Difficult transitions: Coping with a loved one’s move to a nursing home can be anguish-ridden
By
Dr. Jules Rosen
Mar 04, 2009
Family members frequently experience high anxiety and stress when their loved ones move into long-term care facilities. As a result, nursing homes should take a more active role in promoting family education.
Transformative leadership
By
Herb Hildebrandt, Ph.D, Hl.D.
Nov 02, 2018
Often managerial decisions are top-down. While that process has its place, an evaluative instrument using specific assessment criteria of an individual, manager or employee, will help pinpoint a communication...
Changes to Medicare telehealth coverage may benefit LTC
By
Emily Wein
Nov 16, 2017
While arguably late to the telehealth game, long term care and post-acute care providers are now key players in telehealth as its benefits become more and more apparent for their patients and business...
Let’s talk turkey about early PDPM trends
By
Steven Littlehale
Nov 26, 2019
We’re not even two months in, and some very interesting trends for the Patient Driven Payment Model are beginning to emerge.
Preserving the aging voice
By
Renee Kinder
Mar 21, 2016
Additionally, the voice as a muscle does have a “use it or lose it” component, therefore engagement on the caregiver end is essential to prevent muscle wasting of this structure often overlooked.
How honesty pays in long-term care
By
Alan C. Horowitz
Aug 22, 2018
One can easily make the argument that full disclosure of medical errors is the legal, moral, and ethical approach, if not the only acceptable approach.
Volunteering opened my eyes to the plight of our LTC system
By
Colleen McConnaha
Dec 06, 2021
Several weeks ago, I began volunteering as a care assistant at a nursing home that is part of the system my husband works for. It has been a rewarding, eye-opening, and somewhat concerning experience that...
Sr+ Redirection
By
Mark Pavlovich
Nov 30, 2020
Would you be surprised that individuals diagnosed with moderate to severe dementia require redirection during approximately 78% of staff interactions? Perhaps the only surprise is that the 78% is so low.
Person-centered care is more than a buzz word
By
Phyllis Ayman
Apr 13, 2020
Person-centered is the “new” terminology for care in skilled nursing facilities. That seems almost like an oxymoron. Wouldn’t the care for people always have been person-centered? The truthful answer...
Use of the life participation approach for those with dementia
By
Becky Khayum, MS, CCC-SLP
Mar 04, 2016
How can SLPs help to improve quality of life in this population, from diagnosis throughout the progression of the disease?