Carol Silver Elliott has the recipe for success in these trying times.
Long-term care providers ready to deal with ‘doc fix’
By
James M. Berklan
May 15, 2013
If you hang around long enough, you learn there are only two things long-term care providers fear after Republicans and Democrats. That would be hospitals and doctors.
A happy Christmas to all
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Dec 14, 2021
‘Twas the morning of Christmas, when all through the buildingNo staff member was sitting, but everyone scurrying.The residents were washed and groomed with care,Knowing that visitors (finally) soon...
To mask or not to mask?
By
Jean Wendland Porter
Jul 20, 2020
Disclaimer: I know I’m preaching to the choir. But it has to be said, so I’m saying it. I keep hearing defenses against wearing a mask in public. I wear one to protect YOU. I work in a COVID-19 facility...
Will long-term care wear the phoenix label?
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 18, 2020
Long-term care providers have a great opportunity at hand.
Your money’s no good here
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 01, 2017
I’d say the thing we write about most often in this line of work is payment issues. As a long-term care provider, you are eternally under pressure with whether there will be enough to pay for everything.
To the vaccine mandate winners and losers
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 13, 2022
It’s important the winners — and losers — from Thursday’s Supreme Court decision on the healthcare worker vaccine mandate keep something in mind.
Filling the continuum of care gap in the COVID-19 era
By
Mark Fritz
Oct 20, 2020
Since the pandemic began, one thing has become abundantly apparent: There is a gap in the continuum of care for our nation’s most vulnerable patients. All too often, medically complex patients...
There is only one long-term care road
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 22, 2021
Study results released Thursday illustrate just how important “walking the walk” — and not just talking the talk — is in the workplace.
Meaningful engagement requires staff to practice self-care
By
Charles de Vilmorin
Jennifer Stelter
Jul 31, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to unfold, most senior living providers are reporting that their residents are experiencing both cognitive and physical declines due to a lack of consistent and meaningful...