Meet The Alliance Training Center’s Leah Klusch, 2023 McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards ‘Business Partner’...
By
Kimberly Hartley
Apr 21, 2023
Among the few apparent certainties in life, one is seeing Leah Klusch imparting her wisdom at a professional conference or during a webinar.
Knitting a team
By
Gary Tetz
Apr 18, 2024
I can still remember the clicking of needles and the feeling of chunky strands of cotton passing silently between my fingers. It was early in my elementary school epoch, and we tiny people sat cross-legged...
Study testing new strategy for spotting, managing pain in dementia patients
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 01, 2024
Up to 80% of dementia patients living in nursing homes also experience pain, but many struggle to communicate their symptoms. A new study aims to test recently revised guidelines for staff members tasked...
Unique federal-state partnership bringing nursing homes into value-based care program
By
Jessica R. Towhey
May 31, 2023
Hospitals must begin to view nursing homes as “equal partners” to ensure success in a unique state-federal partnership that aims to reduce costs and improve care, according to one advocate involved...
Wine on a dog
By
Gary Tetz
Mar 23, 2023
You work in a difficult profession — long-term care. We all know that. I’m not even going to list the myriad challenges again, for fear of manifesting them into permanence. And yet, if your existence...
Be consistent, and make them expect it
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Sep 26, 2023
You would think that everyone would be aware of how critically important consistency is. It’s truly indispensable. Take being a parent for example. When you have a two-parent household, being aligned...
Just a bologna sandwich
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Jan 17, 2023
I admit I am a bit of a foodie. If there is a show about gourmet food, especially with a competition, I’m pretty sure I’m going to watch it. Everything from “Top Chef,” “Mixology,” “Iron...
Embracing end-of-life choices: A journey with Grandma
By
Steven Littlehale
Feb 02, 2024
At the beginning of the year, my grandmother found herself in an acute-care hospital, addressing blood clots in her legs and lungs. Having just recovered from COVID-19 at the age of 100, uncertainty loomed...
Beyond ‘document, document document’ — Risk mitigation strategies that work
By
Steven Littlehale
Feb 03, 2023
We encounter risk every day. Risk is present in the most innocuous actions, like crossing the street, walking into the supermarket, and even eating dinner. And as nursing home operators and providers well...
A Medicare Advantage fix: What took so long?
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 12, 2024
Providers hoping that policy makers might some day show some backbone when dealing with Medicare Advantage plans can take heart. Well, at least a little.