Having My Say | When the world spun out of control, they stepped up
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 01, 2022
Nursing home workers are some of the most dedicated in healthcare, often sacrificing on behalf of their charges. That commitment shines through in times of natural disaster.
CMS’ Medicare cuts bring pain
Oct 01, 2009
Does Congress fully understand the impact that billions of dollars of funding cuts to skilled nursing facilities will have?
Cut the puppet strings
Jun 01, 2010
The current combination of recession, Medicare cuts, RUGs-IV, MDS 3.0, state budget crises, QIS, RAC, and the unknowable final shape of healthcare reform are reminiscent of the 1998 switch to a prospective...
In sales, it’s about survival
Oct 01, 2008
This is a tough time for many people in the senior housing industry. With sub-prime fiascos, consumer confidence waning and an election up in the air, your customers are in need of some special love and...
Another look at “Do Not Resuscitate”
Jul 01, 2009
As practitioners, it’s easy to assume that the families of residents, as well as cogent relatives themselves, understand the implications of the advanced directives they sign along with other aspects...
Hope for ailing firms: savvy and experience can usher long-term care providers through these difficult...
Jun 01, 2009
The healthcare industry spends $350 billion each year just to submit and process claims, and future prospects are particularly troubling for long-term care companies
Through the lens of fear: Partnering with families
By
Martie Moore
Jan 31, 2021
I remember sitting with her, holding her hand, telling her the same information over and over again. Finally, she lifted her head and said, I hear what you are saying. Within five minutes, she asked me...
Redoing readmissions
By
Tom DePoy
Sep 01, 2014
When people are discharged from the hospital following an illness, injury or surgery, that’s often not the end of the story.
Having My Say | Non-retirees: The new LTC superheroes
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 01, 2022
My middle child, not yet old enough for middle school, recently asked me when I planned to retire. Me of no gray hair, of the too-small 401K, of exciting career accomplishments yet to be achieved!
Opinion: the five-star nursing home rating system is bad policy, hastily implemented
Mar 01, 2009
A good idea does not necessarily good policy make. For proof, look no further than the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services’ recently unveiled Five-Star rating system for nursing homes.