For every long-term care staff member who wolfs meals at your desk while multitasking on important care-related duties, this is my fervent hope and prayer: that the gruesome and disturbing story I’m...
McKnight’s up for 2 national Azbee Awards
Mar 12, 2018
McKnight’s Long-Term Care News and its editorial team have been named national finalists in the prestigious 2018 American Society of Business Publication Editors awards competition.
Things I think: Surviving the treadmill
By
Gary Tetz
Mar 08, 2018
Exercise can be hazardous to your health. Like antipsychotics, its pursuit should include a black box warning that atypical, or even typical, fitness attempts carry increased risk of injury and embarrassment....
Awake for a cure
By
Gary Tetz
Mar 08, 2018
At this point in the search for a cure for Alzheimer’s, each glimmer of hope seems to come with a looming cloud of probable disappointment — and the question, “Will I get it someday?”...
Also in the News for Feb. 27
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 27, 2018
ASCP names Worz new executive director and CEO … Connecticut nursing home fined after resident violently beats another with wheelchair foot pedal … GAO: State evaluations of Medicaid expansion...
Early registration closing for ASCP annual forum
Feb 23, 2018
Registration for the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists’ annual spring forum, to be held May 17-18, will enter a new phase next week.
Simply too complicated
By
Gary Tetz
Feb 22, 2018
Every now and then, I wander innocently and foolishly into a complex long-term care topic that makes my brain hurt. This time, it was managed care.
Things I Think: Getting good reception
By
Gary Tetz
Feb 08, 2018
Like Stonehenge or the concept of truth, I’m an ancient relic of another time, so I clearly remember my family’s first primitive television.
Charlie’s choice
By
Gary Tetz
Feb 08, 2018
For all you passionate, committed long-term care professionals who chose this career path for only the right reasons, I think I’ve found your kindred spirit.
Transform your recruiting with the Waddling Goose Technique™
By
Gary Tetz
Jan 25, 2018
At the risk of shameless self-promotion, I’m quite sure I’ve just solved one of the great challenges facing long-term care providers — hiring the right frontline caregivers.