There is much being said about the precious nature of life these days.
Dollar store leadership
By
Martie Moore
Jun 17, 2020
Allow others to offer up solutions that might be unconventional but worthy of consideration, especially in these trying times.
Speak loudly about the good nursing homes are doing during COVID-19
By
P.K. Beville
Jun 15, 2020
Daily care provision in our profession has always been a delicate dance on most days and the world barely takes notice. The work we do in elder care is nothing short of a miracle every day. The past 35...
We have always been essential
By
Deke Cateau
Jun 12, 2020
As a black man who leads one of Atlanta’s oldest and largest nonprofits comprised of a predominantly black workforce, I join many others who are angry, hurt, sad, confused, and a whole range of other...
Administrators: ‘Do not let this experience go to waste’
By
Bill McGinley
Jun 09, 2020
To Nursing Home And Post-Acute Administrators, I will not even pretend to say that I know what you are going through. I am no longer on the front line. My NHA license no longer hangs on the...
COVID-19 in U.S. nursing homes: Humanizing the culture of care in spite of a pandemic
By
Walter Coffey
Jun 05, 2020
As the crisis of COVID-19 continues to unfold, it is interesting to notice conversations already shifting to “how will things change” and “what is next” for providers of housing and services for...
COVID-19 provides opportunity to improve nursing home care
By
John Hale
Terri Hale
Jun 01, 2020
COVID-19 has placed a spotlight on the nursing home industry and the challenges that nursing home owners, operators, administrators and other top managers face in keeping residents safe and well. They’ve...
The incredible shrinking brain
By
Gary Tetz
May 28, 2020
For those of you seeking a different coping path through this pandemic, might I suggest walking, gardening, swimming or dancing. I say this because a new preliminary study suggests that people who do those...
Plan like an 82-game season
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
May 26, 2020
Can we be honest? I think most people have discipline and instruction totally backward.
Setting minds and hearts at ease: a clinician’s guide to end-of-life-care conversations
By
Joseph Shega, M.D.
May 18, 2020
Having honest conversations with long-term care residents about their end-of-life wishes should always be a priority for primary care physicians, specialists and facility clinicians. The COVID-19 pandemic...