Preventing pressure injuries, weight loss and dehydration while protecting residents from COVID-19
Proactive measures can prevent the unintended consequences of social isolation and lack of activity.
Proactive measures can prevent the unintended consequences of social isolation and lack of activity.
As COVID-19 sweeps through the U.S., the challenges of caring for frail and disabled older adults is growing exponentially. Nursing homes and other residential long-term care settings are on high alert...
I am a professional journalist who makes his living as a marketing consultant and freelance writer. I am also an independent living resident of a continuing care retirement community, Covenant Living of...
Why are so many politicians, government regulators and even hospitals so willing to send nursing homes to the COVID-19 front lines with a shortage of proper equipment?
Some long-term care operators may have to reject imminently qualified applicants soon. Imagine that.
Predictably, thieves worldwide are attempting to exploit the coronavirus pandemic to hack into healthcare databases — to the point that Forbes reported a wave of 2,500 malware attacks in less than a...
Facility staff have no idea if catching COVID-19 will be merely an annoyance or a life-threatening battle, a parking ticket or a death sentence. But still, they go.
When there is so much going on day-to-day in skilled nursing facilities, it’s easy for operators to get swept up in their specific community’s needs and forget there’s a whole community outside of...
The new coronavirus family leave provisions are a hot potato for senior care providers.
Everyone has an opinion. But what everyone doesn’t have is grace, patience, optimism and strength. As leaders, we must