Federal health officials have given a green light to a hospice provider’s proposal to make supplemental payments to skilled nursing facilities for dual eligible patients.
Cue the banjo player (you won’t regret it)
By
Gary Tetz
Jul 28, 2016
So anyway, speaking of aging, I got to spend Sunday evening with a delightful old guy named Steve — a spry, perfectly adorable gentleman with a Mike Pence hairdo who plays the banjo and seems to have...
CAST releases updated telehealth portfolio
Jul 27, 2016
LeadingAge’s Center for Aging Services Technologies updated its telehealth selection portfolio, featuring two new case studies.
You can’t keep a good nurse down
Jul 26, 2016
Alice Graber started during World War II and kept at it until last month. Now, the retired nurse is going to volunteer at … well, you’re not going to believe it.
A note from SNFs to hospitals: Stay away from Misfit Island
By
John O'Connor
Jul 25, 2016
Hospitals need to toughen up. Their impending new five-star rating system isn’t going to be the end of the world (at least, not for most of them). But if the experience of skilled nursing homes is...
The heightened requirement for data-driven discharge planning
By
Steven Littlehale
Jul 20, 2016
It’s fascinating to observe the evolution of business processes regarding transitions of care.
How to not plagiarize — and why it matters in your job
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 20, 2016
If there’s a teachable moment in the brouhaha of Melania Trump’s speech Monday (for those who managed to miss it, chunks appear to have been cribbed from Michelle Obama’s 2008 speech),...
Racism and LTC
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Jul 19, 2016
Given the racial tensions in the news this week, I thought it would be a good time to reflect on interactions among races in long-term care. I’ve observed firsthand various culturally charged interactions...
My life as a rehab director
By
Cathy Spearman
Jul 15, 2016
This is story of a young physical therapy assistant with big dreams, good morals, strong ethics and not much of a clue as to where the world of skilled rehab was headed. Some things can only be taught...
Why I became a nurse educator
By
Lacey G. Bass, DNP, RN, CNE
Jul 15, 2016
For me, nursing was a second career, but it has turned out to be my true calling