In my second installment of “Things we can learn from the pandemic,” COVID-19 may force private equity to take a good, hard look at what it is doing in the skilled nursing space.
Once again, thank you, brave nursing home workers
By
Liza Berger
Jun 10, 2020
It has been said before, but it bears repeating: Nursing home and other frontline healthcare workers are the ones most at the mercy of this awful coronavirus. And now we have the death lists to prove it.
Nursing homes touched by gun violence
By
Liza Berger
Mar 30, 2009
It is hard enough to read about random acts of violence. It is another story altogether when those incidents occur in your own community. That is how long-term care providers likely feel after learning...
New Medicaid rules from CMS empower states
By
Liza Berger
Dec 04, 2008
If you’ve been following news from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this week, you may have noticed a theme: It increasingly is granting states more control over their Medicaid programs....
Parkinson to providers: Explore ‘exciting’ I-SNP options
By
Liza Berger
Jan 20, 2020
All quality nursing home providers should review available options for taking part in institutional special needs plans (I-SNPs), a Medicare Advantage insurance model, says the leader of the largest association...
National Nursing Home Week: Mardi Gras for residents
By
Liza Berger
May 13, 2009
Today, residents at Saint Anne Nursing & Rehabilitation Center are “Dancing With the Stars.” Yesterday, they received facials and foot rubs for “Pajama Day.” Tomorrow (Thursday) they will be partaking...
The caregiver king
By
Liza Berger
Aug 21, 2008
Be nice to your employees. You never know when there might be royalty in your midst. That’s a lesson a nursing home in Harrisburg, PA, is not apt to forget. A certified nursing aide named Charles Wesley...
Problems still hanging over feds’ Five-Star rating system
By
Liza Berger
Dec 01, 2009
It’s hard for members of the long-term care community to pinpoint anything positive about the Five-Star Quality Rating System.
No coronavirus fools here
By
Liza Berger
Apr 01, 2020
Unreal days like these forge that unique substance called character.
Keep seniors engaged in life this winter
By
Liza Berger
Oct 28, 2020
Let’s all remember that we all need to feel a part of something bigger than ourselves. Senior care residents are no exception.