Now here’s how to get hooked on having a good time
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 22, 2021
You have to hand it to the caregivers at Pinnacle Health and Rehab in Canton and Rumford Community Home, both in Maine: They know how to hold a coming-out party.
BREAKING: Feds partner with CVS, Walgreens to provide pending COVID-19 vaccinations to all senior care...
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 16, 2020
Residents and workers of all long-term care settings will receive free vaccinations against the coronavirus onsite under a special public-private partnership with pharmaceutical giants CVS and Walgreens,...
Parkinson: ‘2023 is going to be a tough year’
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 31, 2022
Long-term care leaders are eyeing the next 18 months warily, despite recent victories in the form of better-than-expected Medicare reimbursements for fiscal 2023 and Monday’s partial reprieve on emergency...
Providers have low hopes for better reimbursement
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 09, 2004
Long-term care providers may find themselves in a situation this year where no news is good news regarding reimbursement.
Then again, they probably aren’t really going to have much of a choice: In...
Glare hits wander monitors
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 09, 2004
Facilities risk harm to residents, costly lawsuits, lack of insurance coverage and bad publicity with insufficient wandering monitoring systems
News analysis: Admin, DON salaries reach new heights
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 09, 2005
Median annual salaries for nursing home administrators, directors of nursing and many other top management positions didn’t just crawl past last year’s record highs. In numerous instances,...
‘Big’ laundry challenges persist
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 21, 2004
Sandy Fredrickson is like a lot of long-term care laundry managers. She figures her facility’s equipment is fine. It’s the human element she has to keep an eye on, particularly when it comes...
Information Technology: Wireless? Why not
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 13, 2005
Wireless nurse-call systems are creeping into nursing homes more often — regardless of what regulations say or imply.
Nobody’s ready to call it a tidal wave yet. But there are signs of an undercurrent...
Porter: Election controversy or not, all efforts now go to lame duck stimulus package
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 09, 2020
Long-term care providers and their lobbyists are “completely and totally” focused on dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, regardless of the presidential election results, a top association leader...
BREAKING: CMS granting more nurse aide training flexibility
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 30, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has revised guidance for a temporary nurse aide training program that has threatened many individuals’ ability to come into compliance by an Oct. 7 deadline.