It turns out there might be one type of administrator who is more personally susceptible to this vile virus now plaguing humanity than any other.
AMDA, ADVault Partner on advance care planning
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 02, 2020
AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine partnered with the leading online advance care plan provider, ADVault’s MyDirectives.com, to help residents in nursing homes, assisted...
How to do it … Meds management during a pandemic
By
John Hall
Jun 01, 2020
You might have to go back to Hong Kong Flu in the 1970s to find a more chaotic period than our current pandemic days. But as the experts tell here, a dose of calm and teamwork can help tackle even the...
The incredible shrinking brain
By
Gary Tetz
May 28, 2020
For those of you seeking a different coping path through this pandemic, might I suggest walking, gardening, swimming or dancing. I say this because a new preliminary study suggests that people who do those...
Masks change everything
By
Gary Tetz
May 14, 2020
Now that small respiratory droplets created by human speech have been found to hang out in the air for more than eight minutes, requiring masks in long-term care and any other setting where people congregate...
Coping with COVID-19, the beard and Chuck Norris
By
Gary Tetz
Apr 30, 2020
While long-term care workers I’ve interviewed have been grateful and positive during the COVID-19 pandemic, my coping mechanisms could be considered somewhat less constructive and helpful.
Provider groups develop heat map to aid coronavirus response; FEMA to deliver PPE
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 29, 2020
A newly-developed heat map of coronavirus cases in U.S. nursing homes and assisted living facilities will help to prioritize much-needed personal protective equipment and testing supplies for hard-hit...
Time to end this handshake insanity
By
Gary Tetz
Apr 16, 2020
To shake someone’s hand is to say, “I don’t know much about you, but I choose to embrace every bad hygienic choice you’ve made today.”
Courage is contagious
By
Gary Tetz
Apr 02, 2020
Facility staff have no idea if catching COVID-19 will be merely an annoyance or a life-threatening battle, a parking ticket or a death sentence. But still, they go.
Bad news on the doorstep
By
Gary Tetz
Mar 19, 2020
Compared to shoppers tearing apart a pallet of toilet paper, our facility staff have been Buddhas in scrubs during the recent pandemic. But even they aren’t the most inspiring out of all of this.