A Texas nursing home has triumphed in a lawsuit that claimed it had retaliated against a facility resident when family members complained about her care.
How to have each other’s backs
By
Jennifer Jasper
Jul 02, 2012
When you become a nursing home administrator, you have to earn your staff’s respect. Whether it’s by walking the floors, or handling a hurricane, administrators have to be prepared for whatever...
Collective Medical announces Consulate partnership
By
Elizabeth Newman
May 29, 2019
Collective Medical has announced a partnership with Consulate Health Care to improve care transitions across 140 of Consulate’s facilities.
Part D starts more smoothly in second year
By
Haymarket Media
Jan 08, 2007
The start of the Medicare prescription drug program in its second year has shaped up to be better than the kick-off last year, federal health officials and representatives of seniors and pharmacists said.
Murder, they spoke
By
Gary Tetz
Jul 25, 2019
Like a real-crime podcast about murder. That’s the way we need to tell the story of our long-term care staffing or funding woes if we want anyone to actually pay attention.
The Big Picture–Dealing with smoke and mirrors
By
John O'Connor
May 09, 2005
I grew up in a house full of ashtrays.
There was always one on the dining room table. There were more in almost every room. You could even find a couple on the front porch. Five or six more were usually...
Stained glass beauty extends 14 miles
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 01, 2022
Salvaged stained glass windows from a now-closed nursing home have helped transform another facility’s chapel — 14 miles away.
Medi-Dose/EPS expands line of resealable drug bags
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 26, 2020
Medi-Dose/EPS has introduced a new line of hazardous drug bags that feature dedicated messages in a bold color scheme to alert healthcare professionals when transporting hazardous medication. Available...
Michigan LTC group to join iNDIGO Health Partners
Oct 13, 2015
Northwest Michigan Long Term Care Specialists will join iNDIGO Health Partners, which will be the health services company’s first service contract outside the hospital.
What would Jack Bauer do?
By
Anthony Cirillo
Mar 06, 2013
In the now-infamous case of an independent living facility’s policy on CPR, the simple perception is that a woman was dying and needed CPR. Sound and prudent judgment would have been to perform it,...