Like a schoolyard bully who’s yet to meet his comeuppance, COVID-19 has forced us to put our dukes up and figure out better ways to survive.
A great way to improve long-term care. But can it happen?
By
John O'Connor
Sep 11, 2022
Hub-based long-term care is not a reality, at least not yet. But it might be in the near future.
Taking aim at private equity
By
John O'Connor
Aug 27, 2022
“When private equity takes over a nursing home” is the name of a suspiciously timed story in the New Yorker.
Nursing home funding: Worth a closer look
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 19, 2022
The current nursing home funding system overlooks a simple fact: Living in a beautiful, updated home makes people feel better.
A thought leader who’s in on the joke
By
John O'Connor
Jul 17, 2022
Many long-term care organizations now find themselves entering the strategic planning season. They’d do well to listen to Bob Kramer.
Why more long-term care operators are being nudged upstream
By
John O'Connor
Jun 12, 2022
There is continuing debate in long-term care about whether future success lies in upstream (increasingly healthcare focused) or downstream (increasingly service focused) services.
Blame some of the latest nursing home hoopla on Abraham Lincoln
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 08, 2022
A hefty product from an all-star team of researchers is at once the biggest headache or, as we shall see, the best gift a nursing home stakeholder could ask for. All thanks to … Abraham Lincoln?
Constructing a case for optimism in seniors housing and care
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 24, 2022
You would have been granted a smile and slight nod of optimism if you were wondering whether you needed to attend the early session Thursday at the National Investment Center for Senior Housing & Care’s...
Skilled nursing’s bigger COVID killer
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 25, 2022
Perhaps I shouldn’t have been surprised about some of the latest news about COVID and its effects on the skilled nursing sector. But I was. And you can be sure there’s more to come in the future.
Are we really going to trust these guys again?
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 20, 2022
Trust is such a wonderful thing. It’s a compass that ultimately gets us where we’re going. Either we’re trying to create trustful bonds with friends and colleagues, or we’re busy trying to figure...