Would you want to live in the LTC home where you work?
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Oct 17, 2013
I used to live in a fabulous old fourth-floor walk-up apartment in Manhattan. When I moved out of Manhattan to a borough of New York City for an elevator building with a laundry room in the basement, I...
New Year’s resolutions for a fraud-free 2020
By
Jeffrey D. Jeter
Jan 31, 2020
Now that the calendar has flipped to a new year, millions of Americans have made resolutions to better themselves in the year ahead. New Year’s resolutions are not a modern phenomenon and actually date...
Honoring dietary choices
By
Renee Kinder
Feb 17, 2016
There is no one-size-fits-all solution to navigating difficult decisions related to PO diet intake.
Summer reading: The language of long-term care
By
Mary Helen McSweeney-Feld
Jul 30, 2014
A recent NPR survey of older adults had a not-too-surprising finding: No one likes being referred to as “elderly” or as a “senior.”
Making the case for universal, on-demand testing in nursing homes and assisted living facilities
By
Tina Sandri
Apr 24, 2020
Nursing homes are cruise ships on land; they have conditions that create the Perfect Storm. Physically, even with communal dining and group activities cancelled, often residents are in shared bedrooms...
Transforming healthcare with technology
By
Scott Magers
Jul 17, 2019
How do you manage to accomplish ever expanding company objectives with the same or fewer resources each year? When my career began to transition from being a healthcare provider to operational responsibilities,...
A new perspective on longevity
By
Judah Gutwein
Oct 24, 2019
In the ever-evolving skilled nursing landscape, one thing has always remained a constant: the quest for longevity. We tend to view longevity from the perspective of the patient or resident. For example,...
Join a national network to fight COVID-19
By
Ruth Katz
David Gifford, M.D.
Nov 04, 2020
COVID-19 continues to put nursing home leaders and their staff through the wringer. Across the country, case rates in the general population are rising again. At the same time, the financial survival of...
Round and round and round we go . . .
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Sep 04, 2018
Hey, I get it. Sometimes we are doing so much we feel like our head is spinning. But, guys, you can’t forget to do your daily rounds. It is THE one thing you can do that will give you your biggest...
Expanding horizons to include telemedicine in skilled nursing facilities
By
Viktoriya Friedman, MSPT
Jul 11, 2014
In a recent Wall Street Journal article, the author described how hospitals are using interactive video to give patients more access to medical care. So why not nursing homes?