Ben Franklin warned us that death and taxes are life’s only certainties. But if you run a long-term care facility, feel free to add regulations to that list. And it looks like a doozy of a looming...
E-health records don’t get a free pass
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James M. Berklan
Jan 26, 2011
There are millions of dots around us at any time. Sometimes a couple will jump out at you and scream, “Connect us!” I had one of those moments the other day when I saw the news headline “Electronic...
I can’t get no-o-o-o … satisfaction
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Mary Gustafson
Jan 12, 2012
Anyone who works in long-term care or aging services — or who writes about it every day — likes to see headlines like this: “Sexual satisfaction highest in oldest, youngest women, study says.”...
In it for the long term
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Feb 23, 2016
There was one positive highlight the day I started working as a cashier at a Culver’s restaurant long ago: meeting Betty. She had to at least be in her 80s. She was tiny and spunky, greeting us all...
Getting in step at the AHCA show
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John O'Connor
Oct 08, 2008
Traversing the nine acres of indoor space at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center can be grueling under normal conditions. Trying to do it on one good foot can be a real character builder,...
Tax bill reveals a great divide in long-term care
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John O'Connor
Dec 04, 2017
One of the more interesting aspects of the epic battle over the tax reform bill has been this sector’s response. One major long-term care organization continues to blast proposed changes while the...
Providers may need more than a ‘wizard’ to demystify Obamacare
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John O'Connor
Aug 12, 2013
Did you hear the one about life’s great lies? Here’s part of the punch line: “I’m from the government and I came to help you.” Providers familiar with the joke may have experienced...
This ‘crackdown’ should really melt your cheese
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John O'Connor
Oct 05, 2015
Can someone please tell me exactly what “melty cheese” is? The product exists in commercials but is apparently not to be found elsewhere. And as far as I can tell, no state regulators are cracking...
Nursing home chains take worthy quality steps
By
Liza Berger
May 09, 2008
Two privately held nursing home chains went public this week with smart quality and resident care initiatives. The moves are worth touting – particularly in light of the scrutiny and bad press that have...
Do it for your herd
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Nov 03, 2015
How do you convince some 50,000 plus college students, faculty and staff to get a flu shot? If you’re the university I attended, you hand out stickers with a catchy slogan and a cartoon cow on them.