We are all on the same voyage, one that took us through uncharted territory and into the Land of Payment Overhaul. We have made it safely ashore and are working hard to understand the society and adapt...
How to manage [People, Tragedies, Work, Reimbursement, Life]
By
Jean Wendland Porter
Aug 21, 2019
What’s stressing you out today?
The future of restorative
By
Jean Wendland Porter
Jun 11, 2019
For those who are considering how to manage therapy in four months when they’re no longer using therapy as the primary revenue-producer, how about utilizing the therapy staff more for training restorative?
Restorative resurgence
By
Jean Wendland Porter
Feb 25, 2019
PDPM will help us keep our residents healthy and happy.
Under pressure with pressure injuries
By
Jean Wendland Porter
Jan 24, 2019
Before you invest in the most expensive cushions and mattresses available for those at risk, find a provider that can help you with pressure mapping and find out exactly what you’re getting and maximize...
Just the facts? No way. Managing agitation and behaviors in dementia
By
Jean Wendland Porter
Mar 19, 2018
We need to better understand our dementia residents and learn how to enter their world to make them comfortable, maintain their dignity and improve the quality of their lives.
The therapy cap reborn
By
Jean Wendland Porter
Jan 26, 2018
At the end of 2017, Congress recessed before a decision was made on the repeal of the Part B Therapy Cap that we’ve been living with, working around, and appealing since 1998.
Trickle-down negativity
By
Jean Wendland Porter
Oct 25, 2017
I’ve seen it so often it becomes routine: Your coworkers complain about everything, they keep complaining, you start complaining just to join in, and soon you’re involved in Complain-Fest 2017.
Section GG: Are we good to go?
By
Jean Wendland Porter
Jun 26, 2017
The unmentionably difficult burden of a new MDS Section frightened and appalled all of us last October.
How to address progress in therapy documentation
By
Jean Wendland Porter
Apr 28, 2017
One of the fallacies that we suffer under as therapists in SNFs is the mythology of the “Plateau.”