For reasons that are understandable yet hard to countenance, antipsychotic drugs are widely used in nursing homes. Too often over-used, according to government statistics. But it’s beginning to look...
Reversal of fortune revitalizes LTC funding source
By
John O'Connor
Mar 24, 2014
For many long-term care operators, shrinking demand is not likely be a problem in the decades ahead. After all, about 10,000 baby boomers turn 65 every day, and the pace is just heating up. But there can...
Panel: SNF care will become more of a value proposition
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John O'Connor
Mar 18, 2014
Long-term care operators will face additional pressure to improve, said William Shrank, Ph.D., chief scientific officer for CVS/Caremark, on Monday. His comments came at the 2014 National Investment Center...
Federal regulators say they will back off nursing homes — at least for now
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John O'Connor
Mar 10, 2014
If you’ve been involved in the long-term care field for any length of time, you should be quite familiar with how the government typically deals with bad news about nursing home care.
The Greatest Generation? These days, they’re more like the Forgotten Generation
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John O'Connor
Mar 07, 2014
It’s all but impossible to read “The Greatest Generation” without being impressed by the people now residing in senior living settings. As Author Tom Brokaw points out, these folks dealt...
Non-white residents face skin issues too
By
John O'Connor
Mar 01, 2014
While people of color appear less likely to develop skin conditions such as foot ulcers and cancers, they are far from immune, experts insist. A new study provides recommendations for the prevention and...
McKnight’s 8th Expo is here
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John O'Connor
Mar 01, 2014
The universal problem of how providers can best prepare for regulator inspections will be one of five key topics covered in McKnight’s Online Expo educational sessions March 26-27.
Your residents might be safe, but what about your data?
By
John O'Connor
Mar 03, 2014
Long-term care providers go to great lengths to keep residents out of harm’s way. But it appears that the data many operators count on might be anything but safe.
Medicaid hypocrisy 2.0, or the art of not giving credit where it’s due
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John O'Connor
Feb 28, 2014
Hypocrisy, thy name is Republican governor taking more Medicaid funding.
Brookdale expansion sends ominous message to many operators
By
John O'Connor
Feb 24, 2014
Former House speaker Tip O’Neill famously said that all politics is local. Until last week, the same might have been said about senior living.