Admitting to mistakes may be good for your business
By
John O'Connor
Sep 14, 2012
When mistakes happen, many long-term care operators tend to flip out.
Medicaid, Medicare and the price of victory
By
John O'Connor
Aug 20, 2012
It seems that our national obsession with winning may have warped our perspective a bit. Take the upcoming presidential election. It appears that the two sides will do just about anything, so long as it...
It’s not easy being the designated villain
By
John O'Connor
Feb 20, 2023
Let’s face it, you have one mega-sized target on your back if you run a nursing home. One that people in most other fields never have to worry much about.
For some providers, climate bill is full of hot air
By
John O'Connor
Aug 01, 2022
Well it looks like Congressional Democrats may finally get the climate change bill they’ve been chasing for more than a decade. Hooray?
Skilled care operators feeling the pinch. Or should we say, pinches?
By
John O'Connor
Jul 02, 2018
“This is going to be the wave of the future.” If you happen to be a long-term care operator looking for words to live by, the above sentence is a pretty good choice.
Some poignant observations about life (and death) in nursing homes
By
John O'Connor
Mar 21, 2016
Despite Stephen Covey’s warning, most of us are ruled by the tyranny of the urgent.
The mess that is long-term care funding
By
John O'Connor
Mar 20, 2015
In some ways, my parents did their children a great favor by dying early.
Battle over Alzheimer’s drug coverage is hardly a no-brainer
By
John O'Connor
Feb 26, 2023
Well, it looks like we have a good old fashioned war of words developing over Alzheimer’s drug coverage. It’s a battle well worth watching.
A simple way to make life safer for nursing home residents
By
John O'Connor
Aug 06, 2018
According to recent reports, more than 1,000 senior living operators in the Sunshine State still do not have back-up generators on the premises.
What if your residents stopped deteriorating?
By
John O'Connor
Feb 19, 2015
Conventional wisdom holds that the sweet spot for long-term care residents is around age 85, give or take. But what if that figure were to suddenly rise by several decades?