How to make the resident move-in process as easy as possible
By
Michael Slovin
Mar 26, 2018
Moving is not fun. It’s stressful and exhausting, and when everything is finally into your new place, you’re left with a world of cardboard, furniture placement that needs adjusting, and an...
The power of biases
By
Martie Moore
Mar 26, 2018
Establishing processes to utilize root cause analysis for quality improvement is necessary, but it takes discipline. One of the first steps is to challenge your own beliefs about safety and quality failures.
What’s a nursing home operator to do? Make adjustments!
By
John O'Connor
Mar 26, 2018
Operators who can make some adjustments and ride out the current regulatory and operating storm might not just survive, but thrive.
Workplace engagement crushers: 5 Easy Ways to undermine employee engagement
By
Nancy Anderson, RN, MA
Mar 23, 2018
Without even knowing it, you could be indulging in one of the most common barriers to creating a culture that feels engaging to employees.
The top 11 questions all operators still have to answer in 2018
By
Derek Pierce
Mar 23, 2018
There are many factors that determine what can or must be done to ensure a facility can survive and ultimately thrive. These 11 questions help to indicate the stability and sustainability of a facility...
Gideon was wrong
By
Gary Tetz
Mar 22, 2018
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...
LTC’s ‘story of the year’ awaiting next chapter
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 22, 2018
Providers and other stakeholders must feel like school children sitting in the principal’s outer office, anxiously — if not eagerly — awaiting their fate.
‘All We Have Is Today’: Music therapy at the end of life
By
Kaitlyn Kelly, MS, MT-BC, LCAT
Mar 21, 2018
How can we provide our residents the compassion and care needed for their physical, emotional, social, and spiritual well-being at the end of life? Bring them, or surround them with, music.
Top 7 takeaways from the AHCA Quality Summit
By
Cheryl Field
Mar 20, 2018
I just returned from the AHCA Quality Summit in New Orleans with remnants of powdered sugar in my hair from Café Du Monde — and a revived energy for my role in developing software for post-acute care...
Just the facts? No way. Managing agitation and behaviors in dementia
By
Jean Wendland Porter
Mar 19, 2018
We need to better understand our dementia residents and learn how to enter their world to make them comfortable, maintain their dignity and improve the quality of their lives.