Edgewood Summit builds a new memory care addition in order to fully round out its healthcare mission for West Virginia residents.
Get up, Bambi
By
Gary Tetz
Oct 01, 2020
At this point, we dare not muse aloud about what else could possibly go wrong in 2020. It’s no longer about the second shoe dropping. We appear to be dealing with an evil centipede who still has at least...
When it comes to COVID-19, family matters!
By
Nancy Anderson, RN, MA
Sep 18, 2020
Although your residents, patients and employees are top priority, we all know there is another important group that is trying to cope with the challenges of COVID-19 … the families of your residents...
Count your beans, delight in the batch
By
Renee Kinder
May 23, 2019
The author is enjoying an “exponential” payoff, having recently channeled her inner streaks of Isaac, Lawson, Emmy, Joseph and Kathryn.
How to do it… Transportation
Apr 01, 2011
A solid piece of caregiving includes transporting residents for safety, entertainment and other reasons. How you execute and promote your transportation options can be the difference between getting new...
How to do it… Satisfaction surveys
By
Haymarket Media
Nov 08, 2006
The very fact that measuring resident – and employee – satisfaction levels has become an issue in long-term care is a sign of vast progress, experts point out. Now, however, the challenge is to get...
Ask the nursing expert … about challenges with families
By
Angel McGarrity-Davis, RN, CDONA, NHA
Feb 01, 2015
Having just dealt with more holidays, how do we LTC nurses deal with residents’ families that are feeling guilty and taking it out on us?
When there Is not a good answer: Dealing with an unprecedented event inside nursing homes
By
Rebekah Bray
Oct 09, 2020
The images and news coverage from the early 2020 of devastated nurses and doctors, and the thousands of body bags and make-shift morgues in New York City, are burned in the memory of healthcare workers...
Finding unexpected blessings on the unexpected shift
By
Peg Tobin
Nov 27, 2019
During my days as a director of nursing, I sometimes found myself covering when someone else on staff called off. I remember being upset about one such shift when I had to “put on my big girl panties”...
Andy Rooney and Grandpa Gus
By
Mary Gustafson
Nov 07, 2011
When I found out Andy Rooney died over the weekend, I was unexpectedly saddened. For me, Andy Rooney represents my fondest thoughts about my own grandfather. He died from congestive heart failure, after...