William Schaffner, M.D., President, National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
Business and Marketing: How to do it… Risk management
Jun 13, 2005
Long-term care is a “risky business” and a little unmanaged risk can cost your facility a lot of money. Risk is the possibility, the potential, that something negative or otherwise undesirable...
Profile: Frank Grosso
By
Elizabeth Newman
Apr 05, 2017
A chance conversation with a pharmacist changed Frank Grosso’s life.
At one-year mark past Hurricane Irma, many nursing homes still scrambling to meet rules
By
Marty Stempniak
Sep 10, 2018
Almost a year after Hurricane Irma slammed the state of Florida, many nursing homes are still working to comply with emergency power rules.
Carter to retire as head of AANAC, AADNS
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Nov 20, 2017
Diane Carter, MSN, RN, RAC-CT, C-NE, FAAN, will retire from her position as president and CEO of the American Association of Directors of Nursing Services and American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordination...
Not the usual small talk
By
John O'Connor
Nov 06, 2017
Sabra Health Care REIT chairman and CEO Rick Matros recently tweaked more than a few noses when he made some rather disparaging remarks about the benefits of investing in large skilled-care companies....
ITUpdate for December 2014
Dec 01, 2014
» University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee researchers are examining the effect of the Music and Memory program on dementia patients. The team is monitoring the mental state of 1,500 Alzheimer’s and dementia...
Leading By Example: Bathing, Eating in Comfort
By
Jill Gilbert
Dec 06, 2007
The Jewish Home of Los Angeles conducted extensive research prior to building its own very progressive dementia care facility. Molly Forrest, CEO & President, shares implementations that made the most...
Still a perfect couple
By
Gary Tetz
May 04, 2016
Hard as it seems to believe after 17 years of vocationally wedded bliss, there was a time when long-term care and I weren’t together. It’s sobering to consider.
Recent decreases in hospital readmissions may be the result of more return visits being defined as observation stays, which leave many Medicare beneficiaries without nursing home coverage, the Wall Street...