The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to light many challenges for long-term care providers, but staffing retention continues to remain a top challenge for most organizations. With turnover rates nearing 50%,...
How to become a champion of technology
By
Lola Rain
Aug 13, 2014
Organizations that focus on innovation shared insight on how to evaluate, implement and measure the success of technology. And to help you in your efforts, they highlighted areas to be cautious.
Not even a pandemic can keep these long-term care providers down
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 02, 2021
I’m choosing right now to bask in the great satisfaction that while pandemic conditions were devastating in so many ways, there was also a steady beat of quality care and innovation pulsing throughout.
Using technology to improve care, reduce costs
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Mar 27, 2018
At Maimonides Medical Center, 24 frail older adults were taught to use laptops so that they could manage their health information from home. The technology facilitated communication between patients and...
With new staffing mandates on the horizon, nursing home owners must adapt now
By
Michelle Northey
May 26, 2022
Staffing mandates will require operators to more formally and thoroughly measure and report how well they manage, maintain and retain caregiving workers.
Two tech developments you won’t want to miss
By
John O'Connor
May 08, 2017
Technology has been a true game-changer in long-term care. That’s why it gives me such great pleasure to announce that the 2017 McKnight’s Technology Awards contest will kick off Thursday (May...
An internal challenge that’s far worse than mission creep
By
John O'Connor
Aug 29, 2016
Navigating those so-called easy forms often turns out to be about as effortless as walking across the Amazon Jungle with just a machete.
The role of automation in addressing staffing shortages
By
Melissa Powell
Jul 07, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly exacerbated staffing shortages in the healthcare industry, particularly in nursing homes and other long-term care centers. As facilities strive to bolster their...
Tackling decline with a new type of aging collaborative
Jun 21, 2022
Johns Hopkins Human Aging Project director Jeremy Walston, MD, discusses how tech-informed devices, treatments and AI will likely play key roles in identifying and addressing functional and cognitive decline.
Answers about your top 5 technology challenges
By
James M. Berklan
May 13, 2015
I’ve learned after many years of covering long-term care that certain things are sure to arouse providers’ anger — over regulation, under payment and reckless media accounts among them. What...