Taking stock of a new business model for long-term care
By
John O'Connor
Oct 22, 2012
It’s getting tougher to figure out how and where to compete in the changing healthcare landscape. So what’s an operator to do? Here’s my suggestion: Go to your local grocery store.
Operators must learn to fish where the fish are
By
John O'Connor
Aug 13, 2012
It’s encouraging to see capital and new construction returning to the field. And it’s a safe bet that both issues will be popular topics when the National Investment Center for the Seniors...
PETA definitely barking up the wrong tree
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 25, 2008
Some people, and their groups, are better at furthering the art of tactless solicitation than others. For the latest case of hoof-in-mouth disease, we only have to look to our friends at People for the...
Looking for LTC leaders in all the wrong places
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 16, 2023
I hold in high esteem many of the long-term care leaders I’ve come across during more than 22 years covering the sector. But they’ve all got it wrong.
It’s all about perspective
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Jan 31, 2023
You know, it’s a little jarring when your proctologist tells you to look at things from his point of view! That’s not really a perspective I want, you know? However, a prospective change is worth...
The waiting is the hardest part
By
John O'Connor
May 03, 2021
Our ride on the pandemic Tilt-A-Whirl won’t last indefinitely but it’s not over yet.
Alone again, naturally
By
John O'Connor
Apr 20, 2020
Until nursing homes remedy both of their big issue-related problems, they will probably never get the respect or credit they deserve.
#askingforafriend
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Sep 03, 2019
I don’t know if you have seen this hashtag on Twitter. #askingforafriend. It’s pretty funny. It’s a way to ask a question without embarrassing yourself. You know, like, “I’m just asking this...
They put their lives on the line for residents while losing everything they owned
By
Marty Stempniak
Nov 13, 2018
I can only imagine the crushing grief one must face after their home and every worldly possession is reduced to ashes. But what if your house and workplace both burned down in one fell swoop? That’s...
National falls prevention day? That’s nonsense
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 02, 2018
If you’re fed up with the state of American politics — for whatever reason — you are far from alone. But all proper-thinking people can be proud of their elected Senators for at least one reason....