Next 4-6 weeks critical, top LTC leaders say in impressive debut
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 25, 2020
Long-term care associations are hitting it out of the park with innovations and free advice to providers during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Filling the continuum of care gap in the COVID-19 era
By
Mark Fritz
Oct 20, 2020
Since the pandemic began, one thing has become abundantly apparent: There is a gap in the continuum of care for our nation’s most vulnerable patients. All too often, medically complex patients...
Three virtual care components every senior care facility needs
By
AJ Peterson
Sep 16, 2020
As with any crisis, COVID-19 has exposed and widened existing cracks in the foundations of our nation’s healthcare infrastructure. This instability is particularly evident in senior care, given the extreme...
How COVID-19 affects the brain and what to do about it
By
Ari Kalechstein, Ph.D.
Jan 06, 2021
In the early months of the pandemic, much of the research on COVID-19 focused on the manner in which the disease affected respiratory function, i.e., the capacity to breathe. Over the course of the...
In the FOG of CHAOS, some PRACTICAL things to do …
By
Martie Moore
Jan 14, 2022
How do you lead in the heavy fog of chaos? With the same skills and abilities you do when you are lost in the woods.
Diary of a new hire
By
Nancy Anderson, RN, MA
Aug 18, 2020
While employee retention is always a top priority, operating in a pandemic intensifies the urgency to hire and maintain competent, committed staff. Since the first three months of employment are particularly...
Why nurses are feeling the strain of COVID-19 and four things they can do about it
By
John Lee
Sep 14, 2020
While solutions to the coronavirus pandemic are still up in the air, data and personal testimony abounds on just how hard hit the medical community — in particular nurses —have been by COVID-19. As...
COVID-19 underscores PDPM advantages
By
Bent Philipson
Jan 27, 2021
The efficacy of the Patient-Driven Payment Model has never been clearer than now, in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. PDPM enabled skilled nursing facilities to see a 9% increase in Medicare reimbursement...
Lack of unified action is killing our Greatest Generation
By
Scott McConnaha
Sep 28, 2020
If I were to propose that the Greatest Generation wasn’t really all that great, that those leading the fight during WWII didn’t know what they were doing or, worse, manipulating media messages in order...
Broadband will drive up outcomes for long-term care residents
By
Joe Johnson
Jul 01, 2020
Over the past few months, we’ve learned many things from the COVID-19 pandemic. We’ve learned the importance of social distancing, the importance of telemedicine and, ultimately, the importance of...