Two privately held nursing home chains went public this week with smart quality and resident care initiatives. The moves are worth touting – particularly in light of the scrutiny and bad press that have...
Do it for your herd
By
Nov 03, 2015
How do you convince some 50,000 plus college students, faculty and staff to get a flu shot? If you’re the university I attended, you hand out stickers with a catchy slogan and a cartoon cow on them.
Does your back have room for another target?
By
John O'Connor
Mar 20, 2017
As Momma used to say, not everyone who wears respectable clothes is respectable.
What works for long-term care and what doesn’t
By
Stephen A. Moses
Nov 17, 2021
The history of long-term care is best understood as a tension between public and private financing. Over and over again, the private sector has intervened to fix or improve unfortunate conditions created...
Moving nursing homes forward: The future is now
By
Michael Wasserman
Oct 26, 2020
On March 11, I wrote about the COVID-19 storm rapidly approaching our nursing homes, and particularly the risk of nursing home staff transmitting the virus to residents. On March 15, I pointed out the...
An emotional disconnect: Social threats in the workplace
By
Nancy Anderson, RN, MA
May 22, 2017
At its core, the act of hiring a person to perform a job is considered an economic transaction.
Proving that the ACA challenge can be met
By
John O'Connor
Dec 07, 2015
If there’s one question sure to put a provider on edge these days, it’s this: How do I transition my facility into the world of accountable care organizations? For those who want to see how...
Sloan’s appointment is a historic moment
By
Elizabeth Newman
Nov 13, 2015
While I couldn’t be everywhere during LeadingAge, to the best of my knowledge new executive and president Katie Smith Sloan didn’t walk across the stage to the tune of a Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie...
TSA screening could lead to colonoscopy
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Oct 06, 2015
With all the fall healthcare conferences and other things we travel for this time of year, you might want to pay special attention to this blog!
More long-term care operators feel pulled away from their day jobs
By
John O'Connor
Oct 10, 2014
There is no denying that change is in the air. And I’m not just referring to yesterday’s agreement that makes Kindred one of the nation’s largest providers of post-acute and home care...