I got a board game for Christmas. It’s called The Worst Case Scenario, and requires the players to pull a card describing situations from discomfort to disaster and rate them from best to worst. Then...
What would you do if you knew you would not fail?
By
Martie Moore
Oct 22, 2021
I, maybe like you, take random pictures of what catches my eye with my phone. So much so, I have over 30,000 thousand pictures in the cloud. I am sure that by the time I take my last breath, I will be...
Must we let COVID waltz in the front door?
By
Brendan Williams
Jan 14, 2022
My son is a freshman at a public university in the state of Washington that made the abrupt decision, late afternoon on the last day one could withdraw and receive a tuition refund, to go to online instruction...
The killer hiding on the porch
By
Gary Tetz
May 19, 2022
I’m not easily surprised these days, because…everything. But I just stumbled across an astonishing bit of data.
NY Tough campaign can’t disguise nursing home cuts that worsened COVID-19 struggles
By
Brendan Williams
Mar 10, 2021
No long-term care advocate is surprised by what was hiding behind Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s mask of self-congratulatory competence. Indeed, his reckless disregard for the lives of nursing home residents in...
Up from the ashes
By
Gary Tetz
Sep 08, 2022
With the president of AHCA predicting a difficult 2023, it confirmed just how tough a slog the road back from the darkest days of the pandemic will likely continue to be for long-term care. But if we’re...
Relaxed enforcement for telehealth is over
By
Neville M. Bilimoria
Apr 19, 2023
Well, we knew it might happen sometime. We saw the silver lining of COVID-19 these past few years in the form of relaxed rules by the government to allow for the easier implementation and proliferation...
The season of invisible scars
By
Julie Thorson
Jul 20, 2022
Wanna make a bet? I’ll bet you most people couldn’t care less that we are still in a public health emergency. The field that is very aware of this extension, is without a doubt, long-term care. But...
The failures of nursing homes to prevent the spread of COVID-19
By
Stuart H. Shapiro, M.D.
Jan 19, 2022
As the now-retired CEO of the Pennsylvania Health Care Association, I’ve sadly watched too many residents and staff die unnecessarily of COVID-19. Unfortunately, we are already in the fourth wave,...