Culture change can be portrayed as many things. One possibility often overlooked is its being a grassroots effort that shifts the dynamics between residents, staff and community, one unit at a time.
What LTC should know about GPOs
By
Tobi Colbert
Feb 01, 2016
GPOs are new to some industries, but many long-term-care, hospitals, and other healthcare-related organizations have been members of GPOs for decades.
They’re here
By
Gary Tetz
Jan 28, 2016
We baby boomers think we’ll live forever. Data now suggests we might just be right.
When blinding conditions open the eyes
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 27, 2016
It would be reasonable to think that a storm that caused dozens of deaths and the shutdown of federal government offices is a bad thing, a very bad thing. But you would be only half right.
America’s finest people
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Jan 26, 2016
Here we are again, with another record-breaking snowstorm … when the word SNOW is a four-letter word and just hearing it brings many of us to our knees (often to throw up in a panic in the bathroom!)
Adding life to end-of-life care
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jan 22, 2016
As I suspect of most journalists, I’m an eavesdropper. Recently I heard a pizza shop employee say to another employee, “No one was being honest with her,” and the other employee said,...
What not to do with someone who has Alzheimer’s
By
Zyana Morris
Jan 21, 2016
For family members of those with Alzheimer’s, there are a few mistakes I have seen people making that can be avoided with education.
Marketing Matters: Telling a story
By
Pam Selker Rak
Jan 20, 2016
There’s no doubt that the changes ushered in by the ACA also demand new attention to your marketing.
Cloudy with chance of flu
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Jan 19, 2016
For many parts of the United States, this winter has been a weird one — if you can call it a winter at all. Consider it a bonus if you’re a long-term care provider.
Growing Good
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Jan 05, 2016
In the wee hours of the night I recently discovered a Facebook post about a company founded by two brothers called Life is Good. It emerged from the standing request the founders’ mother had for...