COVID-19 hit Holyoke Soldiers’ Home last March, when most of us were just learning the term “social distancing” and had no awareness of asymptomatic positives. While the global medical...
Is the clock ticking on faxed orders?
By
Nicholas Magers, R.D.
Jan 15, 2021
After two years spent developing and launching a service to assist prescribers and long-term care pharmacies complete controlled substance orders using a mobile device, I was surprised to hear the response,...
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...
If walls could talk
By
Jessica Green
Dec 21, 2020
Long-term care communities have been on the front line of the COVID-19 pandemic from the beginning, and they have the most at stake in finding ways to detect a case — or an outbreak — immediately,...
Using technology to boost value-based initiatives for wound care
By
JD Tyler, M.D.
Dec 14, 2020
For long-term care and skilled nursing facility operators, wound care plays a significant role in everything from staff efficiencies to outcomes to reimbursement. It’s also an important factor in the...
Onboarding strategies that make a difference
By
Kendra Nicastro
Jami Brett
Dec 04, 2020
“Of course, we onboard. Doesn’t everyone?” While most facility leaders would say their organizations use onboarding for new hires, the real question to consider is how effective that...
The tragedy of COVID-19 spousal separations
By
David Barmak, J.D.
Nov 25, 2020
Marriage vows are hard to honor when you are prohibited from being with a spouse who is dying alone in a nursing home, a victim of COVID-19. Two family friends, married for well over 50 years, endured...
Omni-channel communication elevates quality of care
By
Dan Ablett
Nov 19, 2020
Omni-channel, automated digital communication technology has the potential to improve health outcomes and lower costs across almost every sector of the long-term care industry. Skilled nursing homes,...
Ready to sell? Boost your sale price with these 3 tips
By
Nachum Soroka
Nov 17, 2020
In today’s COVID-19 pandemic environment, with all its risks, complications and regulations, skilled nursing owner-operators may find themselves with a desire to sell — the impulse higher than it...
COVID-19 management: an executive’s firsthand experience
By
Darrin Hull
Sep 08, 2020
It was the call that every post-acute care operator most feared and that many ultimately received since early March — multiple positive results following housewide COVID-19 testing of residents. That...