Long-term care operators will be monitoring residents’ comings and goings around year-end holidays to an unprecedented degree this year. The week ahead, with Thanksgiving observances, will be the first...
Long-term care headed for a high-proof shot of reality?
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 20, 2020
I was taught long ago that liquor has a way of magnifying something that’s already there. A truly happy person will becomes extremely jocular and gregarious when drunk. On the other hand, an innately...
The Person of the Year
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 13, 2020
There is no Person of the Year contest this year. It’s been decided for a long time already
Porter: Election controversy or not, all efforts now go to lame duck stimulus package
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 09, 2020
Long-term care providers and their lobbyists are “completely and totally” focused on dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, regardless of the presidential election results, a top association leader...
McKnight’s 40 for 40: Larry Minnix
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 09, 2020
One might think that an organization with thousands of members and many varied ideologies might require a leader who manages with a stern voice and an iron fist. In the case of LeadingAge, the organization...
Leadership, ethics and PALTC conference arrives online Nov. 20-21
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 06, 2020
The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (formerly known as AMDA) will hold the educational conference Nov. 20 and 21.
When division is a good thing, and Tuesday’s real winner
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 06, 2020
Although the outcome of the biggest political race Tuesday isn’t known yet, long-term care providers appear to have eluded the most dangerous kind of results.
‘Small fraction’ of SNFs received COVID-19 test results back in less than a day, analysis finds
By
James M. Berklan
Nov 02, 2020
Despite the federal government supplying every eligible nursing home in the country with COVID-19 rapid-testing equipment, only a small fraction of them were taking advantage of it, a team of researchers...
Carrots better than sticks, providers happily agree
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 30, 2020
The challenge is this: Stay ahead of the public at large even though you have a much more vulnerable population.
Nursing homes get a third of a billion dollars for meeting infection control standards
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 29, 2020
Nursing homes may be seeing a rise in COVID-19 infections as cases in many areas of the country are resurging, but providers now know that, no matter what, they will be rewarded for safer performances...