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Perhaps it’s a sign of growing older when your response to a new government law is not, “That’s horrible!” but rather, “Who is going to pay for that?!” Such was the...

Every year about this time, I tell you eagerly and often weepily about “The Trip.” The one where 12 veterans, many of them from World War II and living in long-term care, get to hop on a plane...

Shifting the focus from the volume of services provided to the patient outcomes achieved is remarkably beneficial to both parties.

With an eye on offering some excellent possible gift recommendations this holiday season, I’d like to make some book recommendations for everyone in your life. The catch is, of course, that all discuss...

It’s OK to admit it: Competition, even if it’s with yourself to do better, be a better leader, is encouraged and we should embrace it. So here are my confessions about it.

Liability costs are expected to rise 6% in 2017 for skilled nursing operators, according to a new report. But there’s a more disturbing stat than that to be reckoned with.

Nursing home operators call it low occupancy. Medicare insiders call it a declining census. Economists call it excess capacity.

As the oldest of eight children growing up in Macedonia, Idriz Limaj, RN, understood the importance of taking care of people. While he planned to become a physician and had completed vocational nurse training,...

No rest for weary providers in the battle to beat germs in long-term care settings

When it comes to measuring how well a long-term care facility is doing, we all know the usual benchmarks: revenues, profits and census levels.