Analysis: A serious casualty of COVID-19: staffing
By
Liza Berger
Oct 01, 2020
The pandemic has hammered long-term care on numerous operational fronts, from testing the field’s infection control capabilities to influencing occupancy rates. One of the hardest-hit areas has been...
Analysis: A New Year, a new chapter in COVID-19 struggle
By
Liza Berger
Feb 01, 2021
2021 offers opportunities to help long-term care better fight virus, transform itself.
On a collision course
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 09, 2023
While consumers continue to flock to MA plans for their zero-dollar premiums and appealing supplemental benefits, skilled nursing providers may feel like their long-running complaints about the plans’...
From homey to techy
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 17, 2019
Innovation has driven changes in furniture and design over the last decade as providers search for the best combinations for their vulnerable populations.
Dry powder vs. powder keg
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 01, 2021
Minor occupancy gains, inflation fears could ignite, making 2021 an ideal time to buy or sell skilled nursing assets. Will occupancy, labor and interest rate worries inhibit the optimism?
Feature: New payment model puts greater emphasis on speech language pathologists
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 05, 2019
Over the last several months, Bill Goulding has crisscrossed the country, talking to providers who are trying to figure out how the new skilled nursing payment model may benefit them and what changes they...
With mandates and more, is an LTC exodus still in store?
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 01, 2021
Operators are clamoring for more workers and policies that will help keep the doors open.
Garden-variety therapy
By
John Hall
Aug 05, 2019
Non-traditional therapy modalities have been practiced in every setting from home to skilled to independent and assisted living for a long time. But as conventional therapy providers attest, these “softer”...
Flying blind with infection control
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 01, 2021
The need for infection preventionists has never been greater, but long-term care providers remain in the dark as to how and when they will need to fit new federally imposed criteria.
The carrot vs. the stick
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 06, 2022
As many states have moved to tighten regulations in lockstep with the federal focus on nursing home reform, there’s often been an unexpected guest at the negotiating table.