Battling depression: Advice on how to make seniors feel valued by others
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Apr 17, 2014
Senior living providers can design programs that increase the opportunities for residents to be valued within their communities and in the outside world. They have nothing to lose but high depression rates....
Cashing in on grief
By
Gary Tetz
Jan 03, 2013
I know being cynical is bad for me. I’m sure it’s even worse for my health than all the arsenic in my rice. It’s probably killing me slowly and softly, as its tentacles snake into my...
Communication and collaboration yields a reduction in behaviors
By
Janean Kinzie
Oct 25, 2021
Reducing antipsychotic medication use in long-term care residents has been a focus for both nursing home operators and practitioners for nearly 10 years since the launch of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid...
Ready to sell? Boost your sale price with these 3 tips
By
Nachum Soroka
Nov 17, 2020
In today’s COVID-19 pandemic environment, with all its risks, complications and regulations, skilled nursing owner-operators may find themselves with a desire to sell — the impulse higher than it...
Do you pass the free-time test at work?
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 07, 2017
Now that summer is essentially over, can you say your employer is one of the better ones when it comes to vacation and warm-weather perks? More important, how do your choices rate? Many signs aren’t...
Lower the risk and deter elopement
By
Betty Norman
Feb 10, 2017
The single most cited F-tag in a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services survey is F-323 in regards to resident safety and supervision.
Using a GPS-like system for residents
By
Deb Banton
Oct 22, 2014
Many seemed geared toward traditional nursing homes, but I envisioned a different kind of care, and I felt I needed a different kind of technology.
Stuff I won’t do for residents and why your staff shouldn’t either: preventing burnout in...
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Jan 09, 2014
In my last post, I wrote about some of the many things I do for residents as a long-term care psychologist. The astute reader will note that most of the tasks were accomplished during work hours and within...
The easiest rule to break in long-term care?
By
Tim Mullaney
Apr 30, 2013
If you work in long-term care today, you might feel like you’re drowning in an alphabet soup of possible deficiency ratings. So forgive me, but let’s imagine there’s yet one more possible...
Customer service at its finest?
By
Jean Wendland Porter
Apr 14, 2017
I’ve had the privilege to speak with two different medical entities today and wanted to share the experience with my readers and colleagues.