In the news business, we say to look for the different. “Dog bites man” is not an especially enticing story, but “Man bites dog” is. So is “Finding Joy in Alzheimer’s.”
Teen astounds with solution for wandering monitoring today, Alzheimer’s next?
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 11, 2015
Kenneth Shinozuka modestly aspires to find a cure for Alzheimer’s disease, and he might be just the guy to do it. He’s already created a personal sensoring system that could revolutionize the...
A few words about this guy called Larry Minnix
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James M. Berklan
Nov 02, 2015
With the pending retirement of Larry Minnix as president and CEO of LeadingAge, I don’t know whether to praise him or be fearful. I’ve always told him that he’s such a good writer, he...
Say ‘geeze!’ — more room cameras are on their way
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 05, 2015
If you didn’t work in long-term care and I asked you to specify what Illinois, Washington, Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico have in common, we could be waiting for your answer for a very long time.
Seeing is believing, and other tough truths for providers
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 26, 2015
If you didn’t work in long-term care and I asked you to specify what these five states — Illinois, Washington, Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico — have in common, we could be waiting for your answer...
Now here’s how you celebrate ‘The Voice’ (the original one)
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 10, 2015
There’s a reason you go back to your favorite restaurant, television show or shoe store. They’re good, and you can count on them being good. That’s how I feel about the public relations...
Campaign to archive dementia love stories stumbles
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 03, 2015
Jane Youell appeared to have hit the jackpot with her timing, but now that’s exactly what she still needs: a financial jackpot. The British researcher is attempting to build a first-ever love-and-dementia...
Who cleans up after the ‘fix’ is in?
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James M. Berklan
Apr 20, 2015
It will be interesting to see what happens when the guitars are put away and the strains of “Kumbaya” die down after last week’s ballyhooed passage of a new Medicare doctor payment rule.
We were all in on the scheme and didn’t even know it
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 06, 2015
The recent past came rushing up other day, and it wound up whisking all of us onto the set of some fast-paced, financial mayhem-filled movie. Yes, you were there, too — though like me, you might not...
Alarming headline about safety gives incomplete picture
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 16, 2015
Curse the headline writers, for they sometimes don’t do stories justice. The nursing home profession knows this as well as anyone.