A question I hear ever more frequently from senior care leaders is: “How do I really know how my employees are doing as they cope with the fear and uncertainty of our current environment?” Crisis communication...
David Gentner: Racing, rocking top exec
Mar 01, 2021
David Gentner, Ed.D, President and CEO, Wartburg
Wasserman goes the distance
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 01, 2020
Michael Wasserman, M.D., President, California Association of Long Term Care Medicine
Saying no to the hugging resident
By
Elizabeth Newman
Oct 14, 2016
While leaving my car this morning in our office parking lot, I noticed a gray-haired man shuffling towards me. I assumed he was heading towards his car, but he stopped in front of me and demanded, “Hey,...
Round and round and round we go . . .
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Sep 04, 2018
Hey, I get it. Sometimes we are doing so much we feel like our head is spinning. But, guys, you can’t forget to do your daily rounds. It is THE one thing you can do that will give you your biggest...
The Sales Manager in Chief
By
Gary Tetz
Jan 30, 2013
I recently watched the presidential inauguration from the comfort of a fake leather couch at a car dealership. Over the din of overhead pages for the service department, Sales Manager in Chief Barack Obama...
Technology improves medication safety measures
By
Jeff Harrell, Pharm. D.
Jan 07, 2013
No matter your role in healthcare, medication safety is a challenge that has caused you concern. In my job as co-owner of SureCare Rx, an independently owned and operated pharmacy partner to long-term...
When crisis hits
By
Shane Swisher
Feb 27, 2012
Unfortunate events can occur anywhere, at any time, including in long-term care. How a company handles the situation is what determines whether it’s perceived as a success or failure.
Profile: College homecoming — Susan Allen Burton, President & CEO, ACHCA
By
Julie Williamson
Oct 12, 2005
Susan Allen Burton’s professional life has taken many interesting and unexpected turns. Maybe that’s why she wasn’t entirely surprised to find herself back with the group she says she...
Profile: NIC President and CEO Robert Kramer , a man of many callings
By
Julie Williamson
Jun 13, 2005
For some, the road to their career is relatively straight and narrow, paved with a few key interests and underlying passions. For others, that path is long and winding, dotted with decades of unique experience...