Use of the Incident Command System during infectious disease outbreaks
By
Stan Szpytek
Apr 17, 2020
Compliance with the Emergency Preparedness Requirements for Medicare and Medicaid Participating Providers and Suppliers Final Rule indicates that skilled nursing facilities (SNF) along with other healthcare...
Nursing homes’ raw deal during COVID-19
By
Bill McGinley
Apr 15, 2020
On their best days nursing homes start out behind the eight ball. Underfunded and understaffed, they care for the most physically needy and vulnerable among us. Generally, they are paid about 70% of the...
Person-centered care is more than a buzz word
By
Phyllis Ayman
Apr 13, 2020
Person-centered is the “new” terminology for care in skilled nursing facilities. That seems almost like an oxymoron. Wouldn’t the care for people always have been person-centered? The truthful answer...
Preventing pressure injuries, weight loss and dehydration while protecting residents from COVID-19
By
Jeri Lundgren
Apr 06, 2020
Proactive measures can prevent the unintended consequences of social isolation and lack of activity.
‘Life is frustrating’: Living in a retirement community under COVID-19 restrictions
By
James T. Berger
Apr 06, 2020
I am a professional journalist who makes his living as a marketing consultant and freelance writer. I am also an independent living resident of a continuing care retirement community, Covenant Living of...
More equipment and less liability for COVID-19, please!
By
Neville M. Bilimoria
Apr 04, 2020
Why are so many politicians, government regulators and even hospitals so willing to send nursing homes to the COVID-19 front lines with a shortage of proper equipment?
A leader’s focus in trying times
By
Julie Thorson
Apr 01, 2020
Everyone has an opinion. But what everyone doesn’t have is grace, patience, optimism and strength. As leaders, we must
Romance, toilet paper and care … we’ll always adjust
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Apr 01, 2020
I used to use my toilet paper like I was spinning on Wheel of Fortune. No more.
This too shall pass! PALTC is united
By
Arif Nazir, MD, CMD
Mar 30, 2020
When a crisis hits, besides shedding light on the system gaps, it also highlights the strengths of a community. The stresses of the novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) have clearly highlighted the many...
Managing staff anxiety in the time of COVID-19
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Mar 25, 2020
Personal, workplace and organizational strategies are going to help us all get through this current coronavirus crisis (and others).