Antipsychotics report will have severe side effects
By
John O'Connor
Jul 13, 2012
Antipsychotic drugs are often used to calm residents with dementia. This reality is common knowledge among most people who have spent more than a few minutes in a nursing facility. But it is apparently...
This Price is no bargain
By
John O'Connor
Mar 05, 2017
Dr. Tom Price recently became Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Long-term care operators should cast a wary eye for two reasons: Medicaid and Medicare.
When one future strategy isn’t enough
By
John O'Connor
Jun 06, 2016
You are unlikely to meet many people who understand this field quite like Robert G. Kramer. When he talks about what skilled care operators should be doing to get past the turbulent years to come, it’s...
Why are the ‘keepers’ constantly leaving? Thought you’d never ask
By
John O'Connor
May 12, 2014
Whether you manage a caregiving team or run the company, you are probably dealing with three challenges more than you’d like to admit.
Skilled care’s future never looked better. Or worse.
By
John O'Connor
Mar 04, 2019
Take the future of skilled care. These days, it appears both the optimists and naysayers are in ample supply.
This silence speaks loudly about long-term care payments
By
John O'Connor
Aug 06, 2022
For any long-term care operator depending on Medicare payments, this is the money season.
A lesson in long-term care management
By
John O'Connor
Oct 05, 2020
If you are an administrator who is about to take a job, you do have some leverage. And you might want to do what a certain incredibly successful football coach did.
The right prescription?
By
John O'Connor
Nov 02, 2018
If you want to know what skilled care will look like in five years, consider what hospitals look like today. The first time I heard that adage was in 1990. These days, it rings truer than ever. To be sure,...
LTC insurer not paying up, lawsuit alleges
By
John O'Connor
Mar 01, 2012
California-based Consumer Watchdog has filed a class action lawsuit against Senior Health Insurance Company of Pennsylvania. The organization alleges that SHIP is refusing to honor thousands of long-term...
Bridges over people?
By
John O'Connor
May 01, 2021
In case you are wondering what $2 trillion buys these days, here’s one apparent answer from President Joe Biden: An infrastructure and climate change package, plus various sweeteners. The latter includes...