New accounting standard presents unique challenges for PAC providers
By
Steven Shill
Jan 27, 2017
Healthcare companies, particularly post-acute care providers, may feel the pain more than others, and they – along with their investors – should prepare sooner rather than later.
Shutting out the noise
By
Gary Tetz
Aug 06, 2016
As an occasionally obsessive hiker navigating the meandering trail of my existence, I’m constantly rediscovering it’s a metaphor for everything — from life in general to long-term care.
Things I Think: Anxiety-busting ways, Shavasana in a closet
By
Marty Stempniak
Mar 07, 2019
Seeking an antidote for the stresses of life and long-term care, I’ve been attending yoga lately, slipping out of the office at lunchtime in my sleek yoga garb to writhe and gasp on a rubber mat. I’ll...
Moving beyond well-intentioned Resolutions and embracing the New Year’s ‘Revelation’
By
Gary Tetz
Jan 04, 2019
Whether politically, professionally or culturally, did any new year approach with less subtlety than 2019? Usually, these calendar-turns sneak up in velvet slippers, and what masquerades as new is mostly...
Life after floss
By
Gary Tetz
Aug 11, 2016
So, now we learn that flossing is probably useless. It’s not even recommended anymore. The government said so.
Toss me overboard
By
Gary Tetz
May 22, 2015
Last time we talked, it was peppers and hooch. Now it’s liquor and prostitutes. As a long-term care professional, I imagine you’re wondering what you’ve done wrong to encourage this trending...
The conscience of tech
By
Gary Tetz
Jan 08, 2018
Remember those innocent days when long-term care was hopelessly tech-phobic, and EHR was just a quick way to tell 911 your facility was under attack by an Emerging Hostile Rodent?
Bad news on the doorstep
By
Gary Tetz
Mar 19, 2020
Compared to shoppers tearing apart a pallet of toilet paper, our facility staff have been Buddhas in scrubs during the recent pandemic. But even they aren’t the most inspiring out of all of this.
Inconvenient tears
By
Gary Tetz
Oct 09, 2014
How dare you, Patrick! And just when my day was going so well.
Gary Tetz: Hands off my salt!
By
Gary Tetz
Feb 05, 2019
Here’s a question that just popped unwelcome into my idle mind. When time taps me on the shoulder and beckons toward a long-term care facility, what should I pack?