Experts recently squared off on the use of medical websites, and whether they can help keep patients engaged in their care or run the risk of misinforming them about serious medical conditions (and annoy...
Time to start clowning around
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Aug 24, 2016
I like the occasional clown — as long as they’re where they’re supposed to be. But when they’re not? Downright terrifying. Then came this new nursing home study to put that line of...
Your next resident could be a senior … in college
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Jan 05, 2016
Where you live in college plays a huge role in the overall college experience, a fact that I’m sure isn’t lost on 21-year-old Drake University student Haley Jenkins. On Friday, she moves into...
Tales you might never expect from the frontlines of fraud
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Apr 26, 2016
The healthcare world currently ranks as the fourth most victimized industry when it comes to fraud, falling prey to roughly 6.6% of all fraud incidents. In the long-term care sector, experts recently shared,...
Critical thinking tips from the happiest place on earth
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Jul 18, 2017
What comes to mind when you think about critical thinking? For audience members at a session held yesterday at the National Association of Directors of Nursing Administration’s annual conference...
The power of the viral post
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Aug 09, 2016
For as tricky as the medium of online reviews can be for the consumer, they must be even trickier to navigate for the business owner on the receiving end. Especially when a scathing review goes viral....
Multi-generational mixer builds great collegian-CCRC resident bonds
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Mar 07, 2017
From adding cheerleaders to finding backgammon partners and sharing farming advice, a collaboration project between a CCRC and Fresno State students has been a rousing success.
Let the government teach you a lesson about millennials
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Oct 04, 2016
The stars in the workforce-strategy universe must have aligned on Thursday, because a new government report about millennials dropped around the same time that we kicked off a webcast on hiring and retaining...
Give yourself the gift of chilling out this holiday season
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Dec 06, 2017
Taking time to step back and reevaluate how you’re using your time — and if you’re a manager, how your employees are faring this time of year — can pay off big time.
Time to increase your dose of overprescribing education
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Sep 19, 2017
It turns out seniors who might be victims of overprescribing recognize it an issue all too well, according to new research.