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...
Capturing acuity: How MDS accuracy has a critical impact on Medicare/Medicaid payment systems
By
Steven Littlehale
Apr 20, 2012
There’s a familiar saying in the industry that “If it’s not documented, then it’s not done.” But what if it is documented, but just not documented correctly?
How to do it … Skin/wound care
By
Haymarket Media
Jun 12, 2006
When it comes to the best ways to practice good skin and wound care, experts repeatedly return to a common theme, independent of one another: Practice the basics. Keep a simple routine that thrives on...
Opinion : Kudos: Expo was ‘creative and time-effective’
By
Haymarket Media
Apr 11, 2007
When I first heard about McKnight’s “Online EXPO,” I was really intrigued. The idea of being able to investigate and navigate through so many vendors without leaving my desk was refreshing....
The growing cost of compliance in long-term care
By
Michael K. Loucks
Nov 09, 2010
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will expand compliance-related regulations for skilled nursing facilities.
Managing airborne bugs
By
John Hall
Feb 08, 2018
With so much attention paid to cleaning and disinfecting surfaces and items like linens, infection control-minded facilities often over- look the source of more than one-third of nosocomial infections...
Hitting his stride
By
Julie Williamson
Nov 01, 2008
Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform
Did you know we have ‘cushy’ jobs?
By
Teri Weiman, SSD-AD
Aug 15, 2011
“Teri does well in school, however, is a social butterfly,” numerous teachers commented on my report cards while I was growing up. My 10-year-old’s reasoning was: “That’s...
Pushing to the top: William “Bill” Floyd, president and CEO, BEI
By
Liza Berger
Mar 04, 2005
Scaling Mount Kilimanjaro might seem like good preparation for running the nation’s largest nursing home chain.
And for Bill Floyd, taking on the three-and-a-half-mile uphill climb was within character....