Is nurse fatigue leading to an unengaged workforce?
By
Jennifer Zannotti
Jun 12, 2017
Nurses spend each shift taking care of patients because they love what they do — they’re passionate people, but are nurses being cared for?
National Infection Control Week: Invigorating our hand hygiene practices
By
Tom Bergin
Oct 19, 2016
As hospitals and healthcare facilities across North America observe National Infection Control Week, it’s an opportune time to identify and explore modern means to improve facility-wide hygiene.
How HR influences long-term care
By
Rebecca McNeil
Aug 07, 2013
A recent human resources survey shows a gap between executive leaders and frontline staff when it comes to goal setting, hiring practices and HR’s role in improving the resident experience. Click...
F-Tag in focus: F-428
By
Sonja Quale, Pharm.D.
Aug 24, 2016
Demonstrating high quality metrics is essential for long term care centers to distinguish themselves as preferred partners in the continuum of care.
Designing a 2021 resident engagement blueprint
By
Charles de Vilmorin
Nov 30, 2020
Eight months into the global COVID-19 pandemic, it is clear that residents of nursing homes and senior living communities are experiencing rapid declines in physical and cognitive health as a result of...
Supply exceeding demand in construction
By
Steve Kennedy
Apr 01, 2019
The move by Medicare to a Patient-Driven Payment Model also has generated uncertainty regarding changing reimbursements.
Community workers with mobile tech increase transportation for seniors
By
Andrey Ostrovsky, M.D.
Sep 10, 2015
Despite recent improvements, hospital admissions continue to be a problem. Most interventions aimed at preventing admissions have been focused on medical risk factors, like heart failure or chronic obstructive...
Your workers are leaving. Here’s why.
By
David Niu
Jun 26, 2014
As a manager, have you ever had that haunting feeling when an employee gives you their two-week notice out of the blue? You were probably shocked and left wondering, “What went wrong? Is it something...
Why aren’t seniors buying the ‘new and improved’ flu vaccine?
By
Ido Hadari
Mar 25, 2016
The disconnect between how government health officials discuss the vaccine and consumers’ skepticism towards it is especially relevant in terms of increasing vaccination coverage among Americans...
Odor: It’s nothing to sniff at
By
Ross Skadsberg
Jun 04, 2015
The nose knows. And what it knows has a big influence on the decisions we make – including choosing senior living communities for ourselves or others.