Corporate Compliance are both integral components of effective administration and both are necessary within the healthcare setting.
When states get a golden goose, they usually feed it to the lions
Feb 21, 2014
As my dear mother used to say, it’s a rare cloud that doesn’t offer some kind of silver lining.
From hospital to nursing home: lapses in care exposed
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 19, 2014
For the long-term care operator who still thinks rehospitalizations are really just a worry for hospitals, it’s time to think again. Researchers are narrowing in on why nursing homes don’t...
PCC recognized by KLAS
Feb 18, 2014
PointClickCare was recognized by KLAS Research as a category leader in long-term care for 2013, according to its “Best in KLAS: Software and Services” report.
Attracting new residents
By
Seymour H. Fine, Ph. D.
Feb 17, 2014
Despite the rapidly growing elderly population, senior living communities sometimes have empty apartments and the worry is that prospective residents will look askance at a facility having more than a...
Food for the aging soul
Feb 14, 2014
Caring for someone with Alzheimer’s requires ingenuity in the kitchen.
Professional education doesn’t get better than this
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 12, 2014
What makes McKnight’s 8th Online Expo such a good fit for providers is the way it goes about its business. Once again at the end of March, it will come in the form of five national experts, delivering...
Tackling the technology generation gap
By
Mike MacLeod
Feb 10, 2014
Technology companies, ours included, are always talking about the next generation of this or the next generation of that. Innovation is critical and has advanced our society, but I want to make sure we...
Pressure ulcer prevention: Assessing all contributing factors
By
Dr. James G. Spahn
Feb 10, 2014
When analyzing the relationship between soft-tissue injury and support surfaces for pressure ulcer treatment and prevention, caregivers must realize support surfaces deliver unwanted gradient pressure...
The keys to reducing turnover in long-term care
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Feb 07, 2014
The turnover rate in long-term care is a very significant problem, so I dug into the research about it. Some of the findings were shocking. Others were simply very disappointing. Here’s what I found,...