Keeping up with the constantly changing guidance between the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regulations would make even a rocket scientist’s...
A (fun) interactive optimistic approach to 2021
By
Julie Thorson
Jan 06, 2021
I have a challenge for you. It will take commitment, stamina and curiosity — and appreciation for all things leadership. Are you ready to join the journey?
Supporting safety and security
By
Renee Kinder
Jun 06, 2019
I wrote two weeks ago about Maslow’s hierarchy, its relation to caregiving, and the benefit of aiming to achieve an esteem level belonging with the care you provide allowing individuals to feel fully...
Behind the mask
By
Gary Tetz
Nov 03, 2017
Despite a few trivial concerns about the societal wisdom and messaging of sending our progeny door-to-door begging for poison, I try not to be a total wet blanket on the annual festivities of Halloween.
Tackling a negative workplace
By
Paul White
Aug 05, 2015
Long-term care workers are inundated daily with reasons to be emotionally and physically stressed.
Strengthening compliance: Three steps LTC leadership can take to elevate their program
By
Karla Dreisbach
May 15, 2023
Not surprisingly, compliance isn’t always ranked as important as liability and property insurance. But that doesn’t make it any less valuable.
Preventing commercial laundry room fires in nursing facilities
By
Stan Szpytek
Apr 04, 2022
This is an excerpt from a local news story that you never want to see for a skilled nursing facility: “A worker was hurt and several residents were relocated after a dryer at a Lehigh Valley nursing...
PDPM is looming: Here’s what to do if you’re not prepared
By
Jayne Warwick, HBScN, RN
Sep 27, 2019
It isn’t coming anymore. It’s here. The Patient Driven Payment Model has finally arrived. And even though we have been talking about getting ready for it since April 2018, there’s still work to be...
Cutting through cynicism with authentic appreciation
By
Paul White
May 04, 2016
There are practical steps that can be taken that can help get past challenges of being perceived as not genuinely valuing your colleagues
Summit ElderCare: setting the PACE for collaboration
By
David Wilner, M.D., and Linda Noll
Jun 22, 2015
It’s well-known that by 2050, one-fifth of the total U.S. population will be above age 65, with many of those above age 85 needing assistance.